Appointments

Scottish Veterans Residences (SVR) has welcomed its first-ever full-time occupational therapist thanks to funding from the Scottish Veterans Fund. Experienced practitioner Janet Harkess starts her new role at SVR today and will work across all three of the charity’s sites: at Whitefoord House

Angus Council has appointed Kathryn Lindsay as its new chief executive officer. Currently the council's director of children, families and justice and chief social work officer, Ms Lindsay's promotion follows the retiral announcement of Margo Williamson.

Dave Boyle was elected as chair of Hillcrest at its recent AGM, formally beginning within the role last week. Mr Boyle’s appointment saw former chair Alan Russell stepping down after five years in the role, who has now been elected to a position on Hillcrest Futures’ board.

Homeless Network Scotland (HNS) has made three key appointments ahead of its annual conference to drive its ambitious and collaboration-led mission to end homelessness. Ed Pybus has joined the team as policy advisor and Jamie Milne is the new communications lead, while Hazel MacIver will take up her

Paul Edie was elected as chair of Bield Housing and Care at its Annual General Meeting last month. Mr Edie will play a pivotal role in guiding Bield’s new Corporate Strategy and Business Plan, steering the organisation towards its goal of meeting Scotland’s urgent housing needs, as well

The Kingdom Group has appointed Tricia Hill as its new development director. With over 15 years’ experience of leading large-scale mixed tenure and redevelopment programmes in both the housing association and local authority sectors, Tricia joins Kingdom from Scottish Canals, where she is curr

The Chartered Institute of Housing (CIH) Scotland has announced the appointment of four new board members. Angela Currie, chief executive of Hanover Scotland, Kenny Gillespie, head of housing at Falkirk Council, Shelley Hutton, head of external communications at Places for People, and Craig Sanderso

Grampian Housing Association has appointed three new board members at its recent annual general meeting. Freya Lees, Charlotte Torrance and Nikola Will were elected along with Dave Thomson, who had filled a casual vacancy during the year.

The Scottish Federation of Housing Associations (SFHA) has reflected on the challenges of the cost-of-living crisis and called for more affordable housing as it marked its 48th annual general meeting. The virtual event, held on Wednesday 11 October, also highlighted how the SFHA supported its member

The Share 2023 AGM saw the appointment of Allan Scott as chair and three new members to its board. Allan is vastly experienced having served on a range of committees and is the current chair at Milnbank Housing Association.

Changes have been made to Bridgewater Housing Association's board of management following its successful Annual General Meeting. John Paterson will chair the board at Bridgewater, which recently completed a formal Governance Review and welcomed the addition of four new members who bring extensi

hub East Central Scotland, the public sector development partner for delivery of community facilities, has appointed Professor John Brown as its new chair. Professor Brown has been chair of NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde since 2015 and is due to step down from this role at the end of November. He is

David Welsh, an experienced management consultant and Leith resident, has been appointed chairperson of Harbour Homes. David follows Caitlin McCorry who has stepped down as chairperson, having led the board since 2019, and who will continue to help steer the organisation as a board member.

Scotland’s Just Transition Commission has new leadership following the appointment of Satwat Rehman and Prof. Dave Reay as co-chairs. They will succeed Prof. Jim Skea, who led the Commission since its inception in 2019 but stepped down this month following his election to chair the Intergovern

Robyn Rae, the customer complaints officer from Hillcrest Homes, has taken over as the chair of the Scottish Complaint Handlers Network. The network is made up of housing association staff who are responsible for complaint performance for their organisation. The network meets each quarter and is an