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Sir Harry Burns Wheatley Group, Scotland’s leading housing, care and property-management organisation, has appointed Sir Harry Burns as Chairman of its new charitable foundation.

Greenspace scotland and Groundwork are encouraging community groups across urban and rural Scotland to submit their applications for a grant of up to £12,000 to improve local greenspaces. The current funding round closes for applications at 12 noon on Friday 27 November 2015, with the next opportun

Councillor David McBride West Dunbartonshire Council has voted to proceed with the £1.2 million demolition of three multi-storey blocks – Newshot, Edmonstone and Howcraigs Courts – and four maisonette blocks – Clydeholm, Hamilton and Yokerbu rn Terraces – at Clydebank East.

Ian Mackenzie with Alex Clark, vice-chairperson of Sanctuary Cumbernauld. Sanctuary’s regeneration of Cumbernauld’s high-rise blocks is helping neighbouring woodland.

Food bank use in Scotland has increased to record levels, with more than 60,000 referrals over a six-month period, according to the Trussell Trust which said on average people needed 1.7 referrals, suggesting 35,000 individuals received help.

Alex Neil The Scottish Government has today announced it has exceeded its five-year target of delivering 30,000 affordable homes by March 2016, funded by £1.7 billion.

Graeme Brown The potential value of Scotland’s empty homes is a staggering £4.3 billion, according to the organisation tasked with bringing them back into use.

Gordon Cruden A Scottish homeless campaigner who is sleeping rough on the streets of major UK cities for a month to raise money for charity is returning to the north-east for the final leg of his tour.

Kaira Massie The Law Society of Scotland believes that proposed regulations for letting agents in Scotland could lead to an unnecessary cost to the public by creating an unnecessary dual regulatory regime for Scotland’s solicitors.

Top of the class…….the students at the special Awards Ceremony.

Linthouse Housing Association's Chairperson Alec Leishman thanking GCC Ballie Fariha Thomas for unveiling the plaque Linthouse Housing Association has honoured the memory of housing pioneer Mary Barbour by unveiling a commemorative plaque on a property believed to be the site where, in 1915, the fir

  Emma Richardson (far right) , Project Coordinator - The Star project with staff and volunteers 

Lintel Trust relaunched its Social Enterprise Programme at the Bob Allan Conference Centre in Glasgow on Friday. The Programme provides interest free loans, of up to £10,000, to businesses either operated by, or related to, housing organisations across Scotland.

The £100 million urban regeneration of Laurieston, Glasgow, has been praised by the Royal Incorporation of Architects in Scotland (RIAS), by way of a Special Mention at the annual Andrew Doolan Best Building in Scotland awards ceremony.