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Four out of a winning team of five, S2 pupils from Largs Academy visited local debt, welfare and housing advice charity, CHAP, in Ardrossan this week. The girls had recently come out top in their school’s 'Youth and Philanthropy Initiative’, (YPI); a powerful active citizenship programme

The prestigious national 2024 SURF Awards for Best Practice in Community Regeneration were launched yesterday by the Scottish Government at a special online event. The event, attended by 80 guests, included specially recorded messages from previous SURF Award Winners; North Edinburgh Arts, Alchemy F

Scottish minister for housing Paul McLennan yesterday paid a visit to Longniddry Village, a development from Places for People and Cruden Homes in association with Wemyss and March Estates. Located on the East Lothian coast, the development’s current success represents the value and positive i

Community Links Scotland has successfully secured funding from the Energy Industry Voluntary Redress Scheme to continue its West Dunbartonshire Energy Advice Service. First established in 2023, the project works in partnership with five West Dunbartonshire housing associations and West Dunbartonshir

Persimmon North Scotland’s plans for 209 energy-efficient new homes in Crieff have been given the green light by Perth and Kinross Council.

Glasgow City Council has approved plans to build 71 new flats to be built on the site of a B-listed building on Sauchiehall Street.

Glencairn Properties has secured planning permission for a new purpose-built student accommodation (PBSA) development in Edinburgh. A shop and car showroom located at 185-187 Dundee Street and 4/5 Dundee Terrace will now be demolished and replaced with a six-storey block containing 206 beds, providi

A comprehensive white paper that explores the critical role of social value and non-financial reporting in driving transformational impact across the UK has been published by Housing Associations Charitable Trust (HACT). The paper, published in collaboration with global professional services network

A revised masterplan for the regeneration of Sighthill in Glasgow has suggested a possible increase of around 300 homes to the overall number of properties.

A former care home in Wishaw is to become assisted living apartments for young adults to live independent lives in a managed environment. In 2023, Thornhill Care Home in Wishaw closed its doors before being purchased by South Lanarkshire care provider Keane Premier Healthcare. Working with S2 Archit

Vacant ground formerly listed as greenbelt off Burdiehouse Road in Edinburgh could be home to new apartments if an application for planning in principle is approved by the City of Edinburgh Council.

Scotland Excel has joined a new national initiative that aims to strengthen opportunities for social enterprises within the country’s supply chains. The centre of procurement expertise has signed up to The Buy Social Scotland Pledge (led by Social Enterprise Scotland) as part of its commitment

Share look forward to bringing back the popular one-day Inspiring Leadership Conference for all inspiring and aspiring leaders in the housing sector and beyond. The conference will focus on some of the challenges all leaders face: imposter syndrome, building resilience within your team, shaping orga

West Lothian Council is being urged to give support to a proposed low carbon community to help it address its recently declared housing emergency.

A clear focus on service delivery, communication and customer engagement has resulted in Parkhead Housing Association (PHA) achieving Customer Service Excellence Accreditation at the first time of asking. PHA were assessed across 57 elements of the customer service excellence standard covering five