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With the Edinburgh Festival Fringe claiming this year’s event would be its most wheelchair-accessible yet, a disabled volunteer from a Scottish housing and care providers has put this statement to the test. Suhayl Afzal saw signs of improvement but says that progress is being made at “glacial sp

S4 Kilwnning Academy pupils Reagan Christie, Rachel Reid and Rachel Gorman presented their way to raising £300 for Ayrshire charity, The Anthony O'Brien Quinn Memorial Trust. The girls were granted the money through the Youth and Philanthropy Initiative (YPI) where pupils research social issues aff

Janet Strang Cunninghame Housing Association’s board of management has elected a new chairman at its AGM.

The Scottish Federation of Housing Associations (SFHA) has called for Scotland’s affordable housing target to be increased in order to meet housing need across the country. Responding to the latest housing statistics, which show that the Scottish Government is on track to meet its five-year target

Martin Crewe Some of the most vulnerable young people in Scotland are not getting the support they need to help them into work, Barnardo’s Scotland has warned.

Nearly £900,000 could be invested in the renewal of roofs on council houses in Dundee. The local authority’s housing committee will be asked to approve the tenders at its meeting on September 14.

Port of Leith Housing Association (PoLHA) reached its 40th anniversary last week and held a celebration at Hibs stadium which was attended by 150 guests including staff, tenants, partners and contractors. Established in 1975, the Association has invested over £200m creating over 2,700 good quality

The widening gap in internet access between rural and urban regions is driving young people away from areas in which they have grown up, a major study has revealed. A detailed academic study into internet access by the dot.rural RCUK Digital Economy Research Hub at the University of Aberdeen, and th

Councillor Gail Casey, chairperson of West Dunbartonshire Health and Social Care Partnership, with ladies from Dalreoch Day Centre and Dalreoch House (from left) Margaret McInally, Lorna Dennett (front), Betty Wilson, Cllr Gail Casey (front), Ann Jennings, and Jenny Campbell (front) Four West Dunbar

Margaret Burgess The number of new homes built in Scotland has risen by nine per cent in the last year, according to official figures.

Aberdeen city centre Housing and better connectivity have been unveiled as two of the main priorities set out in proposals for an Aberdeen City Region Deal.

Olga Clayton Wheatley Group has pledged £5000 to kick-start an aid mission for families fleeing the war in Syria, though it has ruled out using Glasgow’s Red Road flats to house any families.

Care and Repair Edinburgh has continued to ramp up its activities by extending the services it provides to enable older people and the disabled in the Edinburgh area to continue to live independently and safely in their own homes. The charity has secured a new agreement to carry out free gas safety

Bellway’s Scotland land team (from left) David Leaf, land manager; Donald Gunn, land manager; Amanda Fleming, assistant land manager; Willie McDermott, land director and Paul Macari, land manager Bellway has unveiled its ambitions for Scotland for the next twelve months which will include the acqu

Alison Watson By Alison Watson at Shelter Scotland