--- title: Ask and Act Training description: Sign up for Ask and Act Training image: https://info.socialudo.org/hubfs/Screenshot%202025-04-30%20at%2014.38.18.png --- [![Socialudo-Logo-Red-600px](https://info.socialudo.org/hs-fs/hubfs/Socialudo-Logo-Red-600px.png?width=450&height=158&name=Socialudo-Logo-Red-600px.png "Socialudo-Logo-Red-600px")](http://socialudo.org) [Contact Us](https://info.socialudo.org/contact-us?hsLang=en) # Housing (Scotland) Act 2025 # Ask & Act training: is your team ready? ### Scotland's new homelessness prevention duties will require every relevant body, from health boards to housing associations, to Ask & Act. We give your staff the understanding, confidence and systemic insight to do just that through our innovative serious games methodology. ![PathwaysParadoxBannerImageV2](https://info.socialudo.org/hs-fs/hubfs/Pathways%20Assets/banners/PathwaysParadoxBannerImageV2.jpg?width=2000&height=750&name=PathwaysParadoxBannerImageV2.jpg "PathwaysParadoxBannerImageV2") #### The Housing (Scotland) Act 2025 will place a statutory duty on relevant bodies, including health boards, integration joint boards, local authorities, registered social landlords, Police Scotland, the Scottish Prison Service and Social Security Scotland, to ask about housing risk and act to prevent homelessness, up to six months before crisis occurs. The duties come into force in December 2027, so now is the time to prepare. Housing (Scotland) Act 2025, Part 5, Duties of relevant bodies  [Ready to bring Ask & Act to life?](https://info.socialudo.org/ask-and-act-training?hsLang=en#anchor-sign-up) # Homelessness prevention is now everyone's business. ### Systemic understanding Participants navigate the homelessness system through real stories, building genuine insight into how housing, health, employment and support intersect. ### Cross-sector collaboration Designed to bring diverse organisations into the room together, sparking honest conversations that PowerPoints struggle to reach. ### Energy and engagement Fast-paced, competitive and fun, because staff motivation matters as much as the learning itself. ### Proven impact Used across Scotland by local authorities, health and social care partnerships, and third-sector organisations with strong participant outcomes and satisfaction scores. ### What we've achieved across Scotland Working as part of NL REACH, North Lanarkshire's Test and Learn pilot, Socialudo has trained hundreds of frontline practitioners across housing, health, social work, policing and the third sector. The results speak for themselves. After our training:  99% understood challenges across health, housing and social care 98% understood relationships between diverse sectors 91% understood their organisation's role in reducing barriers 94% left with clear next steps for their organisation # Developed with people who know the system Pathways Paradox was co-developed with Social Bite, whose work is grounded in lived experience. That partnership means the game reflects the reality of homelessness in Scotland, and gives participants genuine insight into the pressures, barriers and possibilities that shape people's journeys through the system.  #### See what happens when people start navigating the system through some of our reports to download here: [![PathwaysParadoxReportCover-1](https://info.socialudo.org/hs-fs/hubfs/Pathways%20Assets/thumbnails/PathwaysParadoxReportCover-1.png?width=100&height=133&name=PathwaysParadoxReportCover-1.png "PathwaysParadoxReportCover-1")](https://info.socialudo.org/pathwaysparadox-reportrequest?hsLang=en) [![pp-socialbite-cover](https://info.socialudo.org/hs-fs/hubfs/Pathways%20Assets/thumbnails/pp-socialbite-cover.webp?width=100&height=152&name=pp-socialbite-cover.webp "pp-socialbite-cover")](https://www.social-bite.co.uk/news/empowering-change-100-individuals-employed-through-jobs-first/) ![DSC07057 (1)](https://info.socialudo.org/hs-fs/hubfs/Pathways%20Assets/images/DSC07057%20(1).jpg?width=2000&height=744&name=DSC07057%20(1).jpg "DSC07057 (1)") ## Session pricing **The cost of an Ask & Act session varies with the number of attendees. We can deliver sessions for between 16 to 180 participants - but if you want a bigger session please do talk to us about it.** All training course are a half-day, delivered in your venue by our experienced facilitators. All prices exclude VAT. **We offer discounts of 10% for purchases of three to five sessions, and 20% off for purchases of six or more sessions.** We also offer Train the Trainer packages to allow you to deliver the game within your organisation - please contact us to discuss. ## Small group Between 16 to 32 participants £1,200/session ### Includes - Ask & Act presentation - Pathways Paradox game session - Debrief and discussion - Training summary report [Get started](https://info.socialudo.org/ask-and-act-training?hsLang=en#anchor-sign-up) ## Medium group Between 33 to 90 participants £2,050/session ### Includes - Ask & Act presentation - Pathways Paradox game session - Debrief and discussion - Training summary report [Get started](https://info.socialudo.org/ask-and-act-training?hsLang=en#anchor-sign-up) ## Large group (120) Between 91 to 120 participants £2,900/session ### Includes - Ask & Act presentation - Pathways Paradox game session - Debrief and discussion - Training summary report [Get started](https://info.socialudo.org/ask-and-act-training?hsLang=en#anchor-sign-up) ## Large group (180) Between 121 to 180 participants £3,600/session ### Includes - Ask & Act presentation - Pathways Paradox game session - Debrief and discussion - Training summary report [Get started](https://info.socialudo.org/ask-and-act-training?hsLang=en#anchor-sign-up) ![pathwas-shortbanner](https://info.socialudo.org/hs-fs/hubfs/pathwas-shortbanner.png?width=2000&height=436&name=pathwas-shortbanner.png "pathwas-shortbanner") ### Ready to bring Ask & Act to life? We work with organisations of all sizes from focused team sessions of 20 to large cross-sector events of 200, and every session is designed around your context, your people and your system whether you're a pilot site, a local authority, health board or third-sector partner.  ### Just enter your email, and we will be in touch. ![socialbitelogo](https://info.socialudo.org/hs-fs/hubfs/External%20Org%20Assets/socialbitelogo.png?width=154&height=148&name=socialbitelogo.png) ![NL REACH LOGO](https://info.socialudo.org/hs-fs/hubfs/External%20Org%20Assets/NL%20REACH%20LOGO.png?width=823&height=532&name=NL%20REACH%20LOGO.png) ![NorthLan-logo](https://info.socialudo.org/hs-fs/hubfs/External%20Org%20Assets/NorthLan-logo.png?width=541&height=254&name=NorthLan-logo.png) ![orkneyHA-logo](https://info.socialudo.org/hs-fs/hubfs/orkneyHA-logo.png?width=462&height=193&name=orkneyHA-logo.png) A special thanks to Social Bite, North Lanarkshire Council and Orkney Housing Association for their ongoing support and creative development in Pathways Paradox and the Socialudo Homelessness Model working together to tackle homelessness across Scotland. 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