Open Letter to Dundee City Council
23.02.2026 | Bryan Smith
Transform Community Development are co-signatories of an open letter to the Dundee City Councillors pushing Dundee City Council to declare a local housing emergency.
We are amongst frontline housing, homelessness and social justice organisations – including Shelter Scotland, Dundee Civic Trust, Dundee University Students Association and Bernardo’s Scotland – are all behind the open letter to councillors.
The full list of signatories are:
- Alison Watson - Director, Shelter Scotland
- Margaret-Ann Brunjes – Chief Executive, Homeless Network Scotland
- Tánaiste Custance – President, Dundee University Students Association
- Donald Gordon – Chairman, Dundee Civic Trust
- Peter Kelly – Chief Executive, Poverty Alliance
- Chris Milburn – Director of Customer Services, Cairn Housing Association
- Helen Murdoch – Assistant Director of Strategic Operations and Development (Scotland), The Salvation Army
- Justina Murray – Chief Executive, Aberlour Children’s Charity
- Kirsty Nelson – Queen’s Nurse, Parish Nursing Dundee
- Shirish Patel – Chief Executive, Dundee Survival Group
- Kristina Piggott – Manager for Strategy and Operations, Dundee International Women’s Centre
- Bryan Smith – Chief Executive, Transform Community Development
- Fiona Steel – National Director for Scotland, Action for Children
- Sarah Stewart – Head of Service, One Parent Families Scotland
- Audrey Thomson – Interim Director, Faith in Community
- Claire Wilson – Acting Assistant Director, Barnardos Scotland
The Courier has highlighted the publication of the letter, through an article published here
