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Greenock-based arts charity RIG Arts has scooped a major national award for its Broomhill Project with housing association River Clyde Homes. The cultural activities to support a three-year £26 million regeneration project to transform a Greenock community comprising more than 600 homes won the Cre

(from left) Back row: Claire Anderson, Charlotte Forrest, Mark Cummings, Andrew Kaye, Bills Banks and Norah Smith. Front row: Laura Cowan, Kevin O’Neill, Jacqueline Bell, Frances Howie, Jennifer Kennedy and Susan Briggs The latest group of Kingdom Support & Care staff have successfully gained

Monday afternoons at 2pm are proving to be a special time for the 3 and 4-year-old children at First Nursery in Peebles. Their routine for the last few months has been to don their hats and coats, and head across with their teachers in a crocodile formation to visit the tenants at Eildon-owned Dovec

Over 200 people in Dundee supported by Gowrie Care got into the festive spirit at the Apex Hotel with their biggest disco to date. Gowrie Care manages a number of services throughout the city which support people to live their lives. Gowrie currently supports people who have a learning disability, m

Customers at a Greenock care home have become the latest group to showcase the healthy benefits of pet therapy. Bunny & Co mobile petting zoo visited Blackwood’s MacLehose Court in Inverclyde with a broad range of animals for the customers to hold and experience.

Human Appeal, a British humanitarian aid NGO, is holding a comedy show in Glasgow as part of its campaign to raise £1.1 million to fundraise for people in around the world and the in the UK who are vulnerable to winterisation, such as homeless people, refugees and internally displaced people. The e

Image of the Grenfell Tower fire courtesy of Natalie Oxford via Twitter The Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) has launched a new project to examine the human rights and equality dimensions of the Grenfell Tower fire after its application to participate in the official inquiry was declined.

Scottish Borders Council and Waverley Housing are launching a joint ‘masterplanning’ project in Upper Langlee in Galashiels this month. Particularly focusing on Beech Avenue, Hawthorn Road, Larch Grove and Laurel Grove, the aim of the project is to guide the preparation of a comprehensive and fu

A range of options which would save West Dunbartonshire Council up to £4 million in financial year 2018/19 and close a predicted budget shortfall is set to be presented to councillors. A report to the full council meeting on December 20 will outline proposals to address the difference between the f

A bespoke retirement village which will house self-contained apartments as well as a range of one and two-storey cottages is to be developed in Aberdeenshire following a site acquisition deal. The Scotland Real Estate team at international law firm DAC Beachcroft has advised Liberty Retirement Livin

Paul Motion and Muneeb Gill from BTO explore the implications of a draft order that will designate Registered Social Landlords (RSLs) and RSL subsidiaries as “public authorities” for the purposes of the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 from April 2019. Just like buses…

A long-running Leith development has received a timely boost from its supporters today ahead of its determination by councillors. Plans for "Waterfront Plaza" have been praised in a joint letter of support sent to councillors on behalf of Port of Leith Housing Association, Leith Chamber of Commerce

The masterplan proposed view of Well Street, looking south Final plans to transform the West End of Paisley with up to 150 new homes are to be considered by councillors today.

In a new blog for the Institute for Social Policy, Housing, and Equalities Research (I-SPHERE) at Heriot-Watt University, Professor Glen Bramley reflects on the process of recommending a new definition of fuel poverty in Scotland. The Scottish Government recently announced a new consultation on a Fu

(from left) Peter Russian, CE IIP, Mike Bruce, CE Weslo, Morgan Ramsay, apprentice electrician and Sarah Bickerstaff, head of human resource Weslo Housing Management has once again shown it is amongst the top performing organisations’ in the country by achieving the prestigious Investors in People