(from left) Eildon staff Ainsley Casson, Emma Harris, Linda Dunlop, Jack Evans (Poverty Alliance), Nile Istephan (CEO), Deborah Taggart, Fiona Kimber, Marnie McVitie Eildon Housing Association has increased its hourly rate of pay in line with the Living Wage Foundation’s recommended new rate.
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ng homes chairperson John Fury and staff with the Investors in People Gold and Health & Wellbeing awards Since the turn of the year ng homes has been delighted to receive no fewer than four high profile awards.
Ayrshire Housing and South Ayrshire Council have launched an innovative online mutual exchange service. Free to tenants across the UK, it’s designed to be easy to use on a smartphone. Tenants can create their own advertisements with photographs and then search for possible swaps by location and ho
A group of Fife primary pupils donned hard hats and hi-visibility vests to learn about construction and see new homes completed by Kingdom Housing Association near their school in Leven. The visit to the building site by pupils at St Agatha’s Primary school was linked to project work the children
Artist’s impression of how the development would look Argyll and Bute Council has approved Link Group Ltd’s 'Dunbeg Development Corridor Masterplan' of 600 new homes.
Homeowners can now apply for an interest free loan of up to £32,500 to improve the energy efficiency and use of renewable technologies in their properties. Launched yesterday, the Home Energy Scotland Loan Scheme makes a total of £34 million funding available to owner-occupiers and private landlor
Alastair Keatinge Funding pressures in social care are taking charities into territory littered with pitfalls and challenges alike. Not only are they are under pressure from council funding cuts, they face rising wage costs and growing demand for services.
Some youngsters get presented with a cheque Young people across North Glasgow have come together to develop projects, present them to the community and help decide which should be allocated funding as part of an inspiring local initiative.
A retirement housing development in Airdrie has held its seventh annual coffee morning raising an incredible combined total of £13,800 for Macmillan Cancer Support. Bield’s Inglefield Court has held coffee mornings for the past seven years, raising more every year, contributing towards funds for
One of Hillcrest's fundraising teams has not only raised a fantastic amount of money but left people in Dundee feeling beautiful. Big Mac and His Quarter Pounders raised £520 by arranging a beauty night at Dundee and Angus College where people were offered a number of treatments including waxing, n
Lisa Glass Ever felt like you’re spending too much money keeping your home warm? Celebrated a win at reclaiming your deposit? Had a rant about your landlord? Looked for advice on your rights as a tenant? Struggled with a rent rise? Criticised the dispute resolution process? Praised your letting ag
New figures from the National House-Building Council (NHBC) have revealed a rise in the number of new home registrations in Scotland. Local authorities across the country recorded 3,292 new home registrations in the first three months of 2017, up from 3,021 in the same period last year.
Parents are predicted to lend more than £6.5 billion this year to help their children get on the property ladder as first-time buyers continue to struggle to afford homes, according to research released by Legal & General (L&G) and Cebr. Emphasising the supply-side crisis in the UK property
Current economic trends such as house price inflation, tighter credit conditions and low real wage growth, mean that borrowing into older age is likely to move from niche to mainstream within the next decade. According to a new report produced by the International Longevity Centre-UK, supported by t
A new company is being set up to give residents at Countesswells ownership and input to the management of the extensive green and open spaces within the new community from the day they move in. Countesswells Development Limited, the developers behind Aberdeen’s brand new community to the West of A