tech is

  • Mr and Mrs X ❤ TECH

    Geraldine loves tech because it enables her and her team to deliver effective, person-centred care and support

  • Living at home for longer

    Jim ❤ TECH

    Jim loves tech because it kept his friend and neighbour safe at home for longer

  • Getting care through tech when needed

    Susan ❤ TECH

    Susan loves tech because it helped her mum get the care she needed, when she needed it

  • tech helping build connections in the community

    Jim ❤ TECH

    Mrs X loves tech because it has helped her build connections in her community

  • Nick invents tech

    Nick ❤ TECH

    Nick loves tech because it allows his gran to keep making the tea

Welcome to ‘tech’. The heart of technology in housing.

We envision a world where technology enabled care is used on a routine basis to ensure tenants receive the right advice, care and support, at the right time, in an environment they feel safe in, primarily their own home.

We exist to share knowledge and expertise around technology enabled care and support with the housing sector, encouraging organisations to keep customers at the heart of innovation and service improvements.

Our aim is to make technology in housing more accessible, to showcase the impressive and impactful application of technology that is happening right now across Scotland and to bring together tech-minded innovators looking to develop or implement digital technology that improves the lives of tenants.

‘tech’ offers advice and support to the Scottish housing sector through:

  • – ‘tech’ will work with commercial, public and third sector partners to facilitate and/or fund small test of change and proof of concept projects that demonstrate how a technology or digital application can improve outcomes for tenants.

    [link Healthier Homes/case studies]

  • Design’ describes design as a way of exploring the problem space openly, collaboratively and with users, before a solution or service is decided. A method of exploring problems that removes organisational or sectoral boundaries. A way of working that should be present at the very heart of government policy, bringing otherwise disparate parts of the public sector around a common goal.

    [link to IHUB SD toolkit]

  • tech’ and Digital Telecare for Scottish Local Government have co-designed a housing pathway within the Digital Telecare Playbook that explores the stepping stones to achieve a digital transition through three phases: Discovery, Planning and Implementation.

    [link digital office playbook]

  • – Advancing technologies are changing how we do business; driving both the pace and scale of changes in the world of work, including jobs in housing. As the workplace continues to evolve, so must the workforce. Staff will be increasingly more likely to encounter technology as part of their role, and organisations must support their staff to adopt new ways of working that may require a new set of skills.

    [link to skills info]

  • – Near Me is a secure, easy to use, web-based video appointments service that’s available to all social landlords, enabling housing services to be delivered or facilitated through video calling. The system was originally designed for NHS Scotland and is tried and tested, safe and secure. [training videos]

    We love ‘tech’. We want you to love it too and hope you will join our growing ‘tech community’ of housing professionals, sharing experiences, lessons and contacts with peers, working together to demystify how digital technology really works and what it means for Scottish housing.

    [tech charter link] [newsletter sign up]

Be part of the future. Join the organisations embracing tech. 

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SHFA

Abbeyfield Scotland

Bield

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Counting down to the big analogue to digital telephony switchover

Don’t leave it too late.

How to manage the transition to digital telecare

The Digital Telecare Playbook contains everything you need to ensure a smooth, safe transition to a digital service. 

Simply register and follow the pathway for housing providers.

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Bield telecare pilot leads to 75% reduction in ambulance calls.”

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