Bedrock Edinburgh

1. what:

Bedrock provides support and accommodation to young (16-25 year olds) homeless people (or those at risk of homelessness) in the Edinburgh area. It operates a number of house model types including shared living (with up to two other young people and a volunteer), single accommodation and mother and baby accommodation. It also provides a separate service for young people leaving care. The service has 31 spaces in total across these different house types.

2. where:

Most of our accommodation is city centre based.

3. support:

Support is provided by a team of Project Workers and Support Assistants. Each young person can receive up to 9 hours of support each week and this can be arranged during the day, night and at weekends. Each young person works with their allocated Project Worker to assess their
support needs, create a Housing Support Plan and then use it to help increase their skills and ready them for independent living. Young people can stay in the service for up to two years and during this time can move between house types (e.g. from shared to a single house).

4. costs:

The support is paid for by Supporting People Grant. Young people in the service do not have to pay towards this cost. The rent for the property is paid for by Housing Benefit, the local authority (for care leavers), and by the young person (only if they are working).

5. referral:

Referrals can be made by phone, in person at the office, email, fax or by post. When a referral is received an application pack is sent out. When this is returned to the project we can begin a two stage interview process.