News/Blog - Positive Steps | Real People, Real Solutions

11 Feb

Posted at 09:15h in Information

  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...

22 Jun

Posted at 13:07h in Uncategorized

  The Covid 19 pandemic changed all our lives over the last few months in ways that none of us envisaged. Few will have ever experienced such a rapid and comprehensive change to the way they lived and had taken for granted. The rapidity and depth...

11 May

Posted at 13:30h in Uncategorized

Positive Steps are delighted to announce that we have been successful in securing funding from Corra Foundation as part of the Scottish Government Challenge Fund to expand our Positive Living Service. This follows the success of our pilot project over the last year and will...

18 Mar

Posted at 10:59h in Uncategorized

  We are aware of the impact that the current coronavirus outbreak is having on everyone, including our service users. We want to reassure you that we hope to maintain as normal a service as possible during this time. However, given the changing circumstances around the...

16 May

Posted at 11:19h in Information

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...

13 Dec

Posted at 10:38h in Uncategorized

November's Blog 2018 I read a paper the other day about how to present the arguments around poverty to win people over. One of the approaches you were advised not to take was to become strident or demanding. No finger wagging and exclamations of righteous indignation....

22 Oct

Posted at 15:00h in Uncategorized

Dundee has one of the highest proportions of homeless people in Scotland. Women there without homes, or experiencing financial difficulties, are seriously impacted by a lack of sanitary products. They report toiling with a need for large amounts of products after childbirth; struggling with a...

18 Jul

Posted at 14:36h in Uncategorized

  Congratulations to Pastor Frank Anderson- Aidoo and his wife Dianne at the recent opening of the Fountain Gate Chapel last Sunday. The opening was a great success with a packed out church. Pictured here are Pastor Frank and Dianne with our Chief Executive Derek...