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Everton Football Club star Steven Naismith has paid for Christmas dinner for hundreds of homeless people. The Scottish forward sponsored an annual meal in Glasgow organised by the charity, Loaves and Fishes, which helps those sleeping rough in the city.

(left to right) Bill Banks welcoming Declan Whiteford with Sandy Milne, Kingdom’s area maintenance manager A young apprentice who lost his job due to a downturn in business has landed a new apprenticeship just in time for Christmas thanks to Kingdom Housing Association.

An iconic B-listed building in Glasgow’s Tradeston area has been saved from falling into serious disrepair thanks to the building’s factor Speirs Gumley, a dedicated group of home and business owners, and grant funding from Glasgow City Council. The building at 33 Dalintober Street/53 Morrison S

Work has begun on a new development of 525 new homes which will see the expansion of the East Lothian seaside town of Dunbar. Places for People and Castle Rock Edinvar are working in partnership with East Lothian Council and Mansell Homes to build 131 affordable homes as part of the development at H

Caledonia Housing Association staff have been given incident training to receive the essential skills and knowledge that they will need if they are deployed to any emergency. Thirty-five staff attended interactive training during October and November delivered by White Swan Risk Consultants who the

Eildon Housing Association has received another glowing report for the service at Station Avenue in Duns, supporting adults with learning disabilities to live independently. Although this service has received consistently high marks from the Care Inspectorate, the recent report, following an inspect

Confidence within the Scottish construction sector has fallen again back to where it was at the end of 2013. The latest quarterly survey by trade body the Scottish Building Federation (SBF) said that industry employers gave a positive overall confidence rating for the tenth quarter in a row, though

Rosemary Brotchie By Rosemary Brotchie, policy and research manager at Shelter Scotland

An event to highlight the importance of volunteers to care and housing provider Bield has been hosted at a retirement housing development. Bield’s volunteer team attended Southfield Court in Dunbar to show off the efforts and achievements of their dedicated volunteers by premiering their exciting

Social justice secretary Alex Neil visiting the Grassmarket Community Project The third sector’s crucial role in creating a fairer and more inclusive Scotland has been recognised by the Scottish Government with its protection of £24.5 million support in 2016/17.

Tony warming up with a free cup of tea during the Rough Sleeper Centre Crisis at Christmas From hairdressers to caterers, performers to podiatrists, dedicated volunteers are needed to help bring Crisis’ temporary centre in Edinburgh for homeless people to life this Christmas.

(from left) Olaf with Santa, Ryan Capon and Liam Capo Cordale Housing Association is delighted to have received a grant of over £7,000 from Clyde Cash for Kids following a successful application again this year.

Thousands of Edinburgh kids living in poverty are guaranteed a visit from Santa this Christmas thanks to Dunedin Canmore and Radio Forth. Dunedin Canmore staff raised £6,000 for Radio Forth’s Cash for Kids’ ‘Mission Christmas’ campaign which provides gifts and grants for 14,000 disadvantage

Partick Housing Association staff and board showed their generosity this festive season by donating food and useful household items to the North West Area Foodbank. Presents and decorations were also added to the collection as well as a cash donation of £175 to bring some Christmas cheer to familie

Douglas Edwardson The Scottish social housing sector has paid tribute to Aberdeenshire Council’s head of housing Douglas Edwardson who died following a crash earlier this month.