An iconic B-listed building in Glasgow’s Tradeston area has been saved from falling into serious disrepair thanks to the building’s factor Speirs Gumley, a dedicated group of home and business owners, and grant funding from Glasgow City Council. The building at 33 Dalintober Street/53 Morrison S
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(left to right) Bill Banks welcoming Declan Whiteford with Sandy Milne, Kingdom’s area maintenance manager A young apprentice who lost his job due to a downturn in business has landed a new apprenticeship just in time for Christmas thanks to Kingdom Housing Association.
Everton Football Club star Steven Naismith has paid for Christmas dinner for hundreds of homeless people. The Scottish forward sponsored an annual meal in Glasgow organised by the charity, Loaves and Fishes, which helps those sleeping rough in the city.
High school students have come together to ensure that the older people in their community have a Christmas to remember. Twelve S6 pupils and three members of staff from Inverclyde Academy have spent the last 5 weeks putting together 119 hampers to hand out to the tenants at five Bield developments
Aileen Campbell Charities supporting children, families and adult learning have been awarded £12 million, children’s minister Aileen Campbell has announced.
River Clyde Homes took part in the annual Doors Open Days festival for the first time this autumn. The Inverclyde based housing association opened a show flat in one of the Broomhill tower blocks in Greenock and hosted an exhibition of photographs by the popular Facebook-based Dark Side o’ Invercl
South Ayrshire Council has agreed a further £1.6 million budget savings for 2016/17-2018/19 after seeking community views on specific proposals earlier in the year. The decision by councillors means that almost £11m of savings have now been identified for this three-year period, with a number of d
Simon Rubinsohn House prices in Scotland will see an average increase of 4 per cent over the course of next year and 6 per cent across the UK, according to the RICS housing forecast for 2016.
East Dunbartonshire Council has unanimously rejected plans to build 140 homes on greenbelt on the outskirts of the village of Torrance. The application by Hallam Land Management to build homes on grazing fields within Tower Farm was contrary to the Local Plan and contrary to Scottish Planning Policy
A former UK government building in Perth is being transformed with 62 new homes in a bid to tackle the local affordable housing shortage. Perth and Kinross Council has teamed up with Hillcrest Housing Association to redevelop land previously owned by the Department for the Environment, Food and Rura
Catriona Arbuckle, empty homes officer from North Lanarkshire Council accepts the award from (left) George Clarke, TV architect and Phil Hanson, from Howdens’ Joinery North Lanarkshire Council’s Empty Homes Purchase Scheme has scooped the title of ‘The Howdens Scottish Empty Homes Champion of
New tenants Craig McCall and Kayley Archibald Tenants have moved into the final phase of Kingdom Housing Association’s recently completed £3.5 million mid market rent development at Pottery Street Kirkcaldy.
Alex Neil A £4 million fund to transform abandoned and empty town centre properties will help create 87 new affordable homes.
Broadcaster Chris Evans had Social Bite staff in stitches when he filmed a Christmas message for the not-for-profit sandwich chain’s Christmas campaign. The Top Gear presenter is encouraging people to donate a fiver towards the Christmas campaign which will help feed homeless people in Scotland an
(from left) Peter Reed-Forrester, managing director of CommunityUK; Ann McNab, resident; Colette Sinclair, Futureskills Inverclyde; Linda Gallacher, resident; Albert Henderson, chair of the River Clyde Homes Board Customers in the John Street area of Greenock have received an early Christmas present