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11 Feb SASC invests £1.65 million in Dundee Charity Positive Steps Partnership

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Social and Sustainable Capital (SASC) has invested £1.65 million from its Social and Sustainable Housing (SASH) fund into Positive Steps Partnership, a Dundee-based charity that has been providing supported accommodation services for vulnerable adults for over 25 years. The charity was founded in 1989 to provide housing support...

16 May Currys Fundraising For Positive Steps

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Thank You Currys!!!! Your generous donation has been received. We would like to thank your efforts and your time for planning great fundraising events over the past three months. The Charity Committee at Currys made this possible. Each member of the committee went over and above...

16 Sep The 3rd STEP Program of 2016

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The 3rd STEP Program of 2016 has come to an end! Working in partnership with Abertay Housing Association, Positive Steps were delighted to deliver Positive Steps' 9 week lifestyle program (STEP) to the residents at Fintry Mains Sheltered Housing Complex. Using an action learning process,...

29 Aug Get It Sorted

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The STEP Program was delighted to have the Dundee Community Safety Partnership come to one of the STEP groups and give a talk to the participants about safety within the home. Working in partnership with the Police, the Dundee Community Safety Wardens can deal quickly...

23 Jun STEP Programme

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STEP aims to tackle social isolation amongst older adults aged 65 plus by using an action learning process in a group work setting. Over the summer, it is intended to focus the Programme on people who live within Sheltered Housing Complexes. We also run these...

09 May Excellence in Care

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The Care Inspectorate is changing the way it inspect. Some changes come into effect 1st April 2016, some from 1st July 2016. The proposed changes have been informed by a widespread consultation with a broad range of partners and stakeholders, including providers and service users, and...

21 Apr Once Homeless Now Supporting Homelessness

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Alan who was once supported by our Temporary Accommodation Outreach Service at the ‪#‎LilywalkerCentre‬ Is now supporting ‪#‎Homelessness‬. He has started to hand in big pots of homemade soup that he makes every Tuesday and hands it into the Lilywalker Centre. He stated that once you...

05 Nov Creating Wellbeing

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Our Community Learning and Development team were privileged to be part of a lecture titled ‘Creating Wellbeing – What is needed to transform Scottish society so that all citizens are able to thrive?’, delivered by First Minister Nicola Sturgeon MSP. The First Minister highlighted the integration...

15 Oct Best practice in the private rented sector

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After a recent visit from staff and the C.E.O from Crisis. They were very happy with their findings and produced this report about our services on their Crisis Website. It highlights how well, we are supporting the most vulnerable people in Dundee...

27 Aug Suicide Guidance

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This guidance is meant to help staff dealing with unsuccessful applicants for Universal Credit who are threatening to self-harm or take their own life. But what this is doing is putting people in real danger because if people are assessed wrongly and they are already...