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Glasgow Cathedral will this year shine the spotlight on the inspiring work of the homelessness charity Social Bite with its Annual Charity Concert. Sponsored by philanthropic organisation The Watson Foundation, the event on October 29 promises to be an unmissable evening of music and song.

Govanhill Housing Association marked Challenge Poverty Week with a week of practical support, activities and opportunities for local people to come together. The programme offered a mix of employability support, family activities, free clothing and household items, community information and practica

Oregon Timber Frame has donated £1,500 to provide invaluable experiences to some of the Borders' most vulnerable people. The timber frame manufacturer is headquartered in Selkirk and operates as part of Barratt Redrow, and made the donation to Border Holiday Group SCIO (BHG) through its C

Plans to survey all of Dundee City Council’s housing stock will be considered by councillors next week. A tender to survey 100% of the council’s 12,645 social housing properties and the external and internal structures (including common parts) is to go before the Neighbourhood, Housing a

Thousands of vulnerable households across England, Scotland and Wales will benefit from trusted local support to help them manage energy costs and stay safe and warm, as energy networks expand a successful community programme.

Govanhill Housing Association has announced Collette Miller as its new director of people & corporate Services, effective from November.  Miller has over 15 years of experience in the social housing sector. As a partner in Harper Macleod's Public Sector & Housing Team, Miller has advise

Front (L-R): Dena Macleod (HHP chief executive), Calum Mackay (HHP chair), Duncan Macinnes (HHP board member & ward Councillor), Roddy Finlayson (CalMax), Sawan Morrison (HHP), Ryan Macsween (TIG) Back Row (L-R): Lorraine Graham (CNES), James Mackinnon (CalMax) (Kevin Poke HHP), Gordon Murray (w

Midlothian Council has approved an Application for Matters Specified in Conditions (AMSCs) to deliver the first new homes in the Bannock Wood neighbourhood near Bonnyrigg, Taylor Wimpey East Scotland has announced. 

Dundee has set out its plans for new-build affordable housing through its Strategic Housing Investment Plan (SHIP) 2027-2032, which discusses the priorities of the council and its partners for spending the Scottish Government’s Affordable Housing Supply Programme funding. 

Proposed investments to support Dundee City Council’s housing stock will be considered by councillors. 

Councillors will next week discuss a report which looks into the state of homelessness in Dundee and the council’s work to address it. 

A report is to be considered at the full meeting of East Lothian Council on 27 October, in which councillors will consider the findings of the recent consultation on draft Visitor Levy plans and agree the next phase of work.

HACT (Housing Associations' Charitable Trust) has launched Version 8 of the UK Social Housing Value Bank, HACT’s framework for measuring and understanding social value, with the version introducing the first-ever values for disabled people and primary school-aged children.

Communities will have greater prospects to have their say in influencing how Scotland's largest landholdings are managed under proposals which are now open for public consultation.

The UK government has been called on by the Scottish and Welsh governments to scrap welfare policies and proceed with plans to cut energy bills.