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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.

Edinburgh-based developer Whiteburn Projects has been unanimously granted planning permission for a residential development on land accessed from Stow Road in the north of Lauder.

Final plans to redevelop the former Marks & Spencer store in Glasgow’s Sauchiehall Street to provide student accommodation for 634 residents have now been submitted. Student housing developer Fusion Students has lodged £76m proposals with Glasgow City Council for the prominent c

Clyde Valley Housing Association has hailed the positive impact made by Ryan Barclay who recently completed an Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) project internship. A report has been produced which will guide the Association’s work to ensure it is accessible to all team members and

A former nightclub building in Dundee could be demolished to make way for student accommodation under new plans submitted to the local authority. The proposals submitted by Newtide Investments Limited would see an eight-storey development with 215 bedrooms built where the old Liq

The Highland Council is inviting organisations to apply for Community Regeneration Funding to finance revenue projects that will respond to the needs of local areas and deliver positive impacts. Projects should be able to be delivered before Friday 1 March 2024. The deadline to submit an expression

Thousands of people across Scotland have started their journey to become Carbon Literate.

A commitment to a ‘cash-first’ approach to tackling food insecurity is at the heart of a new plan to reduce the need for people to turn to food banks. The plan, which is the first of its kind in the UK and is underpinned by human rights, sets out nine actions which will be taken over the

Demand for food bank advice across the Citizens Advice network increase by 11% in the year to April 2023, new data from Citizens Advice Scotland (CAS) has revealed.

A West Lothian village has come together to celebrate the anniversaries of two eco-friendly local groups that sit at the very heart of the community.

A total of £0.2m Inverness Common Good Funding will be used to help people most at need to heat their homes this winter in the Inverness area. Members of the Highland Council’s City of Inverness Area Committee have agreed to provide a Winter Discretionary Payments Scheme for eligible peo

As a sector that has always taken pride in providing modern comfortable housing, whilst helping tackle poverty and inequality, the social housing sector must also now consider how it approaches digital poverty. According to the Good Things Foundation having poor digital skills can affect health outc

Ahead of the Scottish Federation of Housing Associations’ (SFHA) annual conference, a survey has revealed a vast majority of its members provide tenants with financial support and advice. As the membership body launches its Housing at Scotland’s Heart campaign in Glasgow today, SFHA has

The Scottish Procurement Alliance (SPA) has appointed renowned expert Lesley Anderson as its permanent head. Ms Andertson will drive the development of the procurement body, which has £1.1 billion of contracts under management and is also delivering a benefits scheme worth millions o