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Link Group is providing advice at a series of free pop-up events offering money management, health and well-being support, and advice about connecting digitally. The latest workshop is taking place in Bathgate in which Link tenants and the wider community are invited to attend.

Students moving into further education have been helped with the cost of studying thanks to a new scheme launched by a north west Glasgow charity. The John Gray bursary scheme was set up by Queens Cross Community Foundation, the charitable arm of Queens Cross Housing Association.

Foodbanks across South Lanarkshire are to get an additional £100,000 to help local residents this winter.

The Scottish Child Payment has been increased to £25 and been extended to include eligible children up to age 16.

A return to austerity would have significant consequences for people and public services, deputy first minister John Swinney has warned ahead of the UK Government’s Autumn Statement today. Mr Swinney has called for an alternative to austerity to avoid the UK Government “prolonging”

Homebuilder Cala Homes (East) hosted a pop-up art gallery at its Newington Residences development in Edinburgh on November 10 to showcase the work of some of Scotland’s leading up-and-coming artists.

Plans to deliver 242 student bedrooms over seven storeys at the site of a former Dundee nightclub have been granted planning permission. The purpose-built student accommodation on South Ward Road has been designed by 56Three Architects and will be delivered by KR Developments.

Coltart Earley Architects have submitted plans to build 71 apartments in place of the 1970s Shawbridge Arcade after concluding consultations.

The average price of a property in Scotland in September 2022 was £191,941, an increase of 7.3% on September 2021 but a 0.9% decrease compared with the previous month.

A fashion show organised by the Past Present Futures boutique charity shop has raised £2,618 for Scottish support charity Hillcrest Futures. The ‘Putting on the Glitz’ event was held in Woodlands Hotel in Broughty Ferry on November 13, with over 100 guests in attendance.

Housing Options Scotland (HOS) welcomed Shona Robison MSP, cabinet secretary for social justice, housing and local government, volunteers, staff and guests to a 25th anniversary event at the V&A in Dundee to celebrate 25 years of the organisation.

Plans have been approved for a new development of 132 apartments and retail space on the site of a Glasgow car park.

Barclays has launched a pilot offering up to £2,000 to its residential mortgage customers that make certain energy efficient home improvements. Energy usage is a top priority for many households, three quarters (75%) of homeowners intend to make energy efficiency-related changes to their homes

The fast-moving financial environment, driven by national and international events, has forced a re-think of Dundee City Council’s capital investment plans. Councillors will be asked to revise the £382 million of investment in the five-year Capital Plan for 2023-2028 agreed at the start

Prolonged exposure to mould in a home belonging to a housing association in England caused the death of a two-year-old boy, a coroner has ruled.