{"id":96,"date":"2015-06-30T11:59:50","date_gmt":"2015-06-30T10:59:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.iriss.org.uk\/homelessness\/?page_id=96"},"modified":"2019-03-11T08:59:54","modified_gmt":"2019-03-11T08:59:54","slug":"navigate","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.iriss.org.uk\/homelessness\/navigate\/","title":{"rendered":"Navigate, Glasgow Homelessness Network"},"content":{"rendered":"

Case study 8<\/h2>\n

Description<\/h3>\n

This case study describes Navigate, a peer-led support service developed by Glasgow Homelessness Network in the summer of 2014. It\u00a0provides people experiencing homelessness with support from others who have also been homeless. The case study is based on a group discussion with a development coordinator, two development workers, one of whom is an ex-volunteer and two Navigate volunteers. Navigate grew from a previous, but more limited, service called Home which provided advocacy services. Navigate comprises advocacy and mentoring skills, asset-based approaches and peer-based interventions. The service receives funding from a range of sources including the Oak Foundation, Support and Connect and Comic Relief. Referral to the service happens in a number of ways, with self-referral being the most common. Word of mouth has also proven effective, as has Citizen\u2019s Advice Bureau and Glasgow City Council\u2019s social work department. There are no qualifying criteria for the Navigate service; every individual is referred. The service also accepts people coming back into the service, but\u00a0this rarely happens.<\/p>\n

Contact<\/a>
\nUnit 16a, Adelphi Centre, 12 Commercial Road, Glasgow, G5 0PQ \/ 0141 420 7272<\/p>\n

To complement this case study Derek Holliday, a peer mentor for Glasgow Homelessness Network’s Navigate service shares his experiences of homelessness, mentoring and his views on services and community.<\/p>\n