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Big Issue Invest's Power Up programme has supported 19 social businesses to date with a total of £870,000 investment, according to its 2020 Impact Report. In turn, collectively, the social ventures were able to respond to the COVID-19 crisis by providing meals to high-risk individuals, suppor

Fife Council is launching its Stay (Warm) at Home campaign, which will run from November 27 until mid-February with a new theme every week, to raise awareness of the help and support available to households living in fuel poverty. The campaign also highlights some important dates in the fight t

Shelter Scotland is calling for more social housing to be created in Scotland amid persistent concerns that the lack of it stops people leaving an abusive partner.

Two key members of LAR Housing Trust's staff have been promoted in recognition of their roles in the housing charity’s impressive growth and ambitious plans for the future. Architect Philip Walker and Stuart McLaren, a chartered surveyor, have been promoted to the roles of project director and

Community groups are being invited to bid for up to £5,000 to help transform their local area as part of the West Dunbartonshire Council's Community Budgeting initiative.  Community Budgeting is designed to increase local participation and decision making and as the fifth phase launches,

The Tenants Information Service (TIS) hosted its first-ever virtual National Excellence Awards ceremony that seen housing organisations, tenants, residents, and community groups come out on top as they scooped the top prizes for their outstanding work, passion, and commitment within the Scottish soc

People's Energy, the Edinburgh-based energy provider and social enterprise, has reached the milestone of supplying 250,000 customers. The company, which was founded in 2017, has grown by over 300% in the last year alone, and aims to service a million homes with gas and electricity by 2024. This foll

Health secretary Jeane Freeman has announced plans for a significant expansion in testing for hospital patients, health and social care staff, and communities in Level 4 areas. From next week, all emergency admissions will be tested for COVID, and twice-weekly lateral flow testing will be introduced

Progress on North Lanarkshire Council's ambitious plans to deliver 5,000 new council homes were outlined at its Housing and Regeneration Committee, together with details of how this investment supports the local economy, regenerates communities and transforms town centres. With the construction indu

Kingdom Housing Association is celebrating a double win after lifting two awards at the Tenant Information Service (TIS) National Excellence Awards.

From tomorrow people will be able to see available properties on Angus Council’s new Angus Homefinder website and be able to bid for the home they want. Going live and making properties available for prospective tenants to bid on is the last stage of the council’s move to Choice Based Le

Community Land Scotland (CLS) has called for new powers to control sales of large estates and to break up landowning monopolies in its new manifesto for a sustainable Scotland. The organisation has urged that vasts tracts of Scottish land have been bought and sold as the playthings of the rich, with

New high quality homes for rent are coming to Govan in a £10.2m housing boost from Linthouse Housing Association. The Association revealed this week that it has begun work on brand new properties at the former Drumoyne Primary School in Shieldhall Road having purchased the land from Glasgow Ci

The Scottish Federation of Housing Associations (SFHA) has responded to the Scottish Government’s Draft Infrastructure Investment Plan 2021–2022 to 2025–2026 by welcoming its proposed capital funding increase. Warning, at the same time, that the proposed "investment hierarchy" &nda

We often think of flight to the suburbs as a modern phenomenon, but a conflict has raged for centuries between urban and suburban living. Cruden Homes’ sales and marketing director, Hazel Davies, explores this eternal dilemma. Travel out of any British city and you’re likely to find new