Help Local Communities

Working with Homewards position your business as a leading organisation creating sustainable impact in preventing homelessness in Aberdeen.

There are many ways your business can support, such as providing funding and investment to support:

• New employment opportunities
• Compensating Lived experience participants as they contribute their voice to local delivery and co-produce solutions with partners
• Data solutions to unlock prevention activity in communities
• Unlocking of training opportunities and jobs
• Early intervention scheme, such as Upstream, in secondary schools

Businesses can support stronger communities by getting involved in projects that strengthen local support and help prevent homelessness. This can include contributing to community‑led initiatives or working with partners to support people at risk of homelessness.

Evidence shows that being employed can contribute to improved outcomes for individuals.  Working with a wide range of people also offers employers benefits including making a difference, resolving skills shortages, reducing recruitment costs and increasing staff retention.

There are many people across Aberdeen that you could support get back into employment, we are working to support:

• Young people living in our most deprived areas of the City
• People with convictions/ involved in the justice system
• People in recovery
• People with housing needs

As Aberdeen face a cost of living crisis, now more than ever we need your help to get involved with campaigns and donate your time and resources to supporting our city.