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Prospect Community Housing is to receive £245,740 from the Aspiring Communities Fund to enhance social inclusion and combat poverty. Supported by the European Social Fund and the Scottish Government, the funding will be used for Tasting Change, a local partnership initiative that aims to respond to

(from left) Fiona Holt, session worker; George Meechan, Animation/Futures client; Megan Appleton, session worker; Iona Summerton, project worker Gowrie Care’s Dundee Futures team walked away winners at the TPAS National Good Practice Awards on Friday.

Councillor Susan Aitken (centre) with residents and staff from Cromwell Sheltered Housing complex May Lyttle, William McMillan, Dennis McGowan, Jane Drummond and Lilian Kerr More than 15,000 older Glaswegians are set to benefit from a £100 winter warmer thanks to Glasgow City Council’s Affordable

Fife Council is to mark World Town Planning Day today by posting images and information about some of the schemes and developments that have happened, or are happening, in the region. World Town Planning Day celebrates the achievements and skills of planners in their role of helping to create more s

- Help tackle fuel poverty and receive a potential financial return of 6.5% per annum - Not-for-profit energy supplier Our Power has launched a Social Purpose Bond in the market via Ethex – the positive savings and investment platform that makes it easy to make money do good.

A new campaign has been launched to control the “rapid and unregulated growth” of short-term lets which sees owners of residential properties offer them as holiday accommodation. Andy Wightman MSP, housing spokesperson for the Scottish Greens, today warned that the rapid rise of this form of let

The Douglas family being given their keys by BHA operations director Jean Gray The first tenants have been handed the keys to their brand new homes at Station Drive in Duns, which have been built by Hart Builders for Berwickshire Housing Association (BHA).

The Trussell Trust has called for urgent action to improve the system of Universal Credit after new figures revealed a 20% rise in the use of food banks in Scotland in the last year. According to the charity, a record 76,764 three-day emergency food supply packs were given to people in need in the f

Over £50k was raised for two Scottish charities at a black tie fundraising event hosted by Hillcrest Housing Association at Dundee’s Apex Hotel on Friday. Raising money for Dundee Bairns and Move On, Hillcrest’s 50th Anniversary Celebration Event was attended by nearly 500 representatives from

Jon Sparkes Jon Sparkes details the second meeting of the Scottish Government’s Homelessness and Rough Sleeping Action Group which focussed on solutions to help more rough sleepers this winter as well as longer term goals.

West Dunbartonshire Council has set out its ambitious vision for the next five years to deliver high quality services with the emphasis on improving the lives of residents and reducing inequality. Led by priorities identified by local people, the Strategic Plan outlines the future direction for the

An aerial view of the proposed development Proposals for one of Edinburgh’s largest viable brownfield developments will be put forward for determination at a planning committee this week.

East Renfrewshire remains a high-performing council but its councillors need to be more prominent in dealing with tough challenges ahead, the Accounts Commission has said. A new report published today by the local authority spending watchdog charts the council's progress since a previous audit in 20

An organisation in Skye is to become the first to acquire land under a new scheme to transfer publicly-owned forestry assets, to the benefit of local communities. Forest Enterprise Scotland (FES) launched the Community Asset Transfer Scheme earlier this year. Minginish Community Hall Association (MC

Festive shoppers are being given the chance to ‘purchase with purpose’ this winter through a new initiative from Edinburgh-based homelessness charity Bethany Christian Trust. By purchasing a Caring Christmas Tree, the charity said shoppers could save a life.