A stunning mural depicting the mother of Glasgow’s patron saint and whom Thenue Housing is named after has been revealed. This week the Association welcomed the unveiling of the mural not far from the city centre which shows St Thenue cradling and nursing her infant son.
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Mandy Catterall By Mandy Catterall, Scottish Property Federation
Cranbrook in Devon. Image courtesy of NHS England Developers and housing associations have signed up to an NHS England initiative which will see them design neighbourhoods which push a healthy agenda.
John Montague, managing director of group operations at The Big Issue; cabinet secretary for communities and local government Aileen Campbell and Kieran Daly, Big Issue Invest manager for Scotland Cabinet secretary for communities and local government Aileen Campbell joined a celebratory event held
Frightened Rabbit on stage at last year's event Sleep in the Park organisers Social Bite and Unique Events have unveiled more details of the event which hopes to see 12,000 people sleep-out in four cities around Scotland in December and raise £6 million.
Loan provider Wonga has placed itself into administration with Grant Thornton appointed to take over the controversial business which has been brought down by caps on the interest it can charge and the spiralling cost of a flood of compensation claims brought against it because of past misconduct. T
A team of industry professionals are joining RICS Scotland next week as they walk 154km from Milngavie to Fort William along the world famous West Highland Way. The ‘West Highland Way Warriors’ will undertake the challenge over just five days as they raise money for property industry charity Lan
Wilma Strang A care worker has resigned from her position as vice-chair at Wellhouse Housing Association after being struck off by the Scottish Social Services Council (SSSC) for assaulting an elderly resident at a care home.
Bryan Wilson A new £15 million housing development on part of Peel Park on the outskirts of East Kilbride has been given planning consent by South Lanarkshire Council.
(from left) Iain Sutherland (bid director of Robertson Northern), Colin Wright (senior project manager at Robertson Northern), Stephen Hay (clerk of works at Hanover Scotland), Richard Lochhead MSP and Mike Martin (chair of Hanover Scotland) A new social housing development for older people at Spyni
Dundee City Council has unveiled plans to develop around 35 new social let homes on the site of a block of flats set for demolition. Local authority architect Ray Low told a meeting of North East Local Community Planning Partnership that the new homes will be built at Murrayfield Drive and Murrayfie
As CIH Scotland submits evidence to the Scottish Parliament's social security committee, policy and practice manager Ashley Campbell takes a look at some of the current problems with Universal Credit. In 2010 the Coalition Government unveiled plans that would shake the foundations of the welfare sta
Proposals for a mixed used development at Govan’s Graving Docks have been refused by council planners. ZM Architecture and developer New City Vision, which owns the site, unveiled plans in March last year to bring the site back into use after 40 years of dereliction with the creation of 750 homes
Ayrshire Housing is supporting this year’s Ayrshire Doors Open Day. The association has given a grant to the organisers, the Kyle and Carrick Civic Society, to purchase ten more banners to advertise the growing number of venues.
Some of Fife’s finest were treated to a fun-filled afternoon last week as the Fife Housing Association Alliance hosted a free afternoon tea for their older tenants. In an effort to help tackle the loneliness and isolation often experienced by our senior citizens, tenants of Fife Housing Group, Kin