What we are doing Providing briefings, events and training to help national and local partners to prevent homelessness earlier. Raising awareness of the benefits of taking a place-based approach to preventing homelessness and supporting local partnerships to develop their policy and delivery. Innovating with key partners on a “test-of-change” to…
Argyll and Bute Council has detailed key outcomes from a Housing Summit held after it declared a housing emergency last year. The summit brought together 90 partners from public, private, third and community sectors who pledged their support to take action to address the housing shortage. Read more here. Edinburgh and…
Housing First is helping a woman who struggled with addiction, trauma and physical abuse to maintain a tenancy for the first time and transform her life. Maxine has been in her Dundee flat for four years following several tenancies that failed due to abandonment, non-payment of rent or anti-social behaviour. During…
Fair Way Scotland Evidence and Evaluation Fair Way Scotland evaluation: year one Joseph Rowntree Foundation BriefingSummarises the key findings from the first-year evaluation report of Fair Way Scotland which aims to design out destitution for people with restricted eligibility for state support or subject to No Recourse to Public Funds…
The All in For Change team of people with personal and professional experience of homelessness is touring Scotland again to find out what’s happening on the ground in services — against a backdrop of unprecedented housing pressures. The Change team will hold free events in Aberdeen, Greenock, Falkirk, Kirkcaldy and…