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National homelessness charity Bethany Christian Trust has announced its latest Investing in Volunteers Award from Volunteer Scotland on Tuesday 2nd July at its Edinburgh office in Leith. Investing in Volunteers is the UK quality standard for all organisations involving volunteers. This award recogni

ng homes wants to recognise its tenants who take pride in their outdoor areas across its communities.

Scottish health and wellbeing charity LinkLiving and McTaggart Construction Limited have partnered to give 18 young people an insight into working in the construction industry.

As part of its ICT strategy, Manor Estates Housing Association has invested in new laptops for all staff. Rather than disposing the old equipment, staff members were given the option to purchase one of the older laptops and asked to make a donation to the charity “Steps to Hope”.

The Highland Council is seeking contractors to tender for a Highland Energy Efficiency Framework (domestic and non-domestic). Suppliers are being invited to attend an in-person meet the buyer event on Monday 5 Aug 10:30 - 12:30 at Highland Council, Chamber, Glenurquhart Road, Inverness IV3 5NX.

Cala Homes has completed its first net-zero-carbon-enabled home. The project at its Hampton Lakes development in Peterborough will test the housebuilder’s net zero principles, providing essential learning to help inform Cala’s approach in the future.

The Grangemouth Flood Protection Scheme (GFPS) has published an Engagement Feedback Report after public events were held in March 2024 in advance of the scheme notification process.

Together Housing Group (THG), a social housing provider in the North of England, has secured a £50 million loan from the Royal Bank of Scotland to upgrade its 38,000 properties

A new South of Scotland Housing Action Plan has been launched to help tackle the urgent need for more homes and more choice of homes in the region. The Action Plan includes ten tangible actions to be carried out over the next two years, with the aim of attracting more people to work and live here, a

Scotland’s statutory body for consumers has launched an investigation into consumer protections in the market for energy efficiency and low carbon heating products.

Being able to control where we live, seen as a key factor in our personal wellbeing and in living our life the way we want to, is being compromised by the housing emergency, especially for those in temporary and shared forms of accommodation, experts have warned.

Long-serving former director of Campion Homes Marjorie Scott has passed away. The Scottish housing developer made the announcement on LinkedIn, saying Ms Scott was "an integral member of the Campion Homes family since our inception in 1989".

A Panel of Parliamentarians and experts have called for urgent action to regenerate a significant proportion of the estimated 527,000 sheltered housing properties in the UK, to provide good quality, accessible homes for people in later life that meet contemporary standards and expectations.

“We have a theory of change which demonstrates the changes we are hoping to see in people's lives that will ultimately help us achieve our vision of a world where everyone has an equal chance to create a safe and supportive place to call home.” Returning to the subject of homelessness, K

A Lanarkshire televisual services company has secured tenders with three local housing associations after the business owner accessed support and guidance from Business Gateway. Televisual Services Glasgow, which provides satellite and aerial installations, as well as TV wall mounts and CCTV, has be