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A keen amateur gardener from Midlothian who suffers from a rare neurological condition has urged tenants of Melville Housing Association to get their hands dirty as the Dalkeith-based landlord launches this year’s Great Gardens contest.

Cala Homes (West) is inviting residents of Kilbarchan to a community consultation event on 14 June to learn more about initial plans to develop land off Barrhill Crescent.

Murray Royal Hospital in Perth has secured significant funding for a dementia-friendly garden project in partnership with Scotland’s national walking charity and Tayside Health Fund, NHS Tayside’s Charity.

Midlothian Council is inviting tenants or residents to come along to its housing drop-in session on Thursday 8 June, anytime between 10.30am - 12.30pm. Event venue is Dalkeith Library, 2 White Hart Street, Dalkeith EH22 1AE.

Following flooding in Aberlour on 10 May, Moray Council is to undertake short-term improvement works while working on a long-term flood management plan.

A consultation has been launched on plans for the £1.3bn connected and sustainable new coastal town at Granton Waterfront in Edinburgh.

A Perth and Kinross project that supports young tenants to settle into permanent accommodation has had a successful 12 months, helping a total of 113 people.

Yesterday, GMB Congress called on the Electoral Reform Society and its balloting arm Civica to use its expertise and reputation to ensure that ballots of residents on council estates whose homes are facing demolition are fair, independent and free of abuses.  On estates facing demolition in 201

LinkLiving, a trauma-informed health and well-being charity, is welcoming applications for volunteers for a variety of vital programmes in Fife. There are opportunities to become a volunteer Befriender in LinkLiving’s Older Persons Service. Befriending involves face-to-face visits with the per

Members of the Scottish Parliament's Local Government, Housing and Planning Committee have visited the site of a housing project aimed at encouraging healthy ageing this week as they discussed Scotland’s future housing and planning needs. Following a business planning day where the Committee h

Scotland Excel has won a prestigious UK award for leading the way in collaborative procurement through its innovative Energy Efficiency Contractors (EEC) Framework.

CCG Homes is to deliver a new luxury housing development in Inverclyde after securing land in the west end of Greenock.

Architecture and Design Scotland, Scotland’s design agency, is inviting built environment professionals to an online event on 7 June to learn how to create climate-friendly places by creating new, zero carbon buildings, as well as adapting existing buildings.

Scottish Borders Council is to undertake a month-long pathfinder pilot with current service users of the Night Support Service in the Duns area. Agreement to undertake the pathfinder was given by the Integration Joint Board at their meeting on 17 May 2023.

Muirhouse Housing Association has used this year’s Volunteers’ Week to praise the work of those who serve Scotland’s housing association movement.