The consultation on the Scottish Government’s proposed Learning Disability, Autism and Neurodiversity Bill has just closed, and I have mixed feelings. The first thing to say is that this is a good thing, an important thing to be happening. By working on this Bill the Scottish Government are giving voice [...]
Our social media recently featured Service Manager’s from our Homelessness and Prevention services detailing what makes their service successful and challenging the stigma around Homelessness. At Turning Point Scotland, we are known for our ability to develop and deliver services based on best practice, policy and legislation. However, we are [...]
At Turning Point Scotland, we have led by example to engage and influence our sector in tackling stigmatising language associated with all of our areas of support in social care. But we realised that some of the language we used to describe our Homelessness services needed careful updating. At Turning [...]
Today, on International Overdose Awareness Day, the Home Affairs Committee (HAC) at the House of Commons has called for drug law reform and a public health approach to drug use. In July the Scottish Government published ‘A Caring, Compassionate and Human Rights Informed Drug Policy for Scotland’, calling for decriminalisation [...]
The independent evaluation of Turning Point Scotland’s Overdose Response Teams was released today, evidencing the successes of the new service model in preventing drug deaths. Powerful evidence from individuals who used the service, their families and partner agencies, alongside recommendations to take forward, was shared with key partners at an [...]
At Turning Point Scotland, we work with people on their recovery journey from a period of housing instability or homelessness. We do this with the belief people should be connected through citizenship to the same rights, roles, responsibilities, relationships and resources, with meaningful lives as valued community members. However, our [...]
The day is not for celebration but reflection. Poor physical and mental health can be both a cause and effect of a person’s situation leading to homelessness. Homelessness is a complex social problem with many interrelated causes and effects that impact on mental wellbeing. Homelessness starts in our communities where [...]
Introduced in 1971, the Misuse of Drugs Act is at the root of all law, policy and practice around drugs in our society, and people who use them. It created the drugs classification system, made the possession and distribution of these classified drugs illegal, and tied the penalties for breaking [...]
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