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Wellbeing Lead is one of those job titles (or sub-headings to a job title is more likely the case) that for many of us didn’t exist five years ago. The importance of wellbeing shot way up the agenda during the pandemic and has fortunately stayed there ever since.

CIH Scotland has shared the details for a special event to celebrate Scottish Housing Day, which this year focuses on the theme of ‘homes for life.’

Funds from the latest round of the Ofgem Energy Redress Scheme have been awarded to 20 organisations who provide energy advice, support carbon reduction initiatives and develop innovative energy-focused services and products.

The Drax Foundation, the corporate foundation of the renewable energy company Drax Group (Drax), has donated £300,000 to three organisations dedicated to addressing fuel poverty in the UK.

Procurement Hub and Places for People have been verified under Constructing Excellence’s ‘Gold Standard Verification Scheme’ for their Major Projects Framework (MPF2). Procurement Hub is part of Places for People, which now not only becomes the first social enterprise and the first

Homeless Network Scotland (HNS) has appointed Mhairi Snowden who will take up the post of head of policy and programmes in September. Mhairi joins HNS from the Human Rights Consortium Scotland, where she was eirector, and has a distinguished record of work across public life in Scotland and across t

Urgently reversing recent cuts to the Affordable Housing Supply Programme (AHSP) budget is vital for the First Minister to meet his policy priorities, CIH Scotland has told the Scottish Parliament. The Scottish Parliament’s Finance and Public Administration Committee is carrying out

Social housing veteran Jim Strang has been named interim manager at PATH Scotland. Currently a board chair at Riverside Scotland and a committee member of Shelter Scotland, Jim has more than 40 years of experience in the housing sector. He began his career working for local authorities acr

Blackwood Homes and Care has appointed a new head of business assurance. Gillian Anderson has been appointed to drive excellence in assurance, governance, corporate support and customer-focused service delivery across the organisation.

A Proposal of Application Notice (PAN) has been submitted to North Lanarkshire Council for the extraction and remediation works of 200 acres of land at Ravenscraig, moving the regeneration of the former steelworks which has “scope to provide over 2,000 homes” into its next phase.

The average time for a homeless person to be assessed and find a residence has increased to nine months due to Scotland's councils' overstretched resources, according to new figures. Freedom of information requests published by the Scottish Government reveal that it took an average of 270

Construction works have begun at a new private care home in the west end of Glasgow. Located on Anniesland Road, the 58-bedroom facility is set to regenerate surplus land adjacent to Yarrow Recreation Club which will in turn secure the long-term future of the much-valued, community asset.

A retrofit credits programme aimed at reducing carbon emissions and enhancing social value through housing retrofits has continued to deliver both carbon reductions at the same time as social impact for social housing residents across the UK. Now in only its second year, HACT and PNZ Carbon sha

Free school uniforms and a free haircut got top marks from mums and dads last week in Glasgow’s Calton. Thenue Communities - the charitable subsidiary of Thenue Housing - teamed up with renowned Glasgow charity The Halliday Foundation to host a Back to School event.

Support for homeless people and those at risk of becoming homeless in West Dunbartonshire has been praised by inspectors. An unannounced inspection of the West Dunbartonshire Council’s Supported Housing Service - which helps vulnerable people over the age of 16 to develop skills to maintain te