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Scottish Borders Council (SBC) and partners are working together to provide information and advice to residents on the Department for Work and Pensions’ roll out of Universal Credit (UC) Full Service in the Borders, which began yesterday. The roll out of UC is taking place in stages across the UK

Jonathan Clegg, community fundraiser at CHAS (left), receives a cheque from EVH chair David Rose EVH (Employers Voluntary Housing) celebrated its 40th anniversary year with a special unveiling of a ‘CHAS wall’, showcasing all the generous supporters who helped the organisation smash its fundrais

The UK's first major conference on hoarding disorder is to be held in Edinburgh this autumn. One of Scotland’s least understood mental health issues, compulsive hoarding happens when acquiring and saving items takes over a person’s life and it is a growing issue in the country.

Around 400,000 people in Great Britain have been left without gas or electricity because they didn’t have enough money to top up their prepayment meter (PPM), according to new research from Citizens Advice. The charity found that the vast majority of these households (120,000) have people living t

Senior citizens in North Lanarkshire have been involved with a local college for this year’s ‘Operation Christmas Child’ - a shoebox appeal created by the Samaritan’s Purse to help disaster-stricken children around the world celebrate Christmas. Tenants at Bield’s Hillcrest Court in Cumber

Staff members Diane Balfour and Dawn Blackhurst have been visiting local children to deliver their gifts Shire Housing Association has successfully applied to the Cash for Kids’ Christmas Grant Fund securing £725 to help 29 children living across East Ayrshire.

River Clyde Homes has successfully applied to the Radio Clyde Cash for Kids Christmas Grant for children living in Broomhill. Cash for Kids welcomes applications from families in financial hardship with children under the age of 16. The aim of the fund is to assist families who are in need of suppor

Legal aid spending in housing cases, such as evictions due to rent or mortgage arrears, can generate a return which benefits both the recipient and wider society, new research found. Legal aid can help meet the costs of legal advice, family mediation and representation in a court or tribunal for peo

Norton Bertram-Smith (left) and Peter Kennedy A move towards more digital services for tenants was highlighted at the annual general meeting of Grampian Housing Association last week.

Poor indoor air quality in UK homes is at a scale and magnitude that needs immediate national-level attention and action, according to a new report from built environment and medical professionals. With contributions from the Royal College of Physicians, the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child He

A new working party addressing the challenges of indoor air pollution and its negative impact on people’s health in homes is launching today at the ‘Better homes, better air, better health’ event in London. This event is bringing together the research and practice communities across the medica

Staff within the Housing and Education services at East Renfrewshire Council have been co-ordinating an ambitious present appeal that will ensure no child in East Renfrewshire goes without presents on Christmas Day. Drop off points have been inundated with staff donations and the appeal is slowly re

Kenny MacAskill Some Scottish care homes should be converted into specialist prisons for the increasing number of elderly inmates, according to a former Justice Secretary.

Charity coordinator for River Kids, Wendy Simpson, with quality and performance officer at Almond Housing Association, Holly Woodward A charity which supplies toys to West Lothian's most disadvantaged children has received a cheque and a heap of toys from Almond Housing Association following a recen

Ellie Hutchinson By Ellie Hutchinson, private renting project manager at Shelter Scotland