Scotland’s Housing First Pathfinder has created more than 500 tenancies since it launched two years ago, with an additional 25 added in April 2021. Housing First provides ordinary, settled housing as a first response for people whose homelessness is made harder by experiences such as trauma, addiction and mental ill…
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First up is Tools, Tips Techniques for Involving People in your Service: an online session for both frontline practitioners and managers. Often individuals and communities who don’t have a common, collective voice and are typically underrepresented in consultation and the development of services. This interactive course looks in depth at:…
Are you All In For Change?
All in for Change (AIFC) is a programme led by a ‘Change Team’ who each have personal experience of homelessness and together are committed to ending it. As part of a National Conversation starting today the Change Team are speaking to, and learning from, people who see first-hand how policy…
Housing First branches out from April
Doug Gibson has been involved in the adoption and scaling up of Housing First through his role as programme manager for the Housing First Pathfinder. As the approach extends across most council areas in Scotland starting from this week, he considers how it could help end large scale homelessness for…
Glasgow Alliance to End Homelessness
Coproduction workshops on Tuesday 11th & Wednesday 12th May 2021 The Alliance recognises that to achieve systems change and transform the lives of people experiencing homelessness in Glasgow we’ll need the skills, experience and knowledge of all our partners across the City. The award of services is now one of…