Edinburgh Cyrenian

Cyrenians Homlessness Prevention Service in Edinburgh has a near 100 per cent success rate in stopping people from losing their home, saving a local authority money in the process. A recently unveiled report and video demonstrate how prevention work saves money and misery.

As evidence shows that brief interventions on alcohol are highly effective in primary care, interest in whether the model can be replicated in wider settings is growing. Edinburgh Cyrenians has spent the last three years working closely with frontline staff to develop, implement and evaluate a model of alcohol intervention suitable for use across our services for homeless people.

Every year 6,000 young people become homeless in Scotland because the relationship with their family breaks down. Our recent report shows that thousands of them could be saved from the trauma of homelessness if services to mediate between them and their families were better funded, more joined up and available consistently in the right time and place.

Do you care and share our passion for a fairer, more inclusive community? Would you like to contribute to the work that we do? There are several ways in which you can achieve this: