SFHA is looking to gather specific pieces of evidence to evaluate the progress of the first year of the Housing Apprentice Action Plan for Scotland.
Heriot Watt University offer the opportunity to enhance your organisation by supporting your current and new employees to develop skills and talents and become successful graduates.
The idea of a Scottish Universal Basic Income is an interesting topic of discussion. Would it help your tenants?
Citizens Advice Scotland have recently published a report on the digital access and skills of their clients. Read this article to find out more.
There is now an exciting opportunity to be directly involved in supporting refugees, asylum seekers and communities across Scotland, as 'New Scots' is seeking a new Core Group Chair. Read this article to find out more.
As part of the BBC's Digital Cities Week Glasgow, the Carnegie UK Trust is hosting an interactive, user focused event on the theme of digital skills and inclusion for vulnerable young people on Wednesday 15 March 2017 at the BBC in Glasgow. Enthusiastic participants from any background are welcome to come and discuss, debate and create tailored solutions for those often overlooked as ‘digital natives’.
TEC Ready Programme is open to the whole housing sector, including housing associations and co-operatives, council landlords, property factors, Care and Repair organisations and private sector landlords. The aim of the programme is to improve awareness of and uptake of technology enabled care across the housing world. We are inviting the housing sector to complete a short survey to build a picture of the contribution housing is making to mainstreaming TEC.
This short video outlines how housing related hospital delayed discharges were tackled in Aberdeen.
Blog by Zhan McIntyre, SFHA Policy Lead.
Challenge Poverty Week blog by Brita Ingebrigtsen, Communications Officer, Almond Housing Association.
Supporting others to stay safe online, free online training on 16 October, 10:00–12:00.
Centre set up by Thenue and East End community named as polling station.
Wheatley Works tackles unemployment in some of Scotland’s most disadvantaged areas
SFHA Policy Lead Zhan McIntyre encourages members to share their homelessness prevention work at the Homelessness Network Conference on 8 October.
On June 17th the SFHA is hosting a briefing on supported rent flexibility, an initiative that has been piloted in London to support tenants at risk of in-work poverty. Damon Gibbons, Direct of the Centre for Responsible Credit, which was involved in the pilot, will be providing the briefing and he describes here its key features.
Blog by Gillian Johnston, Chairperson of Shettleston Housing Association.
