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Kris McAdam with two club members A boxing club which punches above its weight recently received two spin bikes from Sanctuary Scotland.

Mary’s Kitchen at Whitehill Court Day Care Centre in Kirkintilloch is set for a £2,000 boost after Bield received a generous donation from The Eagle Lodge in Bishopbriggs. The Annual Sportsman’s dinner, which is held every year at The Eagle Lodge, raised an impressive £6500 in aid of three cho

Expert review groups into fuel poverty have called for the definition to be reviewed to ensure help is targeted at those who need it most. Two reports by the Scottish Fuel Poverty Strategic Working Group and Scottish Rural Fuel Poverty Task Force have made over 100 recommendations to address the iss

Norman Kerr National fuel poverty charity Energy Action Scotland has urged Scottish Ministers to reset the target to eliminate fuel poverty in Scotland.

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

Sixty new homes are set to be built in the Cairngorms National Park after three separate planning applications were given the go ahead for Grantown-on-Spey. The Cairngorms National Park Authority (CNPA) approved an application from Seafield & Strathspey Estates for a development of 43 plots and

CALA Homes has unveiled plans to build over 100 more homes in the Cults area of Aberdeen. The housebuilder said the Craigbank development, which will launch next spring, will bring 119 homes to the area, including three, four and five bedroom detached, semi-detached and terraced homes, and a number

Jenny Laing Aberdeen City Council could become the first local authority to raise funds on the capital markets as it embarks on a number of major housebuilding and construction projects.

(from left) Nina Sutherland, relationship manager Clydesdale Bank; Les Milne, chairman Partick Housing Association; Elaine Reed, head of social housing, Clydesdale Bank and Eamonn Hughes, financial director, Partick Housing Association Partick Housing Association is to provide over 100 new homes in

Plans have been submitted for a housing development between Dalgety Bay and Inverkeithing which was previously rejected by Fife Council. Taylor Wimpey has lodged a detailed planning application for 295 homes at Hillend Road at the Spencerfield site.

Link Group has completed its second recent housing development in Paisley. The homes at Thrushcraigs were officially opened by Renfrewshire Council’s convener of housing and community safety, Councillor Tommy Williams.

Moray councillors have agreed to accept tenders from Springfield Properties to provide a total of 51 new council houses. The three tenders, totalling £6.5 million, relate to sites at Ferrylea in Forres, Barhill Road in Buckie and Linkwood Steadings in Elgin.

Jeane Freeman Low income households have benefitted from £9.2 million in grants in the first three months of this financial year thanks to the Scottish Welfare Fund, new figures have shown.

Stephen Herriot Stephen Herriot from PfH Scotland on the reasons behind the Procurement Reform (Scotland) Act and the requirement for social landlords to write a procurement strategy before the impending December 31 deadline.

Scottish households missed out on £300 million of savings last year because they didn’t change their energy supplier, according to new statistics. Figures from OFGEM show that savings of around £300 this year are achievable per household just by switching as a new Ipsos MORI survey from the Ener