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The Loreburn team at the awards ceremony with Russell Kane on the right Dumfries and Galloway social landlord Loreburn Housing Association has been named Best Charity Employer at a major national recruitment awards for the second year in a row.

Proposals have been unveiled to build a football-themed self management and personal development centre for people experiencing homelessness in Edinburgh. The brainchild of Street Soccer Scotland founder David Duke, the Change Centre could see 32 en-suite bedrooms, living facilities and a community

(from left) Bob Gould, Robertson Civil Engineering; Tony Fry, MD of Robertson Civil Engineering; Josh Littlejohn, Social Bite and Ron Bathgate, Robertson Civil Engineering Robertson Group has underlined its commitment to tackling societal issues after completing work at the Social Bite Village in Ed

Pupils from Craigroyston Primary School with the time capsule at Pennywell Living Memorabilia belonging to primary pupils and retired residents in North Edinburgh has been buried in the foundations of new homes under construction in Pennywell.

Detailed plans have been submitted to Dundee City Council for a development which would see 41 homes built next to a primary school in Claverhouse. Ogilvie Homes wants to deliver a mixture of three-bedroom detached and semi-detached houses, as well as four-bedroom detached properties, to the east of

Campaigners have urged the UK government to urgently halt Universal Credit as new figures show foodbank use in Scotland has soared to record levels. Figures released by the Trussell Trust show a 17% increase in people relying on foodbanks to subsist - against a UK average rise of 13%.

The third and final phase of Link Group Ltd’s 10-year regeneration project has been officially opened by West Dunbartonshire Council’s convener of housing, Councillor Diane Docherty. Construction of Dalmuir Phase 3 began in August 2016 using £2,276,640 funding from the Scottish Government. Buil

Plans to build 250 new council homes in West Lothian have taken a step forward after a number of locations for future development were agreed by the local authority. A total of six sites have been identified to accommodate the new homes, which will go towards the council's aim of developing 3,000 af

The Victoria Hospital in Kirkcaldy Homeless people attending A&E at a Fife hospital are to be given specialist housing advice as part of a ground-breaking service delivered by Shelter Scotland and Fife Health and Social Care Partnership (HSCP).

Residents finding out more about services at Queens Cross Housing Association Queens Cross Housing Association opened its doors last week in what was the organisation’s very first open day.

Deputy Lord Provost Philip Braat and Sanctuary Scotland director Pat Cahill welcome the hippos with local pupils Ciara Crines, Titus Nyarko and Sophia Zai Three cloned ‘hippos’ saved from extinction have made a welcome return to Glasgow.

The Residential category was won by the Countesswells project in Aberdeen Over 25 of Scotland’s most impressive and community beneficial building projects battled it out for top honours at the 2018 RICS awards, where the Countesswells development in Aberdeen won the Residential category.

A residential development off Craigton Road in Cults by CALA Homes (North) has been recommended for approval from Aberdeen City Council. The collection of 19 homes will also allow the completion of the new Friarsfield link road, a key piece of infrastructure for the local area set out in the Friarsf

Former graduate research trainee Marcia Rae at one of the SUD sites around Inverness A delegation from Iceland is set to visit Inverness this week to view work being carried out on Sustainable Urban Drainage systems (SUDS) in the city.

The UK's first major conference on hoarding disorder is to be held in Edinburgh this autumn. One of Scotland’s least understood mental health issues, compulsive hoarding happens when acquiring and saving items takes over a person’s life and it is a growing issue in the country.