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The Highland Council, the largest employer in the Highlands, has achieved Living Wage accreditation. Highland Council, which employs just over 10,270 staff across the Highland area, also applies the living wage rate to apprentices. The accreditation means there is an ongoing commitment to encourage

Preventing homelessness will not be possible until the current system is replaced with a fairer, more effective and accessible one, according to charity Homeless Network Scotland. The charity works to end homelessness in Scotland and is warning that the current system is no longer fit for purpose, a

Clear Business has delivered a generous foodbank donation to Clydebank Housing Association (CHA) which will be passed onto West Dunbartonshire Community Foodshare.

Dr Lisa Garnham from Glasgow Centre for Population Health and Dr Steve Rolfe from the University of Stirling give an overview of an evidence review exploring tenant participation in the private rented sector, which was funded by the CaCHE Knowledge Exchange Fund. 

Kingdom Housing Association is celebrating a double win after lifting two awards at the TPAS Scotland Good Practice Awards in St Andrews. The awards took place as part of the TPAS Scotland Annual Conference which was held at The Fairmont Hotel from the 4th-6th December.

The Cruden Group, one of Scotland’s largest development and construction companies, has donated £1,000 to Crisis in Scotland this Christmas. This latest donation demonstrates the group’s continued recognition of organisations that play a key role in tackling homelessness, with Crud

Father Christmas has a new set of addresses to add to his route this year as almost 100 people in Aberdeen’s newest community get ready to celebrate their first Christmas at Grandhome.

Merchant Homes has donated 200 fleeces to The Marie Trust in Glasgow to help the city’s most vulnerable people in the lead-up to Christmas. The family-owned housebuilder visited the local day centre with a supply of warm clothing to help those who are homeless and in need of extra support duri

The development of a new ‘Digital Quarter’, which would also bring around 600 affordable homes to the west of Edinburgh, could provide a significant boost to Scotland’s economic growth, according to a new report

An exhibition of mind-bending photographic illusions created by young people who are homeless, or at risk of homelessness, opens in Edinburgh just before Christmas. The Power of Perspective features a host of striking images that play with perceptions and perspectives – with shadow people

Aaliya Seyal has been appointed chief executive of the Legal Services Agency (LSA). Ms Seyal takes from interim chief executive Ronald Franks and brings over 17 years’ experience in leading voluntary sector organisations.

Festive cheer and Christmas magic filled Hillcrest Futures’ activities hub in the Hilltown earlier this week when adults supported with learning disabilities and autism visited Santa’s grotto. The inclusive grotto was devised by the Dundee-based charity to allow individual

Springfield Properties’ 3,042-home ‘village’ development at Durieshill, Stirling, has been granted planning consent.

A new national pilot scheme which aims to help thousands of first-time buyers with the deposit for a new home has opened for applications.

An independent review into the effectiveness of customer care measures and processes at Persimmon has revealed issues with fire prevention measures and “poor workmanship” on its properties.