Ending homelessness demands a quick and effective response when homelessness occurs AND efforts to prevent it from occurring at all. As well as a homelessness system that can respond in this way, we need other support agencies and service providers to understand what risk of homelessness looks like, and to [...]
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 [...]
Turning Point Scotland has officially opened a new clinical facility at the charity’s established Holburn Street address to provide assertive outreach healthcare for individuals experiencing homelessness. The clinical room is a significant investment, built to the same specifications used in a GP surgery and will be staffed by a senior [...]
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 social care provider Turning Point Scotland launched its newest local service in the city, Aberdeen Gateway Support. The service provides intensive support for 12 weeks across 2 core accommodation blocks with transitional support for up to two years of within the Aberdeen community. Aberdeen Gateway Support will deliver health [...]
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 [...]
Hear from Senior Nurse Alison, Nurse Kieran and Mental Health Nurse Arran, about why they work at Turning Point Scotland, how their career has developed and why you should apply. [...]
The Glasgow Housing First Consortium is in its transition year from the Pathfinder programme that supported the scale up Housing First from across the country, helping make Housing First the default model for people experiencing Homelessness who have complex needs. The Consortium is a partnership between Turning Point Scotland, Salvation [...]
The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge today visited Turning Point Scotland’s North Lanarkshire service to hear about the vital support that the organisation provides to those facing complex and challenging situations, including homelessness, mental health and alcohol and other drug use, and the work they are carrying out to break [...]