More Than Just A Roof
Training
Working in homelessness prevention and supporting people to realise their full potential, communication is key. Rowan Alba offers a variety of coaching qualifications and training.
Services
We provide a range of services across Scotland, which reduce the chances of people becoming homeless or, where this has happened, provide people with the support they need.
Volunteering
There are opportunities to volunteer with us. CARDS (Community Alcohol Related Damage Service) is a befriending service run by Rowan Alba and volunteers. Get involved.
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Plus ça change…100 years since the Addison Act on housing
This month marks a centenary of council housing, after the watershed Addison Act came into force across the UK in 1919. The legislation was meant to create Liberal PM Lloyd George’s “homes fit for heroes”, to house the returning soldiers from World War One. His...
CARDS Volunteer summer recruitment is now open
We are adding to our team of 50 volunteers and the recruitment is now open.
New weekly drop in support group for people experiencing homelessness
If you are currently experiencing homelessness, join the new Wednesday Weekly Drop In’s between 14:00-16:00 to get support from other people in the same position.
A student in Brighton made this short reflective film on the housing crisis. I think some of you might like it. Pushed | Short film on the housing crisis on Vimeo https://t.co/OXxV0az2AD
Our mental health services are process driven , not person centred and have long waiting lists: I supported a friend who told her GP she felt suicidal- then waited 6 weeks to see a psychiatrist .
By the way, the reason I tweeted our suicide (700) and drug deaths (over 1000) as compared to murders (60 or so) and car deaths (150) was to wonder why we spend so little time broadcasting about suicides and drug deaths. They were people too.
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