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  • 22/10/202522/10/2025
  • News

Compassion in Action: Turning Point Scotland Staff Conference 2025

This was the message at the heart of Turning Point Scotland’s Staff Conference 2025, where colleagues from across the country came together to connect and celebrate what compassion looks like in action. This year’s theme, “Compassion in Action,” captured the essence of what drives Turning Point Scotland every day – [...]

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  • 20/10/202520/10/2025
  • Homelessness and Prevention

Turning Point Scotland releases report calling for Housing First oversight group

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. [...]

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  • 10/10/202510/10/2025
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World Homeless Day 2025

At Turning Point Scotland, we believe that homelessness can and should be prevented whenever possible and when it does occur, it should be as brief as possible and an unrepeated experience. We believe this because we know that an experience of homelessness is not just a number, it’s a life [...]

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  • 01/10/202503/10/2025
  • Alcohol and Other Drugs

Turning Point Scotland launch Naboxone in Scotland

Alongside South Lanarkshire Alcohol and Drug Partnership, Turning Point Scotland are proud to announce Scotland’s first live Naboxone. Naboxone cabinets allow the public to access Naloxone 24 hours/7 days a week to reverse opioid overdoses. This cabinet is situated on Larkhall Union Street, close to Larkhall Pharmacy, 78 Union Street. [...]

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  • 23/09/202523/09/2025
  • Alcohol and Other Drugs

Alcohol-Specific Deaths 2024

We are deeply saddened and concerned to learn that 1,185 people died from an alcohol-specific death in 2024. This number is not enough to fully capture the harm alcohol does in our society – not just to the person, but to their families and communities. Unlike other drugs, alcohol is [...]

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  • 23/09/202523/09/2025
  • Alcohol and Other Drugs

Alcohol-Specific Deaths Policy Statement

We cannot ignore the fact that the majority of people who die from an alcohol-specific death also live in the most deprived areas of Scotland, despite high levels of alcohol consumption amongst those in more affluent areas. There is no doubt that larger structural forces are at play which have [...]

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  • 05/09/202505/09/2025
  • Autism

Social Care and Human Rights: From Promises to Reality

People with disabilities are protected by a framework of international and domestic legislation, a framework that acknowledges that historically, they have been marginalised, discriminated against and denied their human rights. As a society we have repeatedly committed to doing better, to ensuring that people have the support that they need [...]

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  • 04/09/202504/09/2025
  • Autism

Our Shared Ambition for the Future of Social Care and Support in Scotland

We talk a good game on social care in Scotland. Our Government have made bold commitments, passed solid legislation, but what we haven’t done is follow through on delivering the promised change in people’s lives. Our implementation gap is huge. The Keys to Life Learning Disability Strategy made strong commitments on what [...]

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  • 03/09/202505/09/2025
  • Autism

Scotland’s Social Care Crisis

Next week we will mark Scottish Learning Disability Week in the way we always do – by showcasing and celebrating the people we support, the lives they lead and the part they play in our communities.  But this year, we also need to take this opportunity to talk about how [...]

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  • 02/09/202502/09/2025
  • Alcohol and Other Drugs

Turning Point Scotland on Drug Related Deaths statistics for 2025

Last year, when Scotland’s drug related death statistics were published, we shared our frustration, our disappointment, that despite three years of a National Mission, an unprecedented investment and the declaration of a public health emergency, people were still dying.  Now we’re another year on, and more lives have been lost. It [...]

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