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Seven-spot ladybird (credit William Richardson) Dunedin Canmore has teamed up with the Central Scotland Green Network Trust (CSGNT) to provide more gardening opportunities for its tenants.

Chairman Nick Kuenssberg and chief executive Alastair Davis in their Broughton Place office Social Investment Scotland, which invests funds put up by banks and the Scottish and UK governments, has revealed that it provided a record £7.5 million to 45 social enterprises, charities and community orga

Michael Cameron The Scottish Housing Regulator has published revised regulatory guidance that will streamline its information requirements of RSLs.

EVH has announced that three finalists have been selected from nominations received from all over Scotland, to progress to the final round of this year’s Helen McGregor Award, sponsored by Cunninghame Housing Association. The award sets out to recognise the dedication and commitment that individua

A theatre company currently performing at the Gilded Balloon in Edinburgh has created a piece of activist theatre which aims to make some noise about the housing crisis facing the UK. Developed with Battersea Arts Centre and The Civic in Barnsley, The Focus E15 Mothers’ Story hopes to rally local

Billy Hunter Everyone at West Whitlawburn Housing Co-operative (WWHC) has been deeply saddened by the untimely passing of Billy Hunter, an ex-chair of WWHC, at Hairmyres Hospital East Kilbride on 22nd August.

Graeme Brown Shelter Scotland has cautioned against Discretionary Housing Payments (DHP) being viewed as a long-term solution to Scotland’s housing crisis after new figures revealed a 37 per cent increase in the number of awards.

A think tank has unveiled radical plans which would give local authorities the power to scrap council tax and business rates and replace them with a range of other levies. Reform Scotland has called for local authorities to have complete control over the local taxes of council tax and non-domestic r

Associates from the Joint Improvement Team (JIT) facilitated two workshops of 50 delegates about the integration of health and social care at the TIS conference on June 6. The workshops, facilitated by Simon Carr and Jill Pritchard of the JIT, invited delegates to consider integration from the persp

Councillor Sam Love Thousands of people struggling from the affects of welfare reform received over £29 million worth of help, thanks to North Lanarkshire Council's housing and social work team.

A new £5 million extra care housing complex for adults with learning disabilities was officially opened last week by Aberdeenshire Provost Hamish Vernal. The building situated on St James’s Place, Inverurie, just across from Inverurie Hospital, incorporates 24 self-contained apartments with assoc

The sun had its hat on for Williamsburgh Housing Association’s summer gala day, held recently at the Seedhill Community Sports Ground in Paisley. Attractions on the day included fun for the kids, with bouncy castle, giant slide, gladiator duel, face painting and animal man.

Max Scotto Kingdom Housing Association has created two new posts to improve customer involvement and to enhance corporate governance in the organisation.

Alison Johnstone Scotland could create 200,000 jobs over the next 20 years by pursuing a new economy built on strengths such as renewables, home insulation and forestry, according to a major research paper from Scottish Green MSPs.

John Swinney MSP Finance ministers from all three Devolved Administrations have issued a joint warning that UK austerity plans “present unnecessary risks to our public services”.