Partnership between Turning Point Scotland and Fife Council is helping people at risk of homelessness access the right support at the right time. For more than a year, Turning Point Scotland Community Navigators have been supporting people in Fife who are experiencing or at risk of homelessness. This role forms [...]
A partnership between Turning Point Scotland Fife Council is among those to have created an innovative pilot project, which aims to stop people becoming homeless. Turning Point Scotland and the local authority have been running workshops and training to “create a network which means vulnerable people don’t fall through the [...]
Turning Point Scotland is deeply disappointed by Glasgow Health and Social Care Partnership’s decision to bring the Glasgow Alcohol and Drug Crisis Service in-house and place the Glasgow Alcohol and Drug Recovery Residential Stabilisation Service under review with a view to becoming community-based model when the current contracts end. For more than 30 years, these specialist services [...]
Now that the BBC and other media outlets have highlighted the challenges facing these vital services, our Chief Executive, Neil Richardson OBE QPM, shares Turning Point Scotland’s perspective on what’s at stake. Â The Glasgow Alcohol and Drug Crisis Service helps people experiencing an immediate, life-threatening crisis where there is [...]
On World Hepatitis Day, Turning Point Scotland is highlighting the important role nurses play alongside colleagues and partners in the community to provide assertive outreach and harm reduction. Hepatitis is an inflammation of the liver that is often caused by an infectious virus, which when untreated leads to serious health [...]
Turning Point Scotland welcomed Frederic Courtois, Executive Director of San Antonio Nexus Connection (SANC), Texas, to formalise a new international partnership focused on harm reduction, public health, and supporting some of the most marginalised communities in society. The partnership grew from a connection made by Turning Point Scotland Innovation and [...]
Turning Point Scotland’s new Service Manager, Rebecca Queen, is navigating a busy month after starting a job while finalising her preparations to run the Edinburgh Marathon this weekend. Rebecca credits organisational values and a tour of Learning Disability service, Hera Grange, as two significant reasons for her decision to join [...]
Turning Point Scotland regrets to announce that Rosies Social Enterprises will close at the end of June. Due to a significant decrease in available funding, it is not possible to continue operating the service. For over 25 years, Rosie’s has been an important part of the Aberdeen community. The service [...]
On Thursday 14th May, TPS Connects hosted its first West Coast Social Event. People we support, alongside staff from South Ayrshire, Inverclyde, Renfrewshire, Dumfries and Galloway, and North Lanarkshire Learning Disability services, came together for a day of socialising, activities and meaningful discussions about how Turning Point Scotland can continue [...]
The greatest reward of nursing for Joan Sands is seeing the positive impact her work has on overall health of the people supported by Turning Point Scotland. Joan has worked for the social care charity for more than a decade and is currently the Lead Nurse at the Glasgow Alcohol [...]