Search: Child poverty action plan welcome but more affordable homes required, says CIH Scotland

A new training course, co-created with care-experienced young people and professionals from across Scotland, is being rolled out UK-wide to help adults better support children and young people affected by trauma.

The social landlords of Drumchapel have teamed up to launch Dolly Parton's Imagination Library initiative across all of G15. 

A seven-year partnership between Almond Housing Association and West Lothian Women’s Aid (WLWA) has provided crucial support to women and children affected by domestic abuse.

The number of children living in temporary accommodation has fallen across the Falkirk Council area over the past year. Figures published in a recent update show that the number of children in temporary accommodation fell from 263 at the end of March 2024 to 197 by the end of March 2025.

Eight council homes were reallocated to people with a genuine housing need in 2024 due to successful tenancy fraud investigations, Stirling Council has said. Led by the council’s Corporate Fraud Team, working in close partnership with colleagues in other council services, investigations found

Last winter over half a million children and families across Scotland enjoyed warmer homes after receiving a total of £37.3 million towards their heating bills from Social Security Scotland. Winter Heating Payment is paid automatically to people who get certain low-income benefits, including h

Camphill School Aberdeen has officially opened the doors to its new residential home, marking a major milestone in its capital fundraising appeal.  The 11-bedroom house, at the charity’s Murtle Estate near Bieldside, will be home to seven young people with learning disabilities and comple

Cunninghame Housing Association has donated over £1,400 to the Glasgow Children’s Hospital Charity, thanks to a year of dedicated fundraising by its staff. Throughout the past year, the team came together to raise money for this important cause, which provides vital care and support to c

Shelter Scotland is demanding urgent action from every level of government after it was revealed that 10 local authority homelessness services are routinely breaking the law. Local authorities are required by law to provide housing to people experiencing homelessness. The Scottish Housing Regulator'

Social housing residents in Scotland will be given greater protection against issues of disrepair in their homes such as damp and mould through the introduction of Awaab’s Law. Awaab’s Law is named after two-year-old Awaab Ishak who died in 2020 after being exposed to mould in his home i

Hardies Property & Construction Consultants is providing project management, quantity surveying and principal design services to the £1.5 million renovation and expansion of The Yard Dundee, which supports children and young people with disabilities and additional needs.

On Tuesday, 11 March, Cyrenians Scottish Centre for Conflict Resolution (SCCR) will hold its annual reception at Edinburgh’s City Chambers, bringing together stakeholders, supporters, and partners to reflect on the centre’s national impact over the past 12 months and share plans for futu

Former Scotland rugby captain Kelly Brown has been appointed director of Places for People Scotland, overseeing the thousands of much-needed social homes the charity provides across the country. Kelly - who won 64 caps for his country in a playing career that saw him make over 350 club appearances f

A new report by Shelter Scotland has captured the devastating impact on the lives of children living in unsuitable homelessness accommodation.

A Glasgow sheriff has ruled that a housing co-operative could evict a Scottish secure tenant after it discovered that she had allowed drug dealers to use her property to store controlled substances in return for the cancellation of a debt. Drumchapel Housing Co-Operative Ltd raised an action for rem