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The Scottish Government has provided £200,000 to help communities in Govan deal with the coronavirus outbreak. Now delighted housing providers in the community say the money will be put to work helping people at grassroots level with particular emphasis on the vulnerable and isolated.

Port of Leith Housing Association’s (PoLHA) new £50,000 COVID-19 Response Fund has provided 18 awards of between £500 and £2,500 to local charities and social enterprises that are rising to the challenge of alleviating the effects of the coronavirus epidemic on people living

Queens Cross Housing Association will continue to deliver healthy meals and food packages to residents after it secured over £23,000 in fresh funding from the Scottish Government’s Supporting Communities programme.

Staff at the River Clyde Homes Group (RCH) are continuing their good work to support the Inverclyde community during the current coronavirus crisis. Angela Docherty, community support officer, recently submitted a couple of successful grant funding bids to Cash for Kids. This was to help famili

Maryhill Housing has been awarded £94,000 of ‘Supporting Communities’ funding from the Scottish Government. Together with North United Communities (NUC), Maryhill Housing will be dividing this money amongst local organisations which are providing COVID-19 response services.

A survey conducted by River Clyde Homes has revealed that its customers are overwhelmingly satisfied with the services provided by the group during the coronavirus pandemic.

A forward-thinking housing association is seeking talented trailblazers with a housing or third sector background to support its transformation plans.  Caledonia Housing Association chief executive Julie Cosgrove has been shortlisted for Director of the Year in the 2020 Institute of Director Aw

A plan which will position Aberdeen as a climate positive city while helping to lead the world on the rapid shift to a net-zero future and support the global energy transition by leveraging its unique assets and capabilities has been approved. Members of Aberdeen City Council’s urgent business

A fall in the number of planning applications combined with the postponement of the expected fee increase in June may result in longer-term effects on the planning system, writes Heads of Planning Scotland.

Any plans to stop prisoners from falling into homelessness after early release must be made public, according to Scottish Labour. 

A webinar held by Orbit Communications which discussed how housing associations should embrace digital change to appeal to the current shift of tenant demographics has been made available to view.

A 59% increase in applications for crisis grants in Scotland in March shows that low-income families are struggling to cope with the impacts of the coronavirus crisis, social security secretary Shirley-Anne Somerville has said. Monthly Scottish Welfare Fund figures show that crisis grant applic

As advice continues to stay at home, Fife Council is supporting people across the Kingdom for whom home is not a safe place to be.

Notice periods for student accommodation are to be introduced as part of new emergency coronavirus legislation to be introduced to the Scottish Parliament this week.

Registrations are still open for two more in the series of free webinars which are being hosted by the EU Citizens’ Rights Project. On Tuesday 12 May, from 1600 – 1730, there will be a webinar on “Specific issues in applying for settled status”. The speaker will be Janey Arms