place No like Photography competition results

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1 place No like home... Photography competition results All of the entries from and from previous years can be viewed at: No Place Like Home 1

2 Housing Support Services Housing Support services help people to live independently in their own home and community. Services can be delivered in an individual s own home, in temporary accommodation, like a hostel or in supported or sheltered accommodation. Low level housing support services can help with day-today living support, budgeting, handy person services, alarms, access to services, tele-health and tele-care, addressing social isolation as well as provide or support to access health and wellbeing services. Housing support can help people to avoid a crisis such as homelessness or to prevent or delay the need for acute, higher level and more costly services. Every year, the Housing Support Enabling Unit runs a photo competition for people who receive housing support. We ask people to send in a picture that tells a story about their own experience. There are three categories: Home, Community and Wellbeing. The entries we receive tell a story of what housing support means for an individual and the difference that it has made in their lives. Collectively, they help to show the difference that housing support can make to a community. Housing support is not just about getting or keeping a roof over someone s head that s only the beginning of the story. It can help people to make new friends, gain confidence and new skills and encourages healthier, more independent lifestyles. We re pleased to present the winning entries from the 5th Annual No Place Like Home Competition from. Home Getting or keeping a roof over someone s head in temporary or permanent accommodation is just the first step in making a home. Housing support can help to support a person with the skills to maintain a tenancy, link with their community and make a house a home. Acknowledgements The Housing Support Enabling Unit is grateful to the judges, Kirsten Walker, SFHA; Burcu Borysik, SITRA; John Urquhart, COSLA; Wendy Johnson, SSSC; Harleigh-Bell, Homeless Action Scotland; Jodi Cox, Cymorth Cymru; Ciaran McDonald, Age Scotland; 2 No Place Tim Like Pogson, Home Scottish Housing Best Value Network and Fiona King, Shelter, who generously gave their time to the difficult task of selecting winners from amongst the many amazing entries. We would also like to thank the Scottish Housing and Support Conference (SHASC) planning committee for including the presentation of the No Place Like Home awards in their conference. Most importantly, we are extremely grateful to all of the service users and support workers who entered the No Place Like Home Photography Competition and told their stories.

3 Me in my Kitchen for the picture of Robert Robert McCarte, Loretto Care Individual winner Home Hi my name is Robert. My story starts at the beginning with my recovery from being an alcoholic and drug user. I lived in Blackpool where I was homeless and I recognised that I had an addiction. I wanted to turn my life around. After accepting the help that I needed, I have, with the support from Loretto Care, built up the relationship I once had with my Mum. My mum stated that she had to disown me as it was too stressful for her to be in contact. I have learned to cook meals for myself as I wasn t able to do this before. My support team have helped me with this as I like learning new things to ensure that I eat food that is healthy for me. Cooking for myself wouldn t have been possible due to my addiction and I am happy now that I am managing this, and it has given me more independence, confidence and it s thanks to my support team that I am now more able to live in my flat more safely. Living in Craigneuk, Wishaw makes me feel safer knowing that the Loretto service is right next door. I am supported daily with my tenancy which is very important to me. Sometimes when I lie in bed at night and think about the time when I slept outside in a sleeping bag. This was the lowest point in my life. These days are now behind me and I look forward to the future with continued support in my flat from Loretto. No Place Like Home 3

4 Home is... fun, cosy, safe, relaxed, content where the heart is! Residents of Herriet Court Sheltered Housing, Southside Housing Association www. southsideha.org/ Group winner Home Herriet Court is a sheltered housing complex within Pollokshields, as part of Southside Housing Association. A group of ladies came together to take part in a photo group, learning new skills, based around the theme of Home. Southside Housing Association is fantastic they have a great rapport with the residents. In here, they know you. We are all on first name terms. Southside Housing Association is great at providing facilities. The courses they put on are brilliant. They are very kind and helpful. But we keep our privacy! We can come together if we want to at Christmas Parties, day trips away and the like. Southside Housing Association always makes sure everyone is all right. Wardens and staff are reliable and nice, Most of us feel AT HOME, and content here. 4 No Place Like Home

5 Community Housing support can help people to get involved with community groups or to volunteer. Activities that reduce social isolation can help to increase mental and physical health. Individual winner Community Courtyard lap challenge raises funds for worthy cause Caroline Chalmers, Share Scotland Caroline moved into her supported housing flat in February She settled in great and had met some of her neighbours but not all. She had been thinking of doing a fundraising venture and decided to do a sponsored 100 laps of the courtyard with her housing complex. She along with her support staff put posters up in the doorways of all the flats to let them know the event was taking place. On the day of her event, the staff had set up some stalls such as a tombola, cake and candy and burger stall to further entice the neighbours out. And it worked, families set up blankets on the grassy area in the middle and cheered her on throughout the 3 hours it took her to complete. She since developed friendships with her neighbours and raised for Spina Bifida. No Place Like Home 5

6 Group winner Community Raising money, raising awareness, raising a smile with the community Dryden Street Project, Gowrie Care Dryden Street is a resettlement homeless accommodation project, for the last 3 years we have held a fundraising event in aid of MacMillans Cancer support. Service users wanted to enter the community fun day event for this category as they felt it important to show how charities in the community can support each other and how everyone should have an opportunity to give back. Service users this year took part in organizing their own stalls and sold lots including plants which were grown in our own garden. JL also completed a sponsored silence. The photo was taken from above to reveal the community fun banner and to gain a sense of all the different people who came, from local communities, charity organisations, other social services. Service users also felt the event also raises awareness of the service which they receive, and how much they are a part of it. 6 No Place Like Home

7 Off for a walk again J Andrew Hunter, Loretto Care Individual winner Wellbeing Wellbeing A safe and secure home is key to a person s health and wellbeing, whether it means being able to get out and about for a long walk or staying in to spend time with a good friend. This photo is of Sarah, Buster and me leaving our home and going for a walk. This has become a regular part of our life - we all enjoy the exercise, being out in the fresh air and meeting our new neighbours. I used to have to sneak Buster out of the building when living in temp. Now I can walk him with pride and enjoy the interactions when people want to pet him he is a great dog and is friendly with everyone. We live in a nice area with lots of parks and fields where and, although I live in a 1 bedroom flat, Buster gets so much exercise that he spends most of his time at home recovering for the next walk. Sarah and I also feel fitter and healthier and are able to spend time every day doing something we both enjoy. No Place Like Home 7

8 Captain Comfort and Queen Milly Dryden Street Project, Gowrie Care Dryden Street project is resettlement service which aims to rehouse adults who have become homeless. This was a group entry where service users and staff decided that we wanted to show homeless accommodation and its benefits from a different perspective. The project adopted 2 stray cats in 2012, or rather they adopted us! They started coming into the back garden regularly and we couldn t resist taking them in and giving them a home. Named Lewi and Group winner Wellbeing Millie, they have proved to be the best additions to the staff team. They have had a huge impact on many service users wellbeing, enabling them to benefit from their companionship and friendship. LL has responsibility for feeding them at night and Lewi often sleeps on her bed. JC has nicknamed Lewi Captain Comfort which everyone felt was fitting as he comforts people, whilst enjoying all the attention too! Coalition of Care and Support Providers in Scotland is a limited company registered in Scotland under the company number of SC and is also a registered Scottish Charity 8 No Number Place : Like SC Home The company s registered office is at Norton Park, 57 Albion Road, Edinburgh, EH7 5QY