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Glasgow Credit Union has announced a record £4.6 million return to its members following the approval of a 3% annual dividend at its Annual General Meeting (AGM). Almost 90% of the credit union’s profits for the year have been returned to members, marking it as its most successful year a

Dr Gareth Young explores the evolving role of social housing providers in delivering employment & business support. Over the last year, I have been working with Communities that Work and Unity Homes and Enterprise to explore the role that Unity Homes and Enterprise play within the community in w

Scottish Water’s first online overflow map, showing near real-time data from waste water overflows across the country, has been launched and is now live and available for public use.

University of Glasgow housing student Heather Robbins has received a prestigious award for her work making the case for an evidence strategy for the Scottish private rented sector. Heather, who is studying for an MSc in housing studies, was awarded the Malcolm Smith Memorial Award by the Chartered I

Scottish charity Hillcrest Futures is proud to announce its appointment as the service provider for The Beacon, a new Community Wellbeing Centre that will open in Arbroath in Spring 2025. Developed in collaboration with Angus Health & Social Care Partnership (Angus HSCP), The Beacon will provide

The LEAF (Local Environmental Action Fund), which provides grants of up to £3,000 to support projects in local communities has reopened this week. Funding is available for projects that provide environmental improvements, support nature recovery, reduce greenhouse gas emissions, and support lo

New Propertymark student members will now be able to take advantage of hundreds of discounts from some of their favourite retailers as the qualification body announces the perk of National Union of Students (NUS) ‘TOTUM’ cards.   Once referred to as NUS extra, TOTUM+ has adapted and

West Lothian Council has approved plans to reduce the priority level for Scottish Welfare Fund grants, which will mean more local people will be eligible. The council administers both Crisis and Community Care grants from the Scottish Welfare Fund, to support vulnerable West Lothian families. Crisis

Members of Living Rent, Scotland’s tenants’ union, are demanding that the City of Edinburgh Council commit to spending more money of the tourist tax revenue on social housing. The levy, introduced in legislation by the Scottish Government giving the councils to charge visitors for overni

North Ayrshire’s largest council house development will commemorate the invention of Braille. One of the streets in the new development at Ayrshire Central Hospital – which is now under construction – will be called Braille Gardens.

The CCG Group has officially unveiled its brand-new, window and door manufacturing facility in Cambuslang. The 25,000 sq ft facility forms part of a wider £6 million investment into the expansion of CCG’s ‘Manufacturing’ subsidiary which fabricates a range of enhanced window

North Lanarkshire Council's Tenants’ Conference was the perfect setting for launching its new Tenant Participation Strategy ‘For Tenants by Tenants’, which outlines how the council will support tenant participation.

Ayr Housing Aid Centre SCIO has been evaluated to be “excellent, where performance was sector leading with outstandingly high outcomes for people” in a recent Care Inspectorate report.

Work on Edinburgh’s new purpose-built student accommodation development can begin in earnest after Vita Group appointed contractors and secured funding for the project.

Working with Winchburgh Developments Limited (WDL), Persimmon Homes East Scotland has completed the purchase of land and been granted planning permission for the latest phase of the WDL masterplan, paving the way for 131 energy-efficient new homes. The purchase represents a further step in deliverin