Simon Community Scotland

Simon Community Scotland•www.simonscotland.org

We believe that everyone deserves a safe place to live and access to the support they need. We'll be sharing news and stories from our services and discussing the key issues surrounding homelessness. Simon Community Scotland is the largest provider of homelessness services in Scotland and in this podcast series we'll talk to the people we support, staff members delivering our services and partnership organisations we work with. By working and learning together we can drive impact and change person to person – to transform everyone’s experience of homelessness in Scotland.

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Episodes

I Feel Part Of Society - Paul

Simon Community Scotland's Ronan MacDonald talks to Paul who we have supported in a number of ways, including through our digital inclusion programme - Get Connected 500. Paul talks about his support worker and how he is now at college and in a home of his own thanks to our Housing First team in Edinburgh.

Jun 18, 2024•7 min

It's always been about all of us

A guest podcast by Irene Warner-Mackintosh from Mhor Collective on our award winning digital inclusion work with people experiencing homelessness.

May 09, 2024•3 min

'I Feel Part Of Society' - Sandy

Ronan MacDonald from our Digital Inclusion team speaks with Sandy who we are supporting about his background, how he became homeless, the reality of rough sleeping in Edinburgh and how being involved with our Get Connected 500 project has changed his life. Find out more about how we have connected 1,000 people experiencing homelessness to the digital world in our groundbreaking report 'I Feel Part Of Society' by visiting; https://www.simonscotland.org/2024/04/24/partofsociety/ Find out more abou...

Apr 26, 2024•6 min

By My Side - part 1

Simon Community Scotland have had the pleasure of working alongside tech consultancy AND Digital in the creation of a brand new digital harm reduction app, By My Side. Join us as we hear from Hannah Boyle, Women's Harm Reduction Coordinator and Claire Longmuir, Policy and Practice Lead for Harm Reduction on the journey that brought us to By My Side. You'll also hear from Nikita Schultz, who worked on the development of the app and our partnership with AND Digital, our new charity partners for 20...

Jun 20, 2022•36 min

The Period Friendly Project

Join our chat with the Period Friendly volunteers and Project Coordinator to learn more about the Period Friendly Project. In an open and safe space we discuss: The role of the Period Friendly volunteer Why we believe the Project and provision of free period products is so important to people who are menstruating and experiencing homelessness Breaking taboos on menstruation The future of the Period Friendly Project Get comfy and chill out with our chat for 20 minutes! Lauren and the Period Frien...

Apr 28, 2022•20 min

Get Connected 100 - Digital inclusion for people experiencing homelessness

With funding from the Scottish Government, Simon Community Scotland provided 100 people experiencing homelessness with: A digital device Unlimited connectivity Support from a trained Digital Champion A learning framework of digital skills The results were life changing. In our first ever podcast, you'll hear about how digital inclusion is absolutely vital for people experiencing homelessness. When people can access the digital world, they are able to access other inclusion agendas such as social...

Aug 13, 2021•20 min•Season 1Ep. 1

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