Scottish Housing Day

Kieran Sexton, commercial director at AS Homes (Scotland) and Briar Homes Ltd, highlights the importance of embracing work experience in the construction sector. Scottish Housing Day takes place next week, with the theme of "celebrating housing as a career". I have been commercial director at Scotti

In the lead-up to Scottish Housing Day on Wednesday, September 13, Larkfield’s maintenance assistant Rebecca Turner shares why her job motivates her and what attracted her to the housing sector. What motivates you about your job?

In the lead-up to Scottish Housing Day 2023, procurement officer Neve Beaton shares how her career path took her to Wheatley Group and how she is making a difference.

In the lead-up to Scottish Housing Day 2023, Wheatley Group’s Alan Glasgow shares how his career in housing has taken him from a youth trainee at 16 to his latest role as managing director for Wheatley Homes South. From an early age, I knew housing was for me.

Ahead of next month's Scottish Housing Day, Jacqueline Omoniyi from Under One Roof shares her "not straightforward" path to a housing career. I started my career in housing, working for an HMO Licence specialist company in Edinburgh, though my pathway into housing was not straightforward. I was a gr

Ahead of Scottish Housing Day in September, Mhairi Harley, a recent graduate who joined SFHA from Yoker Housing Association, shares her views on housing as a career. Having recently graduated with a degree in Social and Public Policy, I am driven by a sense of social justice and a desire to mak

Scottish Housing Day is back for the eighth year and will take place on Wednesday 13 September 2023.

With Scottish Housing Day focusing on sustainable housing, Port of Leith Housing Association (PoLHA) has demonstrated its commitment to sustainability by initiating an exercise to calculate the carbon footprint calculation of its corporate estate (six offices and fleet) by March 2023. PoLHA also set

With Scottish Housing Day focusing on sustainable housing, the Alliance of Registered Co-operatives and Housing Associations, Independent in Edinburgh (ARCHIE) is working collaboratively to address the challenges around decarbonisation and energy efficiency and provide advice on how tenants can live

Kirsty Wells from Housemark and WISH Scotland marks Scottish Housing Day by explaining why sustainability is so important in the housing sector. We’re now living in a state of emergency with climate change causing long-term shifts in temperature and weather patterns across the globe. It’

Scottish Borders Council is marking the seventh annual Scottish Housing Day by celebrating the impact that housing makes to the lives of people and communities across the region, as well as raising awareness with residents on the housing options available to them. The focus this year is on sustainab

South of Scotland Community Housing (SOSCH) has launched two new video case studies to showcase its support for community-led housing in southern Scotland. The films – featuring projects in Wigtown and Whithorn in Dumfries and Galloway - highlight opportunities for community-led housing to cre

Tenants across the country have been sharing the kind of world they want to see for their grandchildren for Scottish Housing Day. Bield Housing and Care has marked the date by encouraging tenants to engage in conversations around this year’s theme of sustainable housing.

David Robertson highlights the work Places for People Scotland is doing to address climate change and discusses the need for intergenerational cooperation on the climate emergency. Today marks the seventh Scottish Housing Day – with a focus on sustainable housing. The day is intended to raise

A high level of housing standard that meets our economic, social and environmental ambitions as a country is essential if we want a housing system that is truly sustainable, a new report has concluded to celebrate the 7th annual Scottish Housing Day which is taking place today. The report sets out t