Partick Housing Association’s newly formed community group Partick & Thornwood Action Group (PTAG) held their latest Day of Action on Easter Sunday, 27th March.
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Some of the Urban Green team from Thenue and Impact Arts A community eco-project which has helped people cut their fuel bills and be more environmentally-aware has been hailed as a huge success following the year long initiative.
West Dunbartonshire has become the first council in Scotland to be awarded ‘Exemplary’ status for its support of employees who are also carers.
Cllr Lesley Hinds, resident Michael Smith and volunteer Stuart McKenzie plant some strawberries. An Edinburgh care home has become the first in Scotland to win a coveted Soil Association’s Silver Food For Life (FFL) Catering Mark.
The Scottish Housing Regulator has published its plans to engage with RSLs and local authority landlords over the next 12 months following the completion of its annual risk assessment. This year the Regulator will engage 51 RSLs, fewer landlords than last year, 47 of which will be medium engagement.
The retiring Gordon Laurie with his successor Pat Cahill Gordon Laurie, the director of Sanctuary in Scotland, retired yesterday after 35 years in the housing sector.
Plans by Blackwood for a housing development on a disused piece of land in Dundee have been given the green light. CCG Scotland is now set to build 23 homes on a brownfield site off Glamis Road.
Representatives from AS Homes (Scotland) Ltd, Clydebank Housing Association’s staff and voluntary Management Committee, Gregor Cameron Ltd and local councillors Work has started on a project to deliver 44 homes for affordable rent for Clydebank Housing Association (CHA).
Loreburn Housing Association and local building company Ashleigh (Scotland) Ltd have celebrated the completion of over 500 new build affordable homes together. Loreburn has been providing affordable homes since 1982 and operates across Dumfries & Galloway. It owns almost 2,500 properties, 94 per
Kirsty Wells As legislation to implement the integration of health and social care in Scotland comes into force today, housing professionals are being encouraged to participate in a new Housing, Health and Social Care club to discuss the potential implications for the Scottish housing sector.
David Baptie, senior building surveyor (planned) at Dunedin Canmore and George Donaldson, managing director at Insulation Solutions Scotland, celebrate with their award A project to help tackle fuel poverty for 200 Dunedin Canmore tenants has scooped a top energy-efficiency award.
The housing allocations’ policy used by three of the biggest social housing landlords in Perth and Kinross has been updated. Perth and Kinross Council, Caledonia Housing Association and Hillcrest Housing Association operate a Common Housing Register (CHR) to improve access to social housing and ad
ng homes has teamed up with the NHS, AXIS Health Hubs and Active Schools to produce a unique health and fitness pilot project for P6 and P7 pupils in Saracen Primary School in the north of Glasgow. This innovative programme has been designed to match the experiences and outcomes within the Health an
An appeal to overturn a decision to reject plans to build new homes on the site of an ancient Perthshire battleground has been dismissed by the Scottish Government. Developer Ribbon Homes wanted to create 12 homes on land which was once the scene of the 17th Century Battle of Tippermuir.
Housing and care provider Bield is looking for enthusiastic volunteers to help reduce isolation and increase community involvement of tenants in Glasgow. Bield’s Lochar Lodge requires two volunteers to help devise and deliver weekly programs of social activities for the tenants, both in the develo