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Simon Community Scotland

The Connect Hub: Figures and Impact from Year Two (May 2025-April 2026)

Simon Community Scotland's Connect Hub is a community space in Glasgow for women experiencing, at risk of, or recently experiencing homelessness. In its second year (May 2025 to April 2026) it recorded 3,819 visits, 543 individual women and 12,107 interventions provided, increases of 106%, 118% and 124% on year one. Support included 2,208 hot community meals, 335 food parcels, 693 digital access supports and 1,276 bus tokens. The Hub now opens Monday to Friday and has supported women into permanent tenancies, education, training and paid employment.

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Simon Community Scotland is a Glasgow-based charity supporting people experiencing or at risk of homelessness across Scotland. Its Connect Hub is a safe, inclusive community space built by and for women with lived and living experience of homelessness.

Key Metrics

3,819 visits to the Connect Hub in year two
543 individual women supported
12,107 interventions provided (124% increase on year one)

Key Outcomes

  • Women supported into permanent tenancies, education and training opportunities, and paid employment
  • 2,208 hot community meals served and 335 food parcels provided
  • Opening extended from three days a week in May 2024 to Monday to Friday by April 2026

Geography

Scotland

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