Workshops for an innovative pilot project by Turning Point Scotland, in partnership with Fife Council, have reached the halfway mark. Work began on the Ask and Act Committed pilot at the beginning of the year and will continue until December to test the implementation of new Ask and Act duties. [...]
Turning Point Scotland, in partnership with Fife Council, have been awarded £82,995 in funding for a pilot project to test the implementation of new Ask and Act duties. The Ask and Act duties in the Housing (Scotland) Act 2025 became law on 6 November and will require relevant bodies to [...]
Colleagues at our Aberdeen office on Holburn Street hosted Cabinet Secretary of Housing Mairi McAllan this morning. To begin the visits, staff working directly with people we support in the housing services delivered by Turning Point Scotland in Aberdeen shared their experiences with the Cabinet Secretary. Chief Executive Neil Richardson, [...]
Turning Point Scotland today officially released a report calling for a new oversight group for Housing First. Housing First – 15 Years On explores progress over the past five years since Turning Point Scotland released its last report, while also detailing the change still needed within Scotland’s social care sector. [...]
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 [...]