Visiting Support

What – Visiting Support is part of the Gateway Consortiom.  Gateway Visiting Support is a partnership between Bethany Christian Trust, The Rock Trust, Fresh Start and the Salvation Army.  We seek to provide support for up to six months to those in housing crisis with a view to moving people into settled accommodation and preventing people who are in tenancies from becoming homeless.  We can work across all housing tenures including: private lets, City of Edinburgh and Housing Association Tenancies, supported accommodation and temporary accommodation.

Visiting Support can offer help with:

  • Budgeting and Financial Support: income maximisation and budgeting
  • Tenancy Support: help in finding and sustaining an appropriate tenancy
  • Support with Addictions: support workers will refer and signpost to specialist agencies
  • Support with Health Issues: supporting service users to access medical services
  • General Wellbeing: support to improve confidence and self-esteem
  • Employment & Training : help service users to gain the necessary skills and confidence for employment, volunteering and/or training
  • Social Support: helping service users to get to know their local area and build positive relationships
  • Lifeskills: support service users to gain the skills necessary to keep their tenancy and avoid repeat homelessness
  • Befriending: through Fresh Start we can provide befrienders who can provide social support, breakdown isolation and help people develop intependent living skills

Why – Enabling people to sustain independent living within the community.

For – People over 16 who are either affected by or threatened with homelessness and are working towards accessing their own accommodation

Where – Historically developed and delivered in Glasgow, this service is now working in Edinburgh.

Contacts:

Ruth Fry - ruth@moveon.org.uk

Philippa Harrop - philippa@moveon.org.uk

Brigid Jackson - brigid@moveon.org.uk

Download our Visiting Support Service leaflet HERE

Links

http://www.bethanychristiantrust.com

http://www.rocktrust.org

http://www.freshstartweb.org.uk

http://www1.salvationarmy.org.uk

Call 0131 558 3740, or email mail@moveon.org.uk for more information.