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Plans to remove all income thresholds from Best Start Foods by 2023-24 have been announced by the Scottish Government as part of the second Tackling Child Poverty Delivery Plan, ‘Best Start, Bright Futures’. This will increase eligibility to all people in receipt of a qualifying benefit.

Dundee MSPs Joe FitzPatrick and Shona Robison have visited the South Ward Road building of Hillcrest Homes to discuss plans for the new relocation of vital services previously provided in the Cairn Centre.

Glasgow residents are being warned to beware of scammers trying to take advantage of people worried about the rising cost of living.

Around 220,000 older households in Scotland will have insufficient income to cover their essential spending this year, according to the latest analysis by Age Scotland’s sister charity Age UK. With 150,000 pensioners already living in relative poverty in Scotland, the charities estimate that t

Some of Scotland’s longest standing vacant and derelict sites will be transformed into affordable housing, community gardens and places of enterprise and learning by awards from a £50 million programme. Ten schemes will share more than £5m from the low carbon Vacant and Derelict La

Senior figures and staff from Hillcrest took part in a guided tour of some of the organisation’s key developments on Monday, which showcased some of the homes the organisation has delivered recently, along with exciting projects currently under construction.

A planning application has been submitted for the proposed demolition of existing buildings on Portobello High Street to make way for a five-storey block of commercial units and 11 homes.

Osprey Housing Group has recently boosted Moray's housing stock with the addition of ten new homes in the heart of Elgin. The Osprey Housing development in the town’s Alba Place comprises four one-bed cottage apartments and six three-bed villas in a terrace design emulating nearby former mill

Margaret Runcie, a 96-year-old World War II veteran, was the guest of honour at a tree-planting event marking the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee held at Edinburgh’s Whitefoord House, run by charity Scottish Veterans Residences (SVR). Margaret, who was born in Hertfordshire and now resides

A new Centre of Expertise in Equality and Human Rights is being established by the Scottish Government to put human rights and equality at the heart of economic policy development. The Centre, an action from Scotland’s National Strategy for Economic Transformation, will see the government work

Young people struggling to access employment will be supported by an additional £4 million through the Scottish Government's Young Person’s Guarantee. The funding will help young people impacted most by the pandemic, including those who are care-experienced and those experiencing mental

Port of Leith Housing Association (PoLHA) alongside Hackland + Dore Architects have been shortlisted in two categories in the Scottish Home Awards 2022.

A fund launched last year by the Scottish Government to tackle the social isolation, loneliness and mental health inequalities made worse by the pandemic, has been awarded a further £15 million. The Communities Mental Health and Wellbeing Fund for adults was launched in October last year, and

Muir Homes has submitted a Proposal of Application Notice (PAN) to Angus Council which outlines its intention to submit a planning application for a residential development on land off Newtyle Road in Muirhead. The developer will now begin a comprehensive programme of community engagement, which wil

Steven Henderson is to be the new chief executive of Wheatley Group. Mr Henderson, currently the group director of finance, will take over from Martin Armstrong, who announced last year he had decided to step down after more than 11 years at the helm, plus two and a half years as CEO of Glasgow Hous