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(from left) David Conway & Gillian Webster (Hillcrest), Graham McMonigle, Lindsay Wilson, Patrick Lamb, Lynsey Divers & Ross McLoughlin (VWS) In a move that will streamline their business and create new jobs, the Hillcrest Group of Companies has appointed fire, safety and security contractor

David Orr A number of organisations have appeared, calling themselves ‘housing associations’ but with business models completely contrary to the core values of housing associations – this is extremely dangerous, writes David Orr.

Construction work is getting underway on a new £7.66 million sheltered housing complex in Dalry. Provost Ian Clarkson officially marked the beginning of the construction phase of the development at a special ground-breaking ceremony held last week.

Charles Church is going on a charity trip to India where he will be part of a team helping build schools Charles Church, a land manager with Mactaggart & Mickel Homes in Glasgow, is heading to India in September to help build new homes for those in urgent need.

Social groups like Shelter Scotland’s Men’s Shed project in Paisley are crucial to tackling loneliness by providing an activity, a sense of purpose and companionship, writes Lisa Glass. “If you think about it isolation is used as torture…if you’ve gone a week and you’ve not spoken to ano

New Perth & Kinross Council tenants have been helped to save money on food bills thanks to a partnership between the local authority and local community groups. Last year the council’s waste services secured funding from Sainsbury’s Supermarkets Ltd to deliver the household food waste reduct

Dandara Living Forbes Place team (from left) Mandy Anderson, Chloe Howle, Emma Higgins and James Mitchell Residents at Dandara Living’s Forbes Place apartment scheme in Aberdeen have awarded the development a 100% customer satisfaction rating in a recent survey.

Shelter Scotland Morningside shop manager Tony Foster with some of Lee Westwood’s donations Former world number one golfer and 7-time winner of the Ryder Cup with the European team – more than any other player – Lee Westwood has donated thousands of pounds worth of personal memorabilia, golfin

The Scottish Parliament has given majority backing for proposals to bring forward energy efficiency targets by a decade. Following the publication of the Energy Efficient Scotland Route Map earlier this month, which details plans for making all buildings warmer and greener, the Scottish Government m

Households renting in the private and social sectors have been severely affected by UK government welfare policies, according to a new report. The Impact of UK Welfare Policy on Housing report highlights the negative effect of Universal Credit on both tenants and landlords, due to the major increase

Bailie Josephine Doherty (left) and Gillian Lavety from Sanctuary homes with, Matthew Lee, Daisy Luczaj, Thomas Rawson and Una Sinclair with their artwork at the site of the former Victoria infirmary in Glasgow Pupils in Glasgow have created works of art to mark the anniversary of the historic local

Cairn Housing Association is moving its Edinburgh headquarters to Hopetoun Street as it continues its programme of modernisation and overhead cost reductions. Changing beyond recognition in recent years, Cairn has embraced modern ways of working with flexible working, family friendly policies and a

A team of Kingdom Housing Association staff played a badminton tournament against a team from Hillcrest and helped raise money for Kingdom’s nominated charity, Epilepsy Scotland. The games took place over three hours in Glenrothes with a lot of friendly competitive banter displayed between the tea

Bill Banks, Kingdom Group chief executive, Andrew Latto, Kingdom’s head of human resources and the four trainees from the 2016 intake Kingdom Housing Association, which recently won a Fife Business Award in the ‘Developing Young Workforce’ category, is to continue its Trainee Programme for the

A 150-year-old seminary in Stornoway could be converted into a block of flats under newly unveiled plans. The Press & Journal has reported that Lewis Builders plans to convert the B-listed Lady Matheson Seminary into six flats to provide “much needed” social housing in the town.