Care in Scotland

Housing support services in Scottish Borders

24 housing support services in Scottish Borders, run by 17 providers. Of the 21 with Care Inspectorate grades, 19 (90%) have no area graded below Good.

Registered services

24

run by 17 providers

Average grade

4.6 / 6

Scotland: 4.6. The mean of each service's key-question grades.

Graded in the last 12 months

42%

10 of 24. A grade describes a service on the day it was inspected.

How housing support services in Scottish Borders are graded

Each service's lowest key-question grade, from the Care Inspectorate (6 is Excellent, 1 is Unsatisfactory). 21 of 24 have published grades; the rest have not been graded yet.

  • Excellent (6) 0
  • Very good (5) 10
  • Good (4) 9
  • Adequate (3) 2
  • Weak (2) 0
  • Unsatisfactory (1) 0

Housing support services in Scottish Borders

ServiceTownLowest gradeGraded
Bright Care (Borders) Melrose 5 Very good Nov 2024
Eildon Care and Support West Selkirk 5 Very good Jan 2025
Eildon Housing Association - Sheltered & Very Sheltered Housing Selkirk 5 Very good Jun 2023
Jedburgh Services Duns 5 Very good Feb 2026
Penumbra - Borders Supported Living Service MELROSE 5 Very good Apr 2026
Real Life Options Hawick Hawick 5 Very good Dec 2024
Scottish Borders Council - Homelessness Services Galashiels 5 Very good Nov 2023
The Richmond Fellowship Scotland - Borders Intensive Support Service Galashiels 5 Very good Jul 2026
Todlaw - Housing Support Service Duns 5 Very good Feb 2026
We Are With You Borders Galashiels 5 Very good Aug 2023
Ark Borders Peebles 4 Good Sep 2026
Borders Services Galashiels 4 Good Jul 2026
Cornerstone Borders CS Galashiels 4 Good Mar 2025
Eildon Housing – Learning Disability Service Duns 4 Good Aug 2026
Poynder Apartments Kelso 4 Good Oct 2025
Streets Ahead (East) - Care at Home/Housing Support Duns 4 Good Jun 2026
Streets Ahead (West) - Care at Home/Housing Support Hawick 4 Good Jun 2025
Teen Challenge UK - Whitchester House Duns 4 Good Aug 2023
The Richmond Fellowship Scotland - Scottish Borders Hawick 4 Good Oct 2025
Brothers of Charity Services (Scotland) - Campus of Care Galashiels 3 Adequate Jan 2026
Brothers of Charity Services (Scotland) - Supported Living Community of Care Galashiels 3 Adequate Jan 2026
Eden Support Service Ltd Peebles not yet graded
Garvald Home Farm Housing Support Service West Linton not yet graded
The Lodge Supported Living Service WEST LINTON not yet graded

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Premium and Featured listings are promoted placements (the provider pays, or occasionally we give a plan) and appear first. They never change a grade.

Where housing support services are in Scottish Borders

Galashiels 7 Duns 5 Hawick 3 MELROSE 2 Peebles 2 Selkirk 2 West Linton 2 Kelso 1

The wider picture in Scottish Borders

  • 51 adults were waiting in hospital to leave in September 2026 (Public Health Scotland).
  • 16,370 people are aged 75 or over, projected to be 20,620 by 2036 (National Records of Scotland).
  • 35% of registered care services reported staff vacancies at 31 December 2024 (SSSC and Care Inspectorate; all types of service).

More on Scottish Borders in Insights →

Common questions

How many housing support services are there in Scottish Borders?

There are 24 registered with the Care Inspectorate and listed here (data as at 30 September 2026). The same address can hold more than one registration, so this is a count of registrations, not buildings.

How are housing support services in Scottish Borders graded?

The Care Inspectorate grades each service from 1 (Unsatisfactory) to 6 (Excellent) on several key questions. 21 of these have published grades. For 19 of them the lowest grade is Good (4) or better, and for 0 it is Weak (2) or Unsatisfactory (1). A service with no grade has not been graded yet, which is common for new registrations.

How recently have they been inspected?

10 of the 24 were graded in the last 12 months. Each service page shows the date, because a grade describes the service on the day it was inspected.

How do I choose one?

Use the grades as a starting point, not a verdict: read the latest inspection report on the Care Inspectorate's own page for each service, visit if you can, and ask the questions that matter to you. Your council's social work department or health and social care partnership can also help. We do not recommend any one service.

Other care in Scottish Borders

Nurseries and day care for children 79 Childminders 44 Care at home services 35 Care homes 24 Housing support services 24 All care in Scottish Borders

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Source: Care Inspectorate open data under the Open Government Licence v3.0, as at 30 September 2026. Grades are never changed or estimated here. This is not a recommendation or care advice: see how to use this site and about the data.