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.

The support provided by Turning Point Scotland and Fife Council involves the development and implementation of action plans through workshops and training of relevant organisations.

Currently, two groups of organisations are participating in the workshop stage of the pilot project.

Turning Point Scotland, Fife Support Services, Ask and Act Lead Jacqui Treays, alongside Fife Council, Ask and Act Lead Lesley Gill, have been providing support to the relevant organisations participating in the pilot.

“We have 15 partner organisations across Fife, signed up and committed to engaging with our pilot and the positive outcomes we hope it will achieve, not just for their organisations but for the people and families who could be at risk of housing crisis at some point in the future,” Jacqui said.

“As groups, we’ve had lots of networking, sharing of experiences and looking at the challenges of implementation and designing the way forward. It’s really exciting to be a part of this transformation in pursuit of preventing homelessness and working with such diverse group of partners and professionals, striving towards a common goal.”

Funding for the pilot project was awarded to Turning Point Scotland in partnership with Fife Council, in November 2025.

Turning Point Scotland are involved in three of 15 pilot projects announced. The other two pilot projects include, Integrated Prevention Pathways, led by Aberdeen Cyrenians and NL REACH (North Lanarkshire Responsive, Empowering, Accessible, Community Hub), led by North Lanarkshire Council.

The monies from the £4 million Homelessness Prevention Pilot Fund, administered by Advice Direct Scotland on behalf of the Scottish Government, are designed to support public bodies and their third sector partners to test and scale new approaches to early intervention.

The Ask and Act duties in the Housing (Scotland) Act 2025 became law on 6 November and will require relevant bodies to ask people they support about their housing situation and take action to prevent homelessness.