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Actors, a footballer and Scotland's national clinical director have all helped Bield celebrate its 50th anniversary.

Dundee-based charity Hillcrest Futures has raised £500 through an online fundraising campaign to help keep vulnerable people in Tayside warm and safe during the harsh winter months.

People and organisations living, based or with an interest in the Gilshochill area of North Maryhill are being given the chance to help shape future plans for the area.

Work has started on a new Aberdeen City Council housing development which will provide 92 homes including a mixture of flats and wheelchair-designed flats being constructed to the Gold Standard for construction.

Scottish Borders Council has launched its budget plans for 2021/22, with a continued commitment to protecting and investing in frontline services. Over £74 million for roads and transport infrastructure in the ten-year Capital Plan, a further £44m in the five-year revenue plan and £

North Ayrshire Council has completed major improvement works at Connell Court, Kilbirnie, marking the culmination of the latest project to deliver modern, accessible homes for older residents.

West Lothian Council has received 1,426 homelessness applications were received in 2020/21 (up to March 1) with less than a quarter of those applications with children in the household. In 2019, the council launched its local Rapid Rehousing Transition Plan (RRTP) to increase access to all social re

Independent homebuilder Dundas Estates has pledged to continue to offer the Help to Buy scheme in Scotland on all of its developments on properties up to £200,000.

Scotland’s political parties should commit to introducing a ‘Social Renewal Supplement’ to help to rebuild a Scotland fairer than the one that went into the COVID-crisis, according to IPPR Scotland. With the Holyrood elections just 52 days away, researchers at the think tank have w

From May the majority of domestic abuse summary trials in Aberdeen Sheriff Court will be conducted virtually, with only the accused person and their solicitor having to be present in the court premises, Sheriff Principal Derek Pyle has announced.

Scotland faces a ‘cliff edge’ moment as it emerges from lockdown and the COVID-19 pandemic, Citizens Advice Scotland (CAS) has warned. Publishing its manifesto for the 2021 Scottish Parliament elections, the charity revealed the impact COVID-19 has had on people financially.

The Scottish public will have a greater say in how major decisions around health and social care services are delivered in Scotland. New guidance issued by the Scottish Government will ensure NHS Boards, Integration Joint Boards and local authorities uphold their legal duty to consult and engage wit

BT has revealed that almost 4,000 of its iconic red phone boxes across the UK are up for grabs as it urges local communities to take advantage of a scheme to help transform them for the 21st Century. Since 2008, over 6,600 phone boxes have been taken on by communities for just £1 each through

South Ayrshire is to benefit from Scotland’s largest social modular housing development which will deliver much-needed new affordable housing by Autumn 2022. The £9.8 million project is being delivered by Irvine Housing Association (part of the Riverside Group) and Connect Modular, a div

Clyde Valley Housing Association is to acquire a derelict bingo hall to deliver 23 new social homes in Hamilton. The move was agreed by South Lanarkshire Council’s executive committee after it heard that the poor condition of the building would add £300,000 to the development costs &ndas