Leaving Home and Housing Education Regional Overview
Aberdeenshire
Scotland
Profile Population (Estimated 2004 Census)
Area Urban & Rural
232,850
5,078,400
Secondary Schools
Number of schools Number of pupils
17
36,152
385 317,476
Homeless Presentations
Number (2004)
Number per 1000 of general population
1,378
5.92
57,020 11.23
Youth Homeless Presentations
Number (2004) Number per 1000 of general population
408
1.75
16,374 3.23
Work in Schools
Who Does the Work? Aberdeen Cyrenians
Who Pays for It? Aberdeenshire Council
How is it delivered? Staff from voluntary sector go into schools to provide information and advice to young people to pupils about housing options and issues around homelessness.
Who is Targeted? Pupils in S3-S6
What Resources Are Used? SCSH’s Streets Ahead Guide in school libraries. A local directory of services was created in 2005 that can be used stand alone or inserted into the Streets Ahead Guide.
Lesson Plans based on SCSH I’m Offski! have been used as the basis for some lessons.
How long has work in this (or other) form being going on? approx 3 years.
How is the work monitored / evaluated? Students complete an evaluation form at the end of each session. This information is collated on a quarterly basis and reported back to the funders.
