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A Wester Ross community development organisation has unveiled plans to purchase land to create affordable homes and business units. The Applecross Community Company (ACC) is currently in the final stages of submitting an application to the Scottish Land Fund as it seeks to transform areas in the vil

Chancellor Rishi Sunak has announced that the UK Government's job retention scheme has been extended until October.  The scheme will ensure that workers who have been furloughed because of the coronavirus pandemic are paid 80% of their monthly wages up to £2,500.

Highland Council has revealed plans to transform the Culcabock Child Guidance Centre in Inverness to help meet the demand for housing in the area.

Dundee City Council and local partners have transformed their homeless services to tackle the challenges of the coronavirus crisis and maintain support to some of the most vulnerable people in the city, the local authority has said. City organisations involved in the effort to provide lifeline assis

Properties occupied by charities can now apply for the £10,000 Small Business Grant Scheme to help with pressures caused by the coronavirus pandemic, the Scottish Government has announced.

An initial £50 million to help the social care sector deal with the financial implications of coronavirus has been confirmed by the Scottish Government. The funding will help address the immediate challenges faced in the social care sector and support the ongoing provision of social care.

North Ayrshire Council has bought Irvine’s King’s Arms Hotel with the aim of breathing new life into the building. The High Street building has fallen into disrepair since the pub and restaurant closed down in 2015.

More than 100 charities, faith groups, academics, think tanks, poverty campaigners and trade unions have today written an open letter to First Minister Nicola Sturgeon which calls for a direct financial boost for all families living on low incomes to support them through the coronavirus crisis.

The current lockdown has not stopped Ayrshire Housing from consulting the public on its latest housing proposal to build a further 13 houses in the village of Kirkmichael. The Association was delighted to partner with the co-operatively run village shop in the distribution of the consultation bookle

A £60,000 cash boost for Thenue’s communities has been received from the Scottish Government. The housing association said it was “hugely grateful” for the money which it had secured from the government’s £20 million Supporting Communities Fund set up during the o

Greater Easterhouse has always had a strong community sector between housing, voluntary groups and charities and through COVID-19, the partnerships have grown even stronger.  

The Springburn office of ng homes is named after Ned Donaldson. But who was Ned Donaldson? Kieran Findlay recalls the contribution of the activist and the post-war battle to stop the privatisation of council housing at Merrylee. It was a cold sleety December day in 1951. Slum landlordism and sublett

A phased return to work would enable Scotland’s housebuilders to put the finishing touches to around 6,000 largely completed homes worth in excess of £1 billion to the economy, according to Homes for Scotland (HFS). With the industry having carefully considered and addressed all issues r

West of Scotland Housing Association (WSHA) has appointed Robert Campbell as its new director of housing & community services. Replacing Stewart Gibb, who is retiring after a long-established housing career, Mr Campbell will be responsible for the development of strategy, policy and perform

Wemyss Properties has been given the green light to build an exclusive development of 29 new flats on the site of the former Hillhead Baptist Church building, just off Byres Road in Glasgow’s West End.