For Service Providers
This site is intended to provide clear and detailed information to the public about the whole range of housing support services that may be available to them.
The Directory of Housing Support Services is the core part of the site. It includes services for all user groups, and is not restricted to those services funded by local authorities through the Supporting People programme. All services must however be registered with the Care Commission.
Our aim is to give a detailed picture of each service, so that site users can judge whether your service might meet their needs, and compare it with those of other providers. The Directory therefore offers ample scope for you to explain, publicise and market your services, both to individuals and to SP commissioning staff within Local Authorities.
As you will see, Directory entries are expected to follow a standard pattern, but can be supplemented by other materials - leaflets, brochures, images, even videos or sound recordings if you have them. There already are a number of photographs of sheltered housing schemes although we would welcome more! Where accommodation is not provided, you might consider photographs of staff or the office where a floating housing support service is based. These could well encourage potential service users to make contact.
Adding or amending service details is straightforward - just let us have whatever descriptive materials you have, and we will work from those to create or modify your entry, and then check back with you that you are happy with the result.
'The Scottish National Standards for Information and Advice providers were compiled by the Scottish Government's Information Advice and Standards Unit (formerly HomePoint) with the assistance of advice providers in the voluntary and statutory sectors. The Standards set a framework for organisations and for advisers and are the recognised quality framework for all housing and money advice services in Scotland. Further information can be found at: http://sh45inta/Topics/Built-Environment/Housing/access/nationalstandards.
Contact Us
The House Key website is maintained by the charity Elderly Accommodation Counsel (EAC) on behalf of the Scottish Executive.
- Email us at: info@thehousekey.org
- Write to us at: EAC, 3rd Floor, 89 Albert Embankment, London SE1 7TP
- Phone us: Val Gorter (020 7820 3755) or John Galvin (020 7820 7867)