Our Winter Project has now started its third week and we are pleased to confirm what our six Housing Settlement Officers (HSOs) have been doing since they commenced their roles.
Monday 2 December was the beginning of a full week of intense training to ensure our HSOs were ready to start helping guests last Monday. In only just over a week we have already engaged with and helped 56 guests.
These guests are in a variety of temporary accommodation and four of the 56 were housed by Glasgow City HSCP as they were at risk of sleeping rough. One was under the age of 18.
We have been supporting guests into their prospective geographical areas around the city and helping them register with a local doctor. We have introduced guests to our city centre project and the activities available to them. We have helped sort out benefits for those entitled to them; accessed rooms through Glasgow City HSCP; provided emergency beds in a city centre hotel; supported 12 guests at the risk of rough sleeping who came to our dinner service at Crimea Street and applied for low level funding for basics required for a new home.
This is multi-dimensional work and we are really grateful for the enthusiasm and professionalism of our HSOs as they patiently and diligently help our guests.
We are also grateful to STV News for reporting on what we were doing, you can view the short piece here: https://news.stv.tv/west-central/homeless-charities-ramp-up-efforts-to-tackle-winter-rough-sleeping-crisis.
Image credit: STV News
