The Social Housing Resilience Group has been addressing a number of issues identified by social landlords during the past week.
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Hillcrest has shown its appreciation for the work that keyworkers, carers and NHS staff have been doing during the coronavirus pandemic which the launch of a new video.
The Scottish Refugee Council (SRC) to work alongside housing associations to increase the housing options and quality of housing available to people it supports. The charity holds regular ‘Meet the Landlord’ events to provide its clients with the opportunity to meet directly with housing
A £30 million pledge to support Scottish charities through the coronavirus crisis is welcome but will not tackle the immediate cash flow problems leaving many in a fight for survival, lawyers have warned. Alastair Keatinge and David Dunsire from Lindsays are advising a string of
Vulnerable families across Scotland are receiving extra help to combat the coronavirus crisis by Wheatley Group. Housing and care staff from Dumfries and Galloway to Fife, and Dumbarton to Leith, are tapping into Wheatley’s new £50,000 Emergency Response Fund. It is part of the group&rsq
Rona Macleod, a solicitor and associate at the Legal Services Agency (LSA), considers the case against Serco’s lock-change evictions post-Ali. For around eighteen months Legal Services Agency have been challenging lock change evictions in Glasgow Sheriff Court. We raised one of the first
Chartered accountant and business advisory firm Anderson Anderson & Brown LLP (AAB) has been collaborating with the Scottish Business Resilience Centre (SBRC) to deliver a series of webinars aimed at helping businesses to mitigate the disruption caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. (from left) Graem
Tenants have been thrown a lifeline “like never before” thanks to the efforts of Thenue Housing. In common with other housing providers, it has taken unprecedented steps to ensure tenants and communities are not forgotten during the ongoing coronavirus emergency.
Bield developments experienced the act of kindness first hand throughout the COVID-19 pandemic with a spate of donations of Easter treats for tenants. Crosshill Gardens in Port Glasgow and MacKenzie Court in Grangemouth received Easter Eggs donated by a local Co-Op and a homeless charity.
Third sector organisations across Scotland are being encouraged to apply for emergency funding to help cope with the effects of coronavirus.
The staff and boards of the local housing associations (Ardenglen, Craigdale, Cassiltoun, North View and Thenue) are proud to be part of Castlemilk Together, and working alongside the community to support our most vulnerable people at this challenging time.
Construction work on 200 new homes on the old golf course in the village of Gretna could begin as early as this year after the submission of a detailed planning application by Alba Developments.
The Scottish Government has relaunched a national campaign to reassure anyone experiencing domestic abuse that support is available to them during these difficult times.
The River Clyde Homes Group (RCH Group) has chosen its current group resources director, Richard Turnock, as its new chief executive. The announcement comes after a highly competitive recruitment process, which attracted many strong candidates from both within and outside the UK social housing secto
David Bookbinder takes aim at the Health and Safety Executive’s “stubborn” and “unrealistic” approach to gas safety checks. When this is all over, we’ll all give thought to what our own actions and reactions were to the crisis, and the actions of other agencies. F