Places for People has launched a new pilot scheme to help charities and social enterprises establish themselves in local communities in Edinburgh. The pilot #SocialSpace initiative will also run in Milton Keynes and Leicester, offering local causes a package to help their organisations grow.
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Plans to develop a six-storey block of flats and commercial units at the site of a former Glasgow police station have failed to win the approval of councillors.
CALA Group has launched a Sustainability Strategy which will see each of its divisions play a major role in a more environmentally responsible future. The housebuilder said the strategy will provide a new focus to help the business achieve its targets of building homes that are operationally net zer
Ben Christman, Rebecca Morton and Shaun McPhee from the Legal Services Agency outline what they believe to be the main issues regarding the poor enforcement of the law of unlawful evictions in Scotland and make recommendations to the Scottish Government. The law of damages for unlawful eviction
Young people have the chance to apply for a “brilliant opportunity” and be part of Wheatley Group's modern apprenticeship programme. The housing, care and property-management group is recruiting 60 school leavers.
Places for People has released aerial images to show the progress being made at its Chapelton development, located just eight miles outside of Aberdeen.
Customers at a Bield housing development in Fife have been able to regularly tuck into food generously donated by a local charity for the past 12 months.
Willowbrae and Duddingston Residents Association, which represents sheltered housing tenants on Edinburgh's Willowbrae Road, has welcomed the opening of their new summerhouse. Edinburgh Tenants Federation convenor Betty Stone officially opened the summer house on Friday 14th May 2021.
A beloved bronze statue of one of fiction’s most famous young boys will be reinstated within the grounds of a future housing development.
Further measures to protect people from eviction proceedings are “under close consideration” by the Scottish Government, John Swinney has said. Temporary regulations currently in place until the end of September only apply to areas subject to level 3 or 4 restrictions, leading
Tenants affected by unprecedented flooding in Perth during August last year have been welcomed back into their homes by Fairfield Housing Association.
CIH Scotland director Callum Chomczuk on the need for reform of our immigration system to end the hostile environment. In March the Home Office published a new immigration plan it said would improve the fairness and efficacy of the system. However, the reality is these proposals may end up
More than 85% of Grampian Housing Association’s annual procurement spend in 2020/21 went to local suppliers and contractors in Aberdeen and Aberdeenshire, its new annual procurement report has highlighted. Of the remaining spend, the most significant amounts were for nation
Feeding families during the summer holidays and creating community growing spaces are some of the projects in north west Glasgow that will benefit from a new Queens Cross Housing Association scheme. Four projects received a share of £15,000 through Queens Cross Connected; a participatory budge
Kingdom Support & Care (KSC) staff have been recognised for their outstanding achievements at an award ceremony held virtually for the first time.