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Scottish Borders Housing Association (SBHA) has become accredited as a Living Wage employer. The Living Wage commitment will see everyone working at SBHA, regardless of whether they are direct employees or third-party contracted staff, receive a minimum hourly wage of £9.30. This rate is highe

Hjaltland Housing Association (HHA) is losing two of its longest serving-committee members with the retirement of Gordon Mitchell and Bobby Hunter. Agnes Tallack, chair of the association, said: “On behalf of Hjaltland Housing Association’s Management Committee, our staff and tenants we

Ark has completed the recruitment of three new board members who play a significant role driving forward the care and housing organisation’s future growth and development strategy. Dr Fraser Quin, Michael Catlin and Joanna Mansell were all appointed at Ark’s AGM, taking the number of boa

Impact investing platform Ethex has launched a new opportunity to invest in Common Ground Against Homelessness’ Community Share Offer. The offer aims to raise £650,000 (with a minimum raise of £335,000) by 30th November 2020 and will fund the purchase of a property in Edinburgh to

Three university students have been commended for their support after working at housing provider Bield during the pandemic. The teenagers from Linlithgow joined Bield Housing and Care taking on care assistant roles over the aummer providing personal care, social support and domestic assistance

Housing Options Scotland (HOS) has welcomed two occupational therapy (OT) students from Queen Margaret University into the team as part of their final year placement. Though used to taking on placement students, this is the first time the charity has worked with those from an OT background, and the

Blackwood staff are being put at the forefront of the housing and care charity’s strategy to plan its future direction as it prepares for life with COVID-19. The charity will be assessing the responses of all of its 549 employees and using them to implement strategies to improve the work and l

Allanwater Homes has renewed its sponsorship of local football club Alloa Saints, which has a number of teams, including boys’ teams and a Saturday Amateur adult side.

Scottish housebuilder Miller Homes is keeping the wee ones across the West Scotland safe on their walk to and from school this autumn with its new Home Safe campaign.

The Scottish Federation of Housing Associations (SFHA) has announced the results of its 2020 board elections and welcomed a new chair after Gerry O’Sullivan stepped down from the role after three years. Two members of the board registered an interest in the position of chair, a ballot was cond

Reidvale Housing Association has announced the retirement of its long-serving director Jim McAlpine. Due to some positive changes in Jim’s personal circumstances, he will be retiring in December.

A new report by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation has found that Scotland is not on course to meet Scottish Government child poverty targets.  The report found that even before the coronavirus pandemic struck, poverty in Scotland is rising from an "already unacceptably high level".

Deputy First Minister John Swinney has opened 48 new affordable homes in Perth, built and funded by the Gannochy Trust. The development has been built and funded by The Gannochy Trust, a Scottish registered charity founded in 1937 by former Scotch whisky entrepreneur and philanthropist Arthur K

The Citizens Rights Project will brief local authority and third sector staff working with vulnerable EU nationals about the EU Settlement Scheme in a free webinar.

Potentially thousands of Universal Credit claimants in Scotland will find their incomes unable to match their cost of living unless the £20 increase to the benefit is retained beyond next March, Citizens Advice Scotland (CAS) has warned. The charity analysed Universal Credit CAB