Where Will They Go?

 
GHN conducted a service user consultation commissioned by the Glasgow Homelessness Partnership as part of the development of Glasgow’s homelessness strategy, the decommissioning of Glasgow City Council hostels and the re-provisioning process. The views and opinions of people affected by homelessness on hostel closure and reprovisioning are presented in this report. The information was gained through 29 focus groups and 88 individual interviews conducted with a broad range of service users across the city.
 
This important report describes the findings from the focus groups and interviews, summarises the key themes that emerged and sets out development issues for those who are planning and providing services.  As a consequence, it contains invaluable information for agencies involved in commissioning, planning and providing services.  GHN hopes that the report will contribute to a well-informed, needs-led and client centred approach to hostel decommissioning and re-provisioning, and to the development of a local homelessness strategy which takes into account the views and the experiences of people affected by homelessness.