Homeless Network Scotland Open Doors event in Edinburgh
Jules Oldham of Homeless Network Scotland shares the details of an upcoming event in Edinburgh on 19th November. Open Doors is a joint event from Housing First Scotland and All in for Change with morning and afternoon sessions bookable separately. She also shares more information on The Level, a new national protocol to end fragmented support that fails people with severe and multiple disadvantage, including homelessness, substance use, mental ill health, offending and domestic abuse.
Open Doors: Edinburgh
Date: Thursday 19 November 2026, 10am - 4pm
Location: Edinburgh, in person event
Registration: Online
Housing First Scotland and All in for Change are joining forces to open doors for housing, homelessness and related sectors at free day-long events in three cities.
The Change Team are coming to Glasgow, Edinburgh and Inverness for morning sessions to hear about homelessness prevention across Scotland. The focus is local but the sessions are open to everyone from all five housing options hubs – just pick your preferred location.
In the afternoon, Housing First Connect events – a crucial part of the Check-up – will be held in the same venue. Open to practitioners, tenants and anyone with an interest in Housing First.
On the morning of each event, Housing First practitioners can choose the option of a study visit, to get a close-up view of great practice at a local service.
Join us for a day where we open doors: share what works for you, hear about replicable practice, discuss barriers and solutions to scaling up Housing First and preventing homelessness better.
Find full details at the link below, pick the options that suit you and book yourself a spot and whatever you choose, we’ll provide lunch. See you soon!
The Level: Raising the floor for No Wrong Door
Scotland has a new national protocol to end fragmented support that fails people with severe and multiple disadvantage, including homelessness, substance use, mental ill health, offending and domestic abuse. It's called The Level and we launched it with our collaborators, contributors and supporters at the annual conference earlier this month.
It was a big moment among many highlights at this year's event – the culmination of the No Wrong Door three-year test of change programme exploring how to practically implement joined-up working for those at the hard edges, followed by an extensive consultation process to refine, improve and simplify the final product.
The Level, backed by more than 50 organisations across multiple sectors, aims to turn policy consensus on ‘no wrong door’ – the idea that joined-up support should be available to someone wherever they first turn for help – into consistent, effective delivery on the ground.
Not only will implementing this mean better support for people at the hard edges, it will help prevent the huge cost of failing to properly support people with more than one challenge: a staggering £5.8billion every year, according to a new economic analysis.
You’ll find a wealth of resources at www.thelevel.scot setting out what The Level is (including a 4 minute video explainer) and why it matters. On a practical note you’ll find the Level Checks: tools to help practitioners, commissioners and policymakers take action today to ensure their work prevents new or worsening disadvantage.
When all of us Check the Level, we raise the floor for everyone.
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