Media Release 15th June 2017
People supported by Glasgow-based homeless charity, Simon Community Scotland, were given a skills and confidence boost by taking part in an Essential Cycling Skills course from Cycling Scotland today.
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Funding boost helps secure successful approach towards eradicating homelessness in Glasgow
AN already successful approach towards eradicating rough sleeping on the streets of Glasgow has been awarded a grant of over £400,000 to help maintain its work.
The City Ambition Network (CAN) – a partnership involving key, city centre homelessness charities and statutory services – has received £430,000 to expand an existing project with its next target being to reach 70 of Glasgow’s most vulnerable people.
Continue readingSimon Community Says Thanks to Rangers After £17,000 Donation to Help Glasgow’s Homeless
THE Rangers Charity Foundation have handed over more than £17,000 to the Simon Community to help Glasgow’s homeless.
Continue readingOn The Streets of Our City
Homelessness can happen to anyone, and I mean anyone, and at this time of year, when the temperatures fall below freezing it’s really heart rending to think that so many people are sleeping out on our streets. I had the opportunity to spend some time with the Simon Community’s Street Outreach service on Wednesday to see at first hand some of the issues homeless people are facing and also the range of support and real compassion shown by the Simon Community’s staff.
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Media Release 27th November 2016
LIFE on the street it brutal. And short. The average life expectancy of someone living there is just 44. Rough sleeping kills people.
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