Turning Point Scotland has signed up to the Homelessness Alliance for Employers, contributing towards the collective goal of ending homelessness. As allies, we have committed to working towards three pledges:• Help end homelessness in local communities through fundraising, raising awareness, partnerships and volunteering.• Adopt fairer employment and recruitment policies and [...]
Turning Point Scotland and Fife Council today released the Whole System Approach (WSA) Fife Learning Partner Inception Report detailing the first quarterly Learning Cycle of our innovative ‘test of change’. Our organisation has been working in partnership with Fife Council over the past two years on housing and homelessness. Together [...]
Turning Point Scotland’s Aberdeen Gateway Support service closed today having successfully achieved its purpose, shortening the time people at risk of homelessness are in accommodation based support by over 80%. In the first year after the service opened in April 2023, Turning Point Scotland has reduced the time people they [...]
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 [...]