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More than £355 has been raised for women facing breast cancer by tenants and staff at a Bield retirement housing development in West Lothian. A successful Summer strawberry tea party at Mosside Court in Blackburn raised the cash to support UK charity Breast Cancer Care, smashing a £200 target than

George McCallum Staff at a very sheltered housing development in Edinburgh have raised more than £1000 to provide an oxygen concentrator for a tenant to enable him to keep his freedom.

Tenants at a retirement housing development in West Lothian have gone for gold at a popular local sporting event for care services, the CANalympics. The energetic team from Bield’s Ochilview Court, in Armadale, participated in the event, which is now in its fifth year and is run by the West Lothia

A concerted push towards tenant engagement in day-to-day activity across developments run by a housing and care provider has yielded impressive early results. Findings taken throughout the year by Bield show that across its 140 developments, greater efforts to involve tenants has led to a cultural c

Tenants and staff at Bield retirement housing developments in West Lothian and Selkirk have been celebrating the important role of volunteers by dedicating time completely to them. Mosside Court in Blackburn and Mungo Park Court in Selkirk held celebratory events to honour their volunteers and to re

A distant relative of David Livingstone, the famous Scots explorer of Africa, has celebrated her 100th birthday with friends at Bield’s Flexicare Service in Glasgow. Chrissy Miller, who lives in Glasgow and has help seven days a week from Bield’s Glasgow Flexicare team – a service that looks t

St Andrew’s View A new Bield retirement housing development in Bearsden has won a top property award before it has even opened.

The best new homes in Scotland have been revealed at the 8th annual Scottish Home Awards last night. Sponsored by Ross & Liddell, the event saw 20 awards announced following a rigorous judging process carried out by some of the nation’s leading housing experts.

Bield is highlighting the important role that friendship can play in assisting older people to enjoy happy and fulfilled lives. The housing and care provider’s befriending initiative has already proved hugely successful across its developments and is now being launched at Gordon Court Retirement H

Housing and care provider Bield is highlighting the important role that volunteers can play in assisting older people to enjoy happy and fulfilled lives. With several developments in West Lothian, Bield is looking for friendly and enthusiastic volunteers to help out with a range of volunteer work su

Bield has supplied several of their developments across Scotland with various seed kits to get their gardens blooming this summer. Joining the UK’s biggest ever wild flower campaign, Grow Wild is an initiative run by Kew Royal Botanic Gardens and aims to reintroduce native flowers and bees in Scot

Tenants of a Bield retirement home in Livingston have partnered with local high school students to stay ‘up-to-the-minute’ with the latest technology. For the second year running, Sixth Form pupils at Deans Community High School have been teaching tenants of Bield’s Pentland View Court various

A tenant of Bield’s Craigengar Park retirement housing development in West Lothian has gone the extra mile by raising more than £2,000 in a charity walk for two local schools. John Thompson embarked on an 11 and a half mile walk from the Livingston development to Hearts’ Tynecastle Stadium in E

A new housing development in Bearsden is in the running for a top industry award before it has even opened. St Andrew’s View is a prestigious collection of 20 one and two-bed modern apartments, located on the site of the former St Andrew’s College in Bearsden.

John and Anne Kinsman A husband and wife at a Bield retirement housing development in Fife have been ensuring the safety of the coast and those at sea between Anstruther and Elie Ness by volunteering with their local Coastwatch.