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A bid to make nearly 800 affordable homes available to rent over the next five years is being launched by Falkirk Council this month. Around £35 million of funding is being sought from Scottish Government in a consortium bid led by the local authority on behalf of itself and other social landlords

(from left) Stuart Anderson (electrician), Rab Stevenson (operations manager), Vince Anderson (electrician), Jennifer McPhail (repairs supervisor), Garry Kerr (trade supervisor), Colin Culross (director of development and asset management) Link Group’s in house repairs and maintenance service Link

Link Group has been awarded an additional £40,715 to extend its Welfare Reform project until March 2017. The initiative is one of over 100 projects funded as part of the Scottish Legal Aid Board’s (SLAB) Making Advice Work (MAW) programme, which has gained an extra £6 million from the Scottish G

Glasgow based energy consultancy company Carbon Futures has been awarded a framework agreement with Link Group to provide energy consultancy services for new-build housing developments over the next four years with an estimated worth in excess of £2 million. The framework will mainly cover the prov

The Link group of housing associations and social enterprises has been reaccredited as an Investor in Diversity by the National Centre for Diversity. The award is a national equality and diversity accreditation that recognises excellence in this area. Link received the accreditation following an ass

Link Housing Association Ltd recently visited tenants across Scotland as part of its first ‘Link on Tour’ event. The aim of the tour was to meet tenants to tell them about the variety of projects and services Link has to offer.

Employees from Link’s Housing Services team spent a day carrying out painting, glossing, sanding and other tasks to help transform a sheltered housing communal lounge area in Cambuslang. Residents at Peel Court had requested a ‘50s theme for their communal area, so Link staff got to work with co

A tenant group helped set up by Link Housing Association has been awarded £10,000 as part of the latest funding package from Awards for All. Growing Beardmore’s ‘Getting diggy with it’ project received the funds to help establish a community garden for residents of Beardmore (Dalmuir) and the

Link staff before work started Staff from Link Group rolled up their sleeves recently to help a project near Stirling as part of its LinkGiving initiative.

Plans have been submitted for a development of 550 new homes in Glasgow’s East End. Link Group’s proposal is for a mixture of homes for social rent, mid market rent, shared equity and sale at Dalmarnock Riverside.

Homeowners across most of Central Scotland are being encouraged to make alterations to their homes to ensure it continues to meet future needs, as Inverclyde, West Dunbartonshire and Clackmannanshire join 12 other local authorities in supporting the Scottish Government’s Help to Adapt scheme. Help

An estate management project by Link Group has transformed a neglected shared garden area at Dean Village in Edinburgh. Although regularly used by tenants, the garden area at Link’s properties at Hawthornbank Lane was identified during Estate Management walkabouts as an area that could be improved

Westbridge Mill LinkLiving Ltd (part of the Link group of social enterprises) re-launched its multi- purpose building at West Bridge Mill, Kirkcaldy on Friday following an extensive refurbishment.

Care and Repair North Lanarkshire has reached a significant milestone after helping its 15,000th client. Providing practical help to home owners, the small repairs and handypersons service helps older and disabled people stay in their homes as long as possible. Over the past year the service carried

The Link tenant project at Glenpark Gardens, Cambuslang Link Housing Association (part of the Link group) has been awarded a £6,000 funding boost as part of the latest “Awards for All” funding package from the Big Lottery. The funding is for a tenant well-being project at Link’s sheltered hou