Inverness Resettlement
Inverness Resettlement has 13 properties throughout Inverness and also supports people in their own tenancies. The project will support and assist people to access relevant agencies, and help people to move on to independent living. They will offer support to those who are experiencing difficulty within their own tenancy and will work with people to prevent them becoming homeless.
Inverness Resettlement can assist with:
- Budgeting & benefit claims
- Household maintenance, domestic skills
- Shopping & food preparation
- Gate-Keeping (maintaining security)
- Establishing social networks
- Training & employment needs.
- Mental and physical well being.
Contact Details:
Inverness Resettlement
21 Wells Street
Inverness
IV3 5JT
Phone: 01463 234123
Fax: 01463 251059
Waterloo Place, Inverness
Waterloo Place is owned and managed by Albyn Housing Society. They provide furnished one bedroom flats on Short Scottish Secure Tenancies and support for a maximum of 21 homeless men and women. People are referred to Waterloo Place by Housing and Property Services, Social Work Services and other agencies. They also support tenants in another 9 tenancies throughout Inverness, and provide a floating support service to around 70 other clients in a variety of tenures.
Contact details:
Albyn Housing Society Ltd
68 MacLennan Crescent
Inverness
IV3 8DN
Phone: 01463 712516
Web: www.albynhousing.org.uk
E-mail: office@albynhousing.org.uk
Flora MacDonald House
Flora MacDonald House provides accommodation with housing support to single women who are at least 16 years old. Support includes debt advice, welfare benefits and help accessing agencies. They are unable to provide accommodation for women with their children.
Women are offered accommodation in single rooms with communal facilities, which include, a kitchen, a laundry, bathing facilities , 2 TV Lounges, an activities/arts and crafts room, gym and a garden. The accommodation and communal facilities are distributed over a number of floors. It should also be noted that the front door of the property is reached by climbing a small flight of steps.
The communal nature of the project means that some basic house rules are in place to ensure the safety and security of all occupants. These rules include no alcohol or other non-prescribed drugs on premises and restrictions on visitors. CCTV is in operation enhancing resident’s safety and security.
Referrals have come from Housing & Property Services, Social Work Services, other agencies, or direct from women themselves. Women wishing to use the service should be relatively independent, able to sustain an occupancy agreement and not require 24-hour support. Flora MacDonald House is normally staffed from 9.00am to 5.00pm Monday to Friday.
Contact details:
Cairn Housing Association
Flora MacDonald House
30 Old Edinburgh Road
Inverness
IV2 3HJ
Phone: 01463 236609
E-mail: sheena.menzies@cairnha.com
Residents phone: 01463 233080
Church of Scotland (CrossReach)
CrossReach manages a development of four houses which provide temporary supported accommodation for up to 10 vulnerable single people with alcohol and drug related problems, some of whom are homeless. This accommodation can be found next to Beechwood House.
CrossReach also provide supported accommodation at Cale House, which is situated in the centre of Inverness. Cale House is a “Dry House” where up to 22 single vulnerable homeless people can live for a period of up to two years. Support is offered in the areas of health, family relationships, social interaction, housing applications, addictions, budgeting, hobbies and therapeutic work. People are encouraged to participate in and take responsibility for the development of their support plans.
Referrals should come from agencies with some working knowledge of the individual.
Contact details:
Cale House,
Millburn Road
Inverness IV1 3PX
Phone: (01463) 718616
Fax: (01463) 229533
E-mail: calehouse@crossreach.org.uk
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