I have been in Glasgow for a week - an amazing city full of wonderful gothic architecture and friendly people. Glasgow is interesting - it was identified as having a significant proportion of Scotland's homeless, has the highest number of people affected by drugs or alcohol across the whole of the UK, but also is reported to have some of the best "high end" shopping in the north.
People have been very generous with their time and I have heard about an amazing arts program, Impact Arts, that works with young people using a variety of art and training programs to help them build a home. You can find out more about the range of programs run if you click here www.impactarts.co.uk
Yesterday, I spent the whole day meeting a group of really dynamic and committed health workers. Health has been a major lead in ending homelessness in Glasgow, led by a human dynamo, Alice Docherty, who started in 1991 working with homeless people as a Community Psychiatric Nurse, as she was concerned that they were missing out on services.
I will do a separate post on the health response to really drill in to what has been happening - it is worth investing time to explain what I have heard and learned.
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