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A young musician from Edinburgh has used the experiences and challenges from his life growing up in Oxgangs to create a rap album. Rory Bruce, known by his stage name RJAB, released the album titled EH13 last month which deals with topics such as mental health, drugs and homelessness.

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Hillcrest has distributed £238,519 of funding in the past twelve months to help set up services and projects that benefit people and communities across Scotland. The organisation’s Gift Aid initiative has supported 148 projects and activities with grant funding of £939,432 since th

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Money received from the Scottish Government’s Supporting Communities Fund has allowed Hillcrest Futures to distribute 100 hygiene essentials to vulnerable people across Dundee. The charity’s harm reduction service was awarded £1,500 to purchase various items to help people who use

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Angus Council is to commence a new housing allocation system from the start of November that it said will put the power of choice into the hands of local home seekers. The choice-based lettings system will see the council and its housing partners – Blackwood Homes, Caledonia Housing Associatio

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The Hillcrest Energy Advice Team (HEAT) gave 1,000 struggling Dundee households a welcome boost, providing emergency top-ups for their energy meters during the COVID-19 pandemic. Of the 1,000 households, only 200 were Hillcrest Homes tenants, with the rest being a mixture of other housing assoc

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Hillcrest Homes has completed the acquisition of 12 homes in Perth’s Muirton area, working with developer Urban Union against the odds of lockdown to deliver more affordable homes.

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A huge mural that has been painted on the gable-end of a Hillcrest Homes tenement block in Dundee’s Stobswell is one of the city’s biggest and most colourful artworks. Hillcrest chief executive Angela Linton, deputy chief executive Fiona Morrison, housing officer Ben Gibson and tenant pa

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Hillcrest Futures has marked Overdose Awareness Day, which aims to break down some of the stigma associated with substance use and raise awareness of what to do in an overdose situation. Hillcrest Futures' drug and alcohol service works in the local community to support young people and adults at ri

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It is with real sadness that Hillcrest has to announce the death of Ken Birse, a well-loved colleague and committee member.

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