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The designer of an innovative spoon, which won the top prize at the Blackwood Design Awards and which enables people with shaky hands to eat without spilling, has launched a children’s version following the success of its adult product.

Routinely talking to primary school children about homelessness could prevent such problems later in life, according to the Homeless Network.

The Scottish Housing Regulator has announced that this year, it will focus on Gypsy/Traveller site standards as part of its strategic scrutiny activity. Earlier this week, Audit Scotland published its National Scrutiny Plan.

The potential to deliver affordable housing in rural communities is one of the research areas included in a new national student award which aims to encourage involvement in land reform and help with the work of the Scottish Land Commission. (from left) Professor David Adams, Scottish Land Commissio

North Lanarkshire Council is to host several special events across the region to support people living with or facing poverty to show support for Challenge Poverty Week.

The Edinburgh-based charity Cyrenians has successfully broken its target of delivering one million meals. Within the last year, the Cyrenians Fareshare depot has redistributed more than 450 tonnes of surplus food to charities and community groups across Central and South East Scotland - attaini

Often changes in the workplace can be relatively sudden and immediate, however if we are fortunate enough to be in a position to foresee that change is required, the advantages in being able to plan for change is huge.

Greenhouse gases fell last year by 2.5%, the smallest reduction since 2012, according to the state of the market report by Ofgem.

East Ayrshire Council is to participate in a pilot initiative by the Centre for Homelessness Impact (CHI) to address the urgent need for lasting reductions in homelessness at a local level.

A proposed merger between Arklet Housing Association and Hanover (Scotland) Housing Association is the subject of revised engagement plans for both organisations from the Scottish Housing Regulator. Arklet decided to pursue a transfer of engagements to Hanover last year and a vote on the proposal sa

Kingdom Group has achieved the Equality Pathfinders Award, a recognition scheme unique to Fife that recognises and showcases the efforts made by private, public and third sector organisations in furthering equality, diversity and inclusion as part of their day-to-day policies and practices. The Equa

Blackwood Homes and Care hosted its AGM in Cardonald last week.

North Lanarkshire Council has signed a new Scottish Housing Regulator Assurance Statement which ensures that people living in council homes will have improved access to housing performance information. The new Assurance Statement aims to ensure landlords are responsible for delivering positive outco

Homeless people have been helped by Glasgow City Council to apply for more than £500,000 in benefits.

Scottish Veterans Residences (SVR) has received an £8,617 grant from Cycling Scotland’s Cycling Friendly Community Development Fund. The grant will be used to purchase bicycles and equipment and will encourage Glasgow veterans to take to the cycle paths.