Rachel Reeves’ recent announcement of her Autumn Budget has significant impacts on social care in Scotland. Firstly, the rise in the Real Living Wage—higher than anticipated—carries important cost implications for Turning Point Scotland and other social care providers across the country. However, we stand by the principle of raising lower-wage [...]
Our Annual Report 2023-2024 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 [...]
Turning Point Scotland was first introduced to Citizenship more than nine years ago. Citizenship is an innovative model for community integration and social inclusion developed by the Yale Program for Recovery and Community Health (PRCH). The ideas behind the approach originated by way of Michael Rowe (co-director of PRCH) and [...]
Turning Point Scotland have delivered Crisis Prevention Institute (CPI) Verbal and Safety Interventions course for many years to ensure delivery of content that is safe, in line with current research and in line with Turning Point Scotland values of Respect, Compassion, Integrity and Inclusion. However, accreditation with the RRN in [...]
Today it was announced there have been 1,277 alcohol related deaths and we send our condolences to those who have lost a loved one. We believe more can be done prevent this unnecessary loss of life. A minimum unit price on alcohol has a place in reducing harm to the [...]
Turning Point Scotland has been listed as one of the best places to work in the Sunday Times Best Place to Work. This nationwide workplace survey by The Sunday Times, powered by WorkL, honours and celebrates Britain’s top employers in the UK. Turning Point Scotland was categorized in Best Large [...]
Turning Point Scotland continues to be committed to undertaking the Gender Pay Gap Analysis and this year’s results are testament to our positive action for equality and diversity to ensure fairness and transparency. We have no gap in pay between men and women. Our mean gap is 0% and our [...]
We are delighted to announce that Turning Point Scotland has successfully achieved the prestigious Platinum accreditation, the highest level of Investors in People (IIP) endorsement available. Turning Point Scotland is among the top 6% of organisations to achieve platinum status, demonstrating our commitment to our people and strong focus on good [...]
Discover how Turning Point Scotland are delivering their vision of ‘Everybody we support has a safe place to call home, positive relationships, a sense of belonging to their community and the opportunity to have valued roles’. The Turning Point Scotland Annual Report 2022-2023 delves into the charity’s year of investing [...]
As we are ready to launch our new strategy, let’s take a moment to reflect back on our achievements during our Transitional Strategy from 2021 – 2023. [...]