Organisations from across Scotland have worked together to create a new platform to help health and social care workers and carers look after their physical and mental health. Launching yesterday, a new national digital wellbeing hub will enable staff, carers, volunteers and their families to access
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Housebuilders will be able to apply for short-term loans of up to £1 million from the Scottish Government to support them through the coronavirus outbreak. Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) with liquidity issues due to the temporary closure of the housebuilding sector will be able to a
The Social Housing Resilience Group (SHRG) is arranging access to a new national personal protective equipment (PPE) procurement option for housing associations.
Families on lower incomes and older people are to get more support with extra funding for lifeline services to cope with the coronavirus pandemic. The funding from the Scottish Government’s Supporting Communities Fund will go directly to more than 250 community groups.
The Scottish Government has provided £200,000 to help communities in Govan deal with the coronavirus outbreak. Now delighted housing providers in the community say the money will be put to work helping people at grassroots level with particular emphasis on the vulnerable and isolated.
Port of Leith Housing Association’s (PoLHA) new £50,000 COVID-19 Response Fund has provided 18 awards of between £500 and £2,500 to local charities and social enterprises that are rising to the challenge of alleviating the effects of the coronavirus epidemic on people living
Queens Cross Housing Association will continue to deliver healthy meals and food packages to residents after it secured over £23,000 in fresh funding from the Scottish Government’s Supporting Communities programme.
Staff at the River Clyde Homes Group (RCH) are continuing their good work to support the Inverclyde community during the current coronavirus crisis. Angela Docherty, community support officer, recently submitted a couple of successful grant funding bids to Cash for Kids. This was to help famili
Maryhill Housing has been awarded £94,000 of ‘Supporting Communities’ funding from the Scottish Government. Together with North United Communities (NUC), Maryhill Housing will be dividing this money amongst local organisations which are providing COVID-19 response services.
A survey conducted by River Clyde Homes has revealed that its customers are overwhelmingly satisfied with the services provided by the group during the coronavirus pandemic.
A forward-thinking housing association is seeking talented trailblazers with a housing or third sector background to support its transformation plans. Caledonia Housing Association chief executive Julie Cosgrove has been shortlisted for Director of the Year in the 2020 Institute of Director Aw
A plan which will position Aberdeen as a climate positive city while helping to lead the world on the rapid shift to a net-zero future and support the global energy transition by leveraging its unique assets and capabilities has been approved. Members of Aberdeen City Council’s urgent business
A fall in the number of planning applications combined with the postponement of the expected fee increase in June may result in longer-term effects on the planning system, writes Heads of Planning Scotland.
Any plans to stop prisoners from falling into homelessness after early release must be made public, according to Scottish Labour.
A webinar held by Orbit Communications which discussed how housing associations should embrace digital change to appeal to the current shift of tenant demographics has been made available to view.