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A show at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe which is inspired by Ken Loach's famous film Cathy Come Home is to offer £1 tickets for those who have had experience of homelessness. The show, called Cathy, is being staged by the Cardboard Citizens company in the hope of raising the issue of homelessness a

An Aberdeen opticians is encouraging locals to nominate their community hero in the annual Sunday Mail Great Scot Awards. Now in its third year of sponsorship, Specsavers across Aberdeen are supporting the prestigious awards, dubbed the people’s Oscars, which honours the incredible achievements of

Josh Littlejohn outside the new project for Social Bite The houses for Social Bite’s new village are now under construction with members of Edinburgh’s homeless community expected to be onsite before Christmas this year, Social Bite co-founder, Josh Littlejohn MBE, confirmed today.

The organisation behind plans to deliver affordable homes at the Royal Hospital for Sick Children in Edinburgh has launched a new bid for a community buyout of the site. Marchmont & Sciennes Development Trust wants to turn the 122-year-old site into a hub for affordable housing, businesses and a

Public bodies in Scotland will become the first in the UK to be legally required to put reducing poverty and inequality at the heart of their decision making, under new proposals outlined by ministers. The Scottish Government is seeking views on how best to apply the duty which will mean public bodi

Shettleston Housing Association residents are to benefit from a number of home repair projects set to be delivered over the coming months. The project team is currently working to prepare for the works which are scheduled for autumn/winter 2017 and spring 2018.

Sheenagh Simpson The Scottish Federation of Housing Associations (SFHA) has announced the appointment of Sheenagh Simpson to its public affairs team as a policy lead (maternity cover).

The Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA) has joined a list of almost 200 objectors to plans to build 125 new homes on the grounds of a school in Fife. The Courier has reported that the environment watchdog is warning that some of the properties at Hillside School in Aberdour could be at ris

The Scottish Borders Health and Social Care Partnership is holding a consultation on health and social care locality plans which have been developed for Berwickshire, Cheviot, Eildon, Teviot & Liddesdale and Tweeddale. The locality plans focus on recommendations from the Partnership’s Strategi

Glasgow is the least affordable city in the UK for students while Aberdeen is among the most cost-effective, a new study has suggested. A Student Living Index compiled by the Royal Bank of Scotland found that students in Glasgow have the lowest term time income (£786.60 per month) despite working a

More than 1000 low cost rental homes could be built on derelict ground at Edinburgh’s Western Harbour if developer Forth Ports secures a £76 million loan from the Scottish Government, according to the Edinburgh Evening News. An initiative launched in April last year invited housebuilders to bid f

Resident Ada Caldwell with the First Minister in the 'sensory room' at Varis Court First Minister Nicola Sturgeon was given an official tour yesterday of one of Hanover Scotland’s brand new housing developments for older people in Moray that uses pioneering design and research to bring health care

Robertson Partnership Homes has announced the completion of an affordable housing development at Methil Brae in Fife. The £12 million project comprised 101 high-quality affordable homes for Fife Council as well as 22 delivered on behalf of Kingdom Housing Association.

Contractor Everwarm has secured a contract to replace inefficient gas boilers with new energy efficient models in Craigshill for Almond Housing Association. The work will see a total of 204 older inefficient boilers replaced with new efficient “A” rated boilers in the following streets: Ash Grov

Scottish Autism took centre court at Fife Housing Group last week as colleagues began fundraising for their chosen Charity of the Year with a tennis tournament to rival any grand slam. The call of ‘Anyone for tennis?’ was answered with aplomb as almost 30 colleagues, including the Group’s chie