Glasgow-based tenancy deposit protection scheme SafeDeposits Scotland has today launched a new Community Fund, designed to provide small grants to projects enhancing communities across the length and breadth of Scotland. The SafeDeposits Scotland Community Fund will award grants up to a maximum valu
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Strategic communication consultancy Aspect has selected Aberdeen Cyrenians as its first Charity of the Year in what is the charity’s 55th year supporting vulnerable people in north east Scotland. The innovative partnership will see Aberdeen Cyrenians benefit from Aspect’s expertise, crea
Initial plans have been drawn up for five blocks of affordable flats on the site of a former Perth hospital.
Planning permission in principle is being sought for a new development in Levenmouth which includes around 1,850 homes, a new school and the scope for retail and leisure facilities.
A weekly series of webinars is being launched by a new website, seeking to crowdsource content to make our places in Scotland better. placedesignscotland.com has just launched - with a huge amount of pre-launch archive - and comprises news, comment and features on place-related issues in the country
Construction works are officially underway at a new care home in Livingston.
The opportunity to take the first step onto the property ladder is now open for some homes at a new development on Ballindean Road in Dundee.
A primary one class from Shortlees Primary School in Kilmarnock has won a health and safety design competition organised by Connect Modular, part of the Wee House Group, who are working with Cunninghame Housing Association to deliver 101 modular affordable homes to the Shortlees area. The winning de
Lara Oyedele, president of the Chartered Institute of Housing (CIH), is asking members to complete their equality, diversity and inclusion (EDI) census. CIH is urging members to complete their EDI census to discover what their membership, and in turn, the housing profession looks like across the UK.
The Scottish Federation of Housing Associations (SFHA) has published the second briefing in the “Putting Safety First” series. Developed by Campbell Tickell on behalf of the SFHA in partnership with the Association of Local Authority Chief Housing Officers (ALACHO) and CIH Scotland, the
The final phase of a development project in Goathill reached a significant milestone recently with the completion of the care home and housing with extra care facilities, both constructed by McLaughlin & Harvey.
The Scottish Child Payment is now being received by the families of more than 300,000 children and young people, according to official statistics. New figures show that 303,000 children were receiving the payment at the end of March.
Cala Homes (West) has made a cash donation to a major Scottish-born charity to help with its efforts to end homelessness across the city. Following Cala’s first donation of £2,000 at the start of the pandemic, the West of Scotland region is gifting a further £3,000 to Social Bite,
Statutory consumer body Consumer Scotland has published the report of the Scottish Energy Insights and Coordination Group (SEIC) which urges more support for energy consumers. SEIC was convened by Consumer Scotland following the former First Minister’s energy summit in August 2022, held
The £300 million transformation of Candleriggs Square in Glasgow’s Merchant City has reached another significant development milestone with the completion of structural work for a 346-apartment build-to-rent (BTR) complex, forward funded by Legal & General. Candleriggs Development 2