Other Models of Support

Time Banking

Volunteer and Development Scotland and Time Banks UK have launched Time Banking Scotland. The scheme seeks to promote a sense of community, by asking people exchange their time in a mutually beneficial way. Built on the principle that for every hour a person contributes they receive the equivalent in time credits which they can exchange, Time Banking values people equally; and by being accessible to all, it is totally inclusive.

 

Time Banking Scotland aims to support those time banks already established as well as assisting individuals, organisations and communities to set up and run their own. Time Banking Scotland will be the vehicle linking and supporting time banks across Scotland by providing inspiration, guidance and practical help.

 

For more information contact Tam Cassidy on 01786 479593 or e mail tam.cassidy@vds.org.uk or visit the website www.timebanking.org

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      

Housing Support

Housing Support is an integrated policy and funding framework for housing support services introduced from April 2003. The aim is to provide good quality services, focused on the needs of users, to enable vulnerable people to live independently in the community, in all types of accommodation and tenure. http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Topics/Built-Environment/Housing/supportpeople

                                                                                                                                                                                

Counselling
Counselling and psychotherapy are ways of responding to a wide range of human needs. Counselling and psychotherapy provide opportunities for those seeking help to work towards ways of living in more satisfying and resourceful ways. For more information on counselling and homelessness and to view a case study, see the COSCA Counselling and Homelessness document.  

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               
Neighbourhood Networks
Neighbourhood Networks is modelled on the principles and practices of KeyRing, a well- established English company, who pioneered the model of ‘Living Support Networks’ to support individuals who are labelled with a learning disability to live in their own homes. This model of developing social networks can be used to support the reintegration of other excluded groups into the local community. For more information, see the Neighbourhood Networks paper.