home smart

In November 2006 the SCSH home smart campaign coincided with a month of BBC programming on homelessness and high profile campaigning by other organisations to mark the 40th anniversary of the TV play Cathy Come Home. The aim of the campaign was to ensure every young person in S4 learned the key facts about homelessness and how to avoid it.

Click the link for SCSHs education project for S4 pupils and for coverage of the parliamentary debate on motion lodged by Linda Fabiani MSP.

Service User Involvement: A study of youth housing services in Scotland

September 2006

In 2005-2006 SCSH undertook a series of interviews with projects providing housing support to young people. Our aim was to find out how these projects involved their service users. This small survey – encompassing 21 projects – gives a snapshot of both the different kinds of service user involvement activity and the extent of such activity across Scotland.

This report sets out a straightforward mapping tool – adapted from Arnstein’s well-known ladder of participation - for assessing the level of service user involvement in housing support projects and shows how those surveyed scored. Projects can also use this tool to assess the service user involvement taking place within their own organisation.

A8 Migrant Workers and their experience of homelessness in Scotland

July 2006

Migrant workers from the A8 countries are making a significant contribution to the Scottish economy. However, they can be vulnerable to homelessness and can have difficulty in accessing appropriate services. Their status as migrants can also make it complex for local authorities, and other service providers, to respond effectively to their needs.

The Scottish Council for Single Homeless responded to concerns expressed by its members, including local authorities, and surveyed Scotland’s local authorities to establish how they were addressing the needs of homeless A8 migrants. The survey sought to quantify the level of demand for services and identify any other specific issues.

Executive summary free download

Response to Ministerial Statement

The Ministerial statement outlining how the Executive proposes to achieve the abolition of priority need by 2012 was made at the end of December. It includes a number of interim objectives and mechanisms to ensure that Scotland remains on track to meet the 2012 target.