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(from left) Kareen Davidson, chair of the Homes for Scotland 2016 Awards judging panel, Angela Linton, Hillcrest Group chief executive, and Hugh Dennis, host Hillcrest Housing Association has revealed its “honour” in being named Supporting Organisation of the Year during last Friday’s Homes fo

Clare McNally, Hillcrest Group fundraising and grants officer A Dundee based charity has secured £35,000 through a Royal Bank of Scotland led initiative to fund a hospitality training programme.

Plans have been submitted to build 40 homes on a derelict piece of land in Dundee. The patch of land on Eliza Street has been lying empty for decades and the proposal to build affordable homes is “much-needed” according to Alan Whitelaw of legal firm Eden Law.

A Broughty Ferry development containing the first homes to be delivered in the Dundee area under the Scottish Government’s National Housing Trust (NHT) initiative has made it through to the final stages of the prestigious Scottish Home Awards. The Sandy Loan development has been selected as a fina

A growing Alyth based learning disability and Homecare team and their clients are set to benefit from a better working environment in the town’s centre after their new office was opened in Pitnacree Street last week. The new office will allow Gowrie Care’s teams to expand their services, which w

Over 230 employees from across the Hillcrest Group gathered at the University of Dundee’s Bonar Hall to attend their music festival themed staff conference last week. Attending staff, who represented all six of the companies within the Hillcrest Group, were treated to their most spectacular confer

A near £10 million project to provide 81 affordable homes on the site of former multis in Dundee will move forward next week when the local authority discusses tenders for the development. A report to the city council’s neighbourhood services committee on April 25 outlines tenders received for th

Craigowl Communities is looking for 30 seconds of your time to vote for the charity to win funding for one of its projects. The Dundee-based charity, part of the Hillcrest Group, provides learning opportunities, training, qualifications, guidance and support to people who want to improve their circu

Hillcrest has today been announced as a finalist in the supporting organisation category of the Homes for Scotland Awards. The award is in recognition of the competitive edge they have which attracts private developers and house builders to work with them. When the housing need has never been greate

Developer Cullross has submitted a planning application for 59 new homes at Loaning Road in the Craigentinny area of Edinburgh, designed by JM Architects. The application is in joint names with the current owner/occupier of the site Capability Scotland and Hillcrest Housing Association which intends

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

The final phase of a housing development at Jeanfield in Perth has been handed over to the local authority. The project will provide 62 high quality and energy efficient homes, which are multi tenure but all affordable, for Hillcrest Housing Association and Perth and Kinross Council. Developer Cullr

(from left) Site manager Bill Anderson, David Zwirlein and John Alexander. Photo Credit: Evening Telegraph Funds available for new build council and housing association houses in Dundee are set to go up by over £4 million in the next financial year, the city council has confirmed.

Gowrie Care staff and residents in Glasgow were delighted to host a visit from First Minister Nicola Sturgeon last week. Ms Sturgeon took the time to visit Gowrie’s homeless support project and find out more about the life changing work that the charity does.

(from left) Back Row – Angela Linton, chief executive of the Hillcrest Group of Companies, Lynn Cunningham, director of Craigowl Communities, Beth Bate, director of DCA, Jeannette Ginslov, exhibition facilitator. Front Row - Steven Ogg, Sheila Gorrie, Diane Dempsey and Gail Fraser (Craigowl Future