Our Alcohol and Other Drugs staff recently came together at The Social Hub for an inspiring staff event, built around the theme “Empowering Our Unique Practice.” The day provided an opportunity to connect, reflect, and celebrate the skills that make our people valuable. Through a lively speed networking session to [...]
Turning Point Scotland is a leading social care charity operating 42 services across Scotland. We are currently looking for an agency or a small number of agencies to provide agency worker services for Clinical & Care (support practitioners, lead practitioners and nurses), administrators and ancillary (security, maintenance, cleaning, catering) and [...]
Turning Point Scotland is celebrating the remarkable career of Pam Wells, who will be leaving the organisation in January after 27 years of dedicated service supporting people across Dumfries and Galloway. Pam joined Turning Point Scotland during a period of major change in the local health and social care landscape, having previously worked within the NHS. At [...]
Turning Point Scotland Statement: City Property Glasgow Investments (CPGI) Dilapidations Claim Turning Point Scotland has a long history of delivering vital social care services across Scotland. For more than 20 years, we operated the 218 Service – a nationally recognised, gender-specific service supporting women in the justice system. The service [...]
Rosie’s Social Enterprises delivers support to about 50 people every week through our workshops, stocking the shop front on Holburn Street with unique gifts. As we approach Christmas over the next month, we are going to share some experiences of people we support and why Rosie’s means so much to [...]
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 [...]
This morning Turning Point Scotland Inverclyde hosted Minister for Social Care and Mental Wellbeing Tom Arthur MSP and Stuart McMillan MSP for Greenock and Inverclyde. They met with Chief Executive Neil Richardson, Head of Learning Disabilities Elaine Bradley, Service Manager Aldo Marrone and his team about issues that impact the [...]
This morning our Glasgow Alcohol & Drug Recovery Residential Stabilisation Service was visited by Minister for Drug & Alcohol Policy and Sport Maree Todd MSP. The Minister met with Director of Business Development and Improvement Craig Winter, Head of Alcohol and Other Drugs Patricia Tracey, Service Manager Karen McAlaney and [...]
Turning Point Scotland Inverclyde was visited by Stuart McMillan MSP this afternoon. Stuart visited to the service at the invitation of Chief Executive Neil Richardson, which was sent to all MSP who have a Turning Point Scotland service in their constituency. Stuart spoke with Service Manager Aldo Marrone and his [...]
Our Annual Report 2024-2025 explores a year of organisational development, including the implementation of Turning Point Scotland’s new strategy, staff success across the country, an overview of justice services and innovative prevention approaches. Despite challenges in the social sector Turning Point Scotland continues to be a leader that continues to [...]