Project 101 - the housing information and advice service for young people - is on the move and needs your help to create a new name.
The service, which gets its name from its current location at 101 Townhead in Kirkintilloch, provides specialist advice and assistance to people aged between 14 and 25 who are faced with homelessness, along with those who require housing advice and information on housing options.
More recently, the Project 101 team's main focus has been around welfare reform, benefit issues, rent arrears queries, homelessness and housing options enquiries.
It focuses on this age group due to the vulnerabilities that many young people have.
Project 101, which also provides advice and support to new tenants and promotes tenancy sustainment, is now set to move round the corner to Lenzie Road later in the year and wants to enlist the help of residents to rename the service, with the best entry winning a prize.
Councillor Stewart MacDonald, Convenor of the Neighbourhood Services Committee for East Dunbartonshire Council, said, “The service provided by the team at Project 101 is first class. The caseworkers are very approachable to our young service users and are proactive with housing enquiries. They have a sense of pride in their work and in the positive outcomes which their service users achieve.
“None of this will change when the service moves into its new accommodation later in the year. However, to coincide with the move the service is looking for a new name and logo. We’ve already got schools involved and we’ve received a lot of fantastic entries from our talented pupils but are looking for our creative residents to get involved as well.
“I look forward to seeing all the entries and the winning name and design will receive a gift card for a place of their choice.”
Completed entries can be sent to project101@eastdunbarton.gov.uk or posted/handed in to 101 Townhead, Kirkintilloch, G66 1NX.
If anyone is looking for any more information they can contact Project 101 on 0141 777 3220 or 07810856660 or via its Facebook page www.facebook.com/project101edc/
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