News

Good access to housing has been cited as one of the top five reasons young people would choose to stay in the Highlands and Islands. A new report on the recent Young people and the Highlands and Islands: Attitudes and aspirations study commissioned by Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE) has been

A footsore pair of fundraisers have marched almost 100 miles to raise hundreds of pounds to help older people living with dementia. Bield employee Kevin Rowe recruited his friend Natalie Ross to join him on his latest fundraising effort for Bield’s care services.

Fife Council has invited the public to discuss proposals for a new affordable housing development at Monksmoss, Ladybank. A drop-in event for members of the public to view and comment on the proposal will take place at Ladybank Library on Tuesday 25th August between 3pm and 7pm.

Muirhouse Housing Association (MHA) has completed its final phase of homes on the former BT training ground in Edinburgh. The association has added a further 64 units to the 58 homes it completed in 2014.

A legal challenge to the Cairngorms National Park’s Local Plan has been abandoned, paving the way for up to 1,500 homes to be built. The appeal by a group of environmental bodies failed in the courts system twice before the appellants appealed to the UK Supreme Court in 2013, where a hearing date

Work has started on an affordable homes development in the Scottish Borders. An agreement was reached with developers Waverley Tweed Ltd at the end of last year for Scottish Borders Council (SBC) to acquire three flats at a long-standing gap site in Innerleithen High Street, in addition to a further

The new properties at Sealladh na Mara, Bowmore, Islay Argyll Community Housing Association (ACHA) has completed 20 new homes at Sealladh na Mara, Bowmore on Islay.

Greig Adams By Greig Adams at DM Hall

Graham Harper A partnership between an Edinburgh charity and a UK legal firm is offering Edinburgh residents the opportunity to make a Will for free in return for a charitable donation.

Linda Fabiani The Scottish Government has called for assurances from the UK Department for Energy and Climate Change (DECC) that Scotland’s older people will not be penalised with higher energy bills due to the roll out of smart meters.

Cloch Housing Association is to host its Super Summer Gala Event on Thursday 13th August from 2pm – 6.30pm at Lady Octavia Sports Centre in Greenock. The event, which will help raise funds for charity and donations for Inverclyde Foodbank, has grabbed the attention of the local community and is ex

Bield’s West Port Resource Centre in Linlithgow is seeking friendly and enthusiastic volunteers to assist with the running of a variety of daily social activities. Social activity programmes such as are hugely popular and have proven successful in encouraging tenants to get out and about and mingl

A number of staff changes have been announced at the Scottish Government’s housing supply & innovation division. Pauline Innes is to leave the team at the end of August to take up a new role at the Department of Energy & Climate Change to work in oil industry decommissioning.

A new service has been launched to help people throughout Glasgow improve their financial skills. Funded by a £1 million grant from the Big Lottery for three years, Epic 360 comes at a time when many people are under increasing financial pressures as a result of welfare reform and the recent introd

Planning councillors have approved the first phase of a “well-considered proposal” for the residential redevelopment of a former Angus open prison. Developers hope to turn the former HMP Noranside estate, which was a working prison until 2011, into 48 homes.