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Age Scotland has called for older people to receive fair and equal access to medical treatment after figures showed that care home residents have accounted for a quarter of all Scottish coronavirus deaths. The National Records of Scotland found that 237 deaths (24.6%) o

Waiving the immigration health surcharge is the helping hand that migrant NHS workers really require, argues Mark Lazarowicz. The current coronavirus crisis has highlighted the reliance that the national health service, along with other public services, places on migrants and other ethnic minority d

SHARE’s annual conference took place at Peebles Hydro Hotel in March and was a fantastic celebration of housing and the role of committee/board members.

Apache Capital Partners and alternative real asset investment firm Harrison Street are to fund a landmark build-to-rent (BTR) development in central Edinburgh.

The Scottish Government has temporarily changed eligibility for a number of social security benefits to help people who are impacted by coronavirus.

Wheatley Group has helped hundreds of families in Glasgow enjoy a happier Easter as staff from Glasgow Housing Association (GHA), Cube and Loretto Housing distributed hundreds of chocolate eggs to people in their communities. Cube environmental staff bought more than 500 chocolate eggs and deli

The sector should be assured that the housing market will return at some point, as it always does, writes Eric Curran. Property professionals who have been in the front line for a long period of time tend to become slightly battle-hardened and take the view that, whatever crisis comes around th

To mark its fourth week of working from home/lockdown, Homes for Good has launched its own Homes for Good Heroes awards which will be presented fortnightly during the current crisis and monthly after that. The first Hero to be nominate

Paul Brown and Ben Christman from the Legal Services Agency (LSA) discuss the impact of the current public health emergency on human rights.

A scheme to provide vital food supplies for vulnerable people has delivered more than 500 meals to homes in the Inverness area over recent weeks and is asking businesses to get in touch if they can provide personal protective equipment for the volunteers providing this vital lifeline. Inverness Food

Eleven iPads have been donated to Edinburgh Health and Social Care Partnership care homes throughout the city to help residents to stay in touch with family and friends. Danny Brown from technology company Zonal had the idea to reach out to the Partnership to see h

A Dundee charity has embarked on a tour of Tayside, delivering a ‘Hope Box’ to almost 50 households. Front Lounge and Abertay Travel teamed up to deliver the arts and crafts boxes to young families and single people struggling with isolation during the COVID-19 lockdown.

After 41 years of hard work and dedication to the people of West Lothian, Almond Housing Association’s chief executive officer George Webster has announced his plans to retire. George began his housing career in 1979 with Livingston Development Corporation and then became part of the team who

Kingdom Housing Association has appointed Ken Tudhope as its new director of finance. Currently director of finance at Weslo Housing, Mr Tudhope will take up his new role on July 1 and brings with him a wealth of experience in the sector which will prove invaluable in his work to secure funding for

The Scottish Housing Regulator has reminded RSLs to be on their guard against incidents of fraud as criminals seek to take advantage of coronavirus working practices. After writing to RSLs in December to highlight different types of fraud and the steps social landlords can take to help protect their