If you are:

  • interested in homelessness, social inclusion, communities or mental health and wellbeing or
  • involved in mediation, mentoring or befriending - this site is for you.

To receive updates and newsletters please click on Register and Updates to submit your contact details. This is the first phase of the website, if you have any ideas or information you think should be included please contact us at info@scottishsocialnetworks.org  or telephone 0131 524 9869 or write to Scottish Social Networks, 55 Albany Street, Edinburgh, EH1 3QY

 

Stop Press! 

Holyrood Magazine is delighted to announce the agenda for their forthcoming conference examining Young People and Mental Wellbeing. See News and Events for more information

 

SHEIN would like to invite you to join them at their Shared Solutions workshop in Sterling on 1st July. Please go to our News and Events page for more information and a booking form

 

 

A Rough Guide to Homelessness in Glasgow

Glasgow Homelessness Network is running a three day training programme as part of Homelessness Training Week. The package, which focuses on Professional Learning, is taking place in Glasgow between Wednesday 17th June and Friday 19th June. Go to our News and Events for more information

 

 

Scottish Mentoring Network is partnering with The Workers' Educational Association (WEA Scotland) to collect valuable information from mentors in Scotland who work with mentees facing barriers to employment.

 

This study is being managed by a European project named "MENTOR" (including Denmark, Germany, France, Norway, Spain and the UK).

 

The aim of the "MENTOR" Project is to develop mentoring tools, resources and training for mentors working with people who face multiple barriers to accessing employment.

 

Please ask any suitable mentors you know to access and complete the project survey by clicking here. By doing this, you will be helping to raise the quality and availability of mentoring for this group.

 

Please forward this email to them and ask them to return the completed survey by Monday 22nd June 2009 to the following address:e-mail:  f.wright@weascotland.org.uk or post: WEA, Riddles Court, 322 Lawnmarket, Edinburgh, EH1 2P

 

 

Holyrood Magazine is delighted to announce the agenda for their forthcoming conference examining Young People and Mental Wellbeing. See News and Events for more information

 
 

 

 

We Need You! The Scottish Social Networks Tool Kit, Training Pack and Website are under review and to improve these tools we need your feedback. If you are a Toolkit, Training Pack or Website user please take a couple of minutes to complete the short feedback form below.

 

Completed forms can be posted to Lesley Stenhouse, The Rock Trust, Freepost SC05064, Edinburgh, EH1 0BR or returned to info@scottishsocialnetowrks.org

 

Thank you for helping us improve

 

Tool Kit Review here

 

Training Pack Review here

 

Website Review here

 

 

A Big Thankyou to John Lewis, who have generously donated £50 worth of vouchers for our Website Review prize draw. To be in with a chance of winning just send back the completed feeback form to the address above.

 

  

Housing charity launches new training programme for the year! 

 

Shelter Scotland, the housing and homelessness charity, today (January 23, 2009) launched its exciting new public training programme for the year ahead.

 

The sessions provide valuable training designed to inform on all the top issues affecting housing and homelessness in Scotland.

 

The specialist one day courses run in Glasgow and Edinburgh throughout the year, offering expert training on a wide range of topics including homelessness prevention, social networks, advice skills and private sector tenancies.

See News and Events for more details  

  

 See News and Events for more details  

 

         This Website;

 

  • presents the evidence on how positive social networks can prevent and resolve homelessness, break down exclusion and enable the development of sustainable communities;
  • considers measures to build and rebuild social networks, particularly mentoring, befriending and mediation (identified by the Homelessness Task Force as key measures)
  • shares research, best practice and resources from across Europe, the UK and Scotland
  • provides a forum for discussion.

 

Last update:  11th June 2009