Councillor Peter Henderson has been appointed as the new leader of South Ayrshire Council. SNP, Labour and Independent group members, who make up the council's administration, unanimously elected Councillor Henderson at a Special Council meeting this week.
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Aberdeenshire Council has set up a new strategy to respond to the financial crisis it is facing in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic. Councillors have heard that the impact of COVID-19 will have serious consequences on the council’s budget for the next few years at a meeting yesterday
Waverley Housing Association has submitted plans to renew the ageing Upper Langlee estate in Galashiels.
The Highland Council has approved a Recovery Action Plan with 11 key priority areas including economic and financial recovery, digital transformation and the reopening of schools. The coronavirus pandemic has significantly impacted the council’s resources, services and staff, as well as commun
Almost a million meals have been provided so far to support some of the most vulnerable people in Dundee during the coronavirus pandemic. The combined efforts from the Dundee City Council, third sector partners and Scottish Government’s initiatives have resulted in a total number of 941,831 me
As the COVID-19 restrictions on Scotland’s housing market begin to ease, independent chartered surveying firm DM Hall has prepared a video setting the five steps for a safe survey. With a waiting list in the many hundreds of people looking to have Home Reports undertaken, the company said it i
The Scottish Government has released guidance related to the phased reintroduction of family visiting and communal activities for residents in care homes. Care home residents will be able to receive visitors outside from 3 July, provided their home meets strict criteria, with infection control measu
Sustrans Scotland has published new design guidance, aimed at supporting organisations implementing temporary walking and cycling infrastructure to enable physical distancing during COVID-19.
The Winchburgh Community Growing Group has today launched a new initiative to help keep Winchburgh looking at its best. The Winchburgh Wombles, formed by a group of local volunteers, will meet every week to pick litter across seven separate routes throughout the village.
A dozen housing associations in Glasgow are in talks with Mears for the future provision of accommodation for asylum seekers who were moved into hotels at the beginning of the coronavirus crisis.
Jon Sparkes provides a summary of progress from the latest Homelessness and Rough Sleeping Action Group (HARSAG) meeting last Thursday. Proposals for how to end homelessness in response to the coronavirus pandemic are now currently with the Scottish Government for consideration. Last week the Homele
Night shelters and hotel rooms as a response to homelessness will be actively designed out over the next phase according to plans published today by a collective of 21 leading charities and academic sector organisations. This is the first in a series of Route Maps from the Everyone Home Collective t
Today, 21 third sector organisations that care about ending homelessness in Scotland, known collectively as Everyone Home, (SHN 21/05/20) publish their first route-map to help guide the sector out of lockdown and the emergency measures put in place during March to accommodate people sleeping outside
Charities and community organisations with practical solutions to tackle the urgent social and economic effects of the coronavirus crisis in Leith and north Edinburgh, have shared additional financial support worth £150,000. Port of Leith Housing Association (PoLHA) was selected by the Scottis
Govan Housing Association has been distributing devices and data to tenants and community organisations to help close the digital divide in Scotland.