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More than £9 million in grants is being awarded to 31 charities and community groups across England, Scotland and Wales in the eleventh round of the Ofgem Energy Redress Scheme.

£500,000 has been awarded to five Community Climate Action Hubs in Scotland’s Central Belt. Funding will support the ongoing work of the Forth Valley, Glasgow, Edinburgh, Dundee and East Dunbartonshire climate hubs to enable local communities to tackle climate change and its impacts.

A Glasgow schoolgirl who designed a solar-powered heated blanket that aims to help rough sleepers has been named one of the first ever Time magazine Girls of the Year. Rebecca Young, now 13 and a pupil at Kelvinside Academy, has been included in the inaugural list honouring 10 young people from

Hamilton-based principal contractor Procast Group has won a significant lot on a £980 million national retrofit framework. The firm has been awarded Lot 13 on the Greater Manchester Combined Authority Net Zero Housing Retrofit Framework Agreement.

Preventative tenancy sustainment work is now more important than ever for community-based housing associations, due to the financial and other pressures facing people, according to a new report.

Persimmon Homes East Scotland has donated £3,000 to Start Up Stirling, a charity running eight weekly foodbanks across the Stirling Council area. The donation was presented by Kevin Ferris, operations director, during the company’s Community Mental Health Day event at the Brucefields dev

New figures show that 30,729 households in England have received a Section 21 or ‘no-fault’ eviction notice since last July. The figures from the Ministry of Justice also show that 7,270 households in England were served with a Section 21 or a ‘no-fault’ eviction notice betwe

Rural communities across Scotland are in line for an economic boost in the wake of a new £50 million investment in Highland Broadband’s ultra-fast broadband network. Scotland’s Deputy First Minister Kate Forbes is set to unveil the new capital secured by the Edinburgh and Inverness

East Kilbride Housing Association (EKHA) has become the first housing association in Scotland to be awarded the National Green Standard for excellence in Environmental, Social & Governance (ESG) action. Devised by IVARTY Consulting, the National Green Standard's ESG governance framework is align

A groundbreaking new book is set to challenge conventional thinking on housing policy, past and present. The author, Dr Stewart Montgomery, specialises in the implementation of housing and equality law into organisational practice.

Blochairn Housing Association (BHA) has stepped up its transfer plans by inviting expressions of interest for a strategic partner. Operating in and around Blochairn Place in Royston, Glasgow, Blochairn is currently engaging with the Scottish Housing Regulator about governance, financial managem

Scottish Borders Housing Association (SBHA) has transformed disused garage blocks into high-quality, spacious and energy-efficient homes. The development in Jedburgh is the first HUSK Garages to Homes (G2H) project in Scotland and has been designed to meet local housing needs using modern metho

Glasgow-based residential letting agent Dwello has expanded its team, following the rapid initial growth of the business.

Local people and Highland councillors will be invited to attend stakeholder meetings later this year to focus on the specific housing needs of communities as part of a review of the Highland Housing Register Housing Allocations Policy.

Scotland’s population passed the 5.5 million mark for the first time in the year to June 2023, according to newly revised figures from National Records of Scotland (NRS).