How?
Are you ready?
Assess your organisation’s current digital maturity today.
It only takes about 10 minutes to complete, and you will see your results straightaway.
Explore the courses available.
When?
The existing analogue telephone network will be switched to digital connectivity.
What?
Tech supports housing providers, their tenants and customers to explore, test and embed digital opportunities across housing.
Be part of tech love and take a look at the like minded housing providers who have signed up to the tech charter.
Why?
Advances in technology have accelerated change in our sector, shaping how we engage with our tenants and how we deliver our services.
‘tech’ has come together with partners to create a trusted space, providing a source of inspiration and information for the housing sector.
tech is
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:
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‘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.
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The ‘Scottish Approach to Service 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.
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tech and Digital Telecare for Scottish Local Government have co-designed detailed pathways within the Digital Telecare Playbook that explores the stepping stones to achieve a digital transition through four phases: Discovery, Planning, Implementation and Closure.
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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.
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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. See 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 cotech charter linkntacts with peers, working together to demystify how digital technology really works and what it means for Scottish housing.
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]
Be part of the future. Join the organisations embracing tech.
Join our latest partners in tech
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SFHA
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Abbeyfield Scotland
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Barrhead Housing Association Ltd
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Berwickshire Housing Association Ltd
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Bield
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Blackwood Homes and Care
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Bridgewater Housing Association
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Cairn Housing Association Ltd
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Dalmuir Park Housing Association Ltd
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Scottish Borders Council
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Eildon Housing Association Ltd
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Elderpark Housing Association Ltd
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Perth & Kinross Council
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FifeHousing Gorup / Fife Partnership
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Forgewood Housing Co-operative Ltd
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Fyne Homes
• SFHA • Abbeyfield Scotland • Barrhead Housing Association Ltd • Berwickshire Housing Association Ltd • Bield • Blackwood Homes and Care • Bridgewater Housing Association • Cairn Housing Association Ltd • Dalmuir Park Housing Association Ltd • Scottish Borders Council • Eildon Housing Association Ltd • Elderpark Housing Association Ltd • Perth & Kinross Council • FifeHousing Gorup / Fife Partnership • Forgewood Housing Co-operative Ltd • Fyne Homes
Sign up to tech love….
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.
Bield
“Bield proactive telecare pilot leads to 75% reduction in ambulance calls.”
Tec in Housing showcases
its inaugural…
‘There’s no place like home’
in person event.
Our home should be a place to relax, to feel safe, comfortable, and in control. Digital technology offers the potential to enable more people of all ages and abilities to live well and safely at home.
Join our event as we promote the heart of technology in housing. We welcome commercial partners committed to improving the quality of life of our tenants through tech.
if technology only had a heart.
Sessions will include:
Building digital skills and leadership – supporting digital culture within your organisation
Attracting Tech minded talent into the sector – Mapping out the digital skills requirements for job roles, routes to housing
Designing digital services and what support is available to housing.
The future of care and support – AI and preventative analytics
The digital Journey – From analogue to digital – what the transition means for Scottish Housing and how we are performing as a sector.