Housing Support Enabling Unit

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    ATTENTION ALL PROVIDERS!

    Calling for entries.
    The HSEU has launched a new photography competition for service users.
    The competition is all about celebrating the experiences and achievements of service users with the theme of ‘home’.

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    Publications

    The publications section gives access to HSEU publications as well as other publications related to Housing Support in Scotland and Supporting People throughout the rest of the UK.

    Read the latest edition of the HSEU Bulletin.

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    Mailing List

    The HSEU provides regular briefings and updates via our quarterly newsletter The Bulletin and our news flash service.

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Forthcoming Events

Collaborative Working - The Legal Considerations

03 Sep 2010

In collaboration with Maclay Murray & Spens (MMS), the Workforce Unit, Housing Support Enabling Unit, CCPS and…

First Steps in Marketing

15 Sep 2010

First Steps in Marketing: a practical approach to raising the profile of Housing Support services
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HSEU Photography Competition Awards Ceremony

07 Oct 2010

Coming soon… details of the HSEU’s photography competition for service users…

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About Housing Support Enabling Unit

Housing Support services are provided to vulnerable people, with the goal of improving their quality of life by providing a stable environment to enable independent living.

The aim of the Housing Support Enabling Unit is to offer support and assistance to providers of housing support in the voluntary, private and Registered Social Landlord sectors.

Providers of housing support benefit from regular news updates, briefings and the sharing of experience of providers across the country.

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Housing Support Practice

Call for Entries for 'No place like home' Photography Competition

Are any of your service users budding amateur photographers? The HSEU is now looking for entries for its new photography competition.

The Role of Housing Support in Dealing with Homelessness

The Scottish Government has set up a working group to develop recommendations for a national strategy on supported accommodation to assist those groups of people at risk of homelessness or continued homelessness...

The Blackwood Foundation and Capability Scotland are holding a number of consultation workshops this Autumn.  These workshops will focus on design and technology ...

Social procurement guidance

The Scottish Government is developing guidance on the procurement of social care.  Service providers, carers and service users are being invited to submit their experiences of good procurement practice. Read the latest about this work in the May 2010 edition of the JIT-SPT newsletter

Wider Planning for an Ageing Population

Consultation events are being held in August and September to encourage discussion about the Scottish Government's consultation paper. The events are free and take place from 10.30am - 2.30pm on the following dates:

17 August GLASGOW

2 September EDINBURGH

13 September DUNDEE

To book a place please call CIH Scotland on 0131 225 4544 or email Scotland.events@cih.org or go to:
http://www.cih.org/scotland/conferences/

 

Fresh Thinking, New Ideas Housing Policy Discussion Paper

The Scottish Government launched a policy discussion paper on housing on 1st June 2010 and is inviting the public to comment on the issues outlined in it.  The government’s intention is to conduct consultation events across Scotland this summer and produce a Policy Paper towards the end of the year. Read the discussion paper..

Inquiry into preventative spending

The Scottish Parliament's Finance Committee has decided to conduct an inquiry to ‘consider and report on how public spending can best be focused over the longer term on trying to prevent, rather than deal with, negative social outcomes.  Read more..