Talking Point: Recent Episodes
Turning Point Scotland
Talking Point will bring you interviews and conversations from across the social care sectors we work in, discussing the latest trends and issues affecting homelessness, drug & alcohol misuse, justice, learning disabilities and more.
Episode 7: Quality Assessors. In this episode we hear how Turning Point Scotland is offering people being supported the chance to become quality assessors with the organisation.
The Homeless World Cup kicks off July 27th in Cardiff, hosting more than 500 players representing over 50 countries.
Scotland travel to the Welsh capital hoping to complete a hat-trick of victories after wins in 2007 and 2011.
Flexible Homeless Outreach Support Service staff member James Maclean coaches the Scotland team and spoke to Talking Point before the tournament got underway.
As Scotland experiences another rise in the number of people lost to drug-related deaths - 1,187 up 27% on last year - this episode of Talking Point looks at the context behind the data and what we can do in response with Trish, Practice & Development Lead for Alcohol & Drugs, Turning Point Scotland and Phil, a TPS Connects volunteer.
In this episode you can visit 218 and hear how Turning Point Scotland's innovative women's service has been addressing the underlying reasons why women end up in the justice system with Sandra, service manager, Amy, support practitioner and Catrina, one of the women staying in residential.
Turning Point Scotland celebrated 20 years since it became an independent social care provider and developer on the 1st July 2019. Chief Executive Neil Richardson, Craig MacKenzie, staff member and former service user, and First Minister of Scotland Nicola Sturgeon MSP addressed the crowd at Head Office (apologies for slight disruption to sound quality caused by high winds on the day)
In this episode Patrick McKay and Liz Littler discuss the origins of Turning Point Scotland adopting the Housing first approach, through to the latest developments.
Brought to Scotland from America, Turning Point Scotland Glasgow Housing First began operating in 2010.
The service places homeless individuals directly into independent tenancies in Glasgow with no requirement to progress through transitional housing programmes.
Episode 1 is about TPS Connects: Craig Winter, Aileen Reid and Craig Mackenzie discuss the origins and development of TPS connects, a community of people that have used Turning Point Scotland’s services.