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An award-winning music project has launched a crowd funding appeal to support hundreds of budding musicians across the country. Ensemble is run by Wheatley Care, part of Wheatley Group, and funded by the Scottish Government through Creative Scotland’s Open Fund.

A report into how the repurposing of buildings in Glasgow city centre could help in the area’s recovery after the pandemic was presented to a Glasgow City Council committee this week.

The ‘Housing First’ Pathfinder programme transformed the way some of the most vulnerable people experiencing homelessness are supported across Scotland, a new independent report has found.

Pupils at St Ninians primary school in Cardenden, Fife, joined thousands of schoolchildren across the country to shout out for Safe Roads for All by taking part in Road Safety Week (14-20 November 2022)

Property developer S Harrison Developments has revealed proposals for a residential-led development at Ocean Point 2 in Leith.

The Welsh Government has set a cap for social rents for the next financial year at 6.5%. Climate change minister Julie James outlined a series of commitments she had secured with social landlords including that there will be "no evictions due to financial hardship for the term of the rent settl

Faster reform of Scotland’s public sector is needed to protect services in the long term and improve people’s lives, according to Audit Scotland. The public body has said that the Scottish Government is facing increased costs, including a higher public sector wage bill, while the cost-of

East Dunbartonshire Council is due to set its first Budget in February for the 2023/24 financial year. Balancing the Council Budget will be no mean feat, with council papers this month showing that current forecasts are suggesting there could be a funding gap in the region of £20 million.

Glasgow City Council’s Private Sector Housing Grant Programme provided £7.8 million funding to repair and maintain private homes over the course of the 2021/22 financial year.

Property company Ambassador Group has lodged a proposal of application notice with Glasgow City Council to develop student accommodation on a vacant site on Osborne Street in the city centre. Located on the corner of Osborne Street and Old Wynd, the proposals seek to create a contemporary developmen

Approximately 10,000 people fleeing war in Ukraine have been safely received through Edinburgh’s Welcome Hub – seven months since the centre opened to coordinate the city’s refugee support. As families settle and integrate into their new home, one place which has provided a social

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.