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Berwickshire Housing Association (BHA) has trailed a Social Value Toolkit method to help measure the impact of the Supporting Communities Fund (SCF) support it has received throughout its communities. Established by the Scottish Government with an initial £20 million investment, the

Robertson Partnership Homes has started work at Rothes Drive in Glasgow to deliver 22 new homes for Maryhill Housing Association.

GHA, part of Wheatley Group, is transforming two derelict sites in the southside of Glasgow - bringing 48 new affordable homes to the city. The new homes in Carnwadric and Pollok will all be for social rent.

Eildon has been successful in securing two lots of funding from the Peeblesshire Charitable Trust worth £1,500 each to give extra support to tenants living at local developments Riverside House and Dovecot Court. Teresa Dunlop, co-ordinator at Riverside House, confirmed they had made

The executive leadership team (ELT) at RCH Group will be taking part in The Spinal Circuit Challenge this month to raise vital funds for Back Up, a national charity that transforms the lives of those affected by spinal cord injuries. The Spinal Circuit sees individuals encouraged to walk, run or pus

Cordale Housing Association has presented West Dunbartonshire Community Foodshare with a donation of £400 to support the organisation’s gallant efforts to provide food and support for those in need throughout the region. Throughout lockdown West Dunbartonshire Community Foodshare has had

A new standard for 'zero carbon' social housing, a quarter of a million-pound investment in electric vehicles and the restoration of peatlands are to be among the first projects launched as part of Renfrewshire Council's £1 million investment to tackle climate change.

A group of veterans have moved into brand new properties specially created for Armed Forces personnel at Osborne Terrace in Cockenzie, East Lothian. The site is the former East Lothian Council Groundcare depot, which now provides a two-storey flatted block, with six two-bedroom flats including three

Moray Council has agreed a multi-million-pound investment plan for the upcoming year and freeze Council Tax at 2020/21 rates in a budget worth over £215 million.

A five-year plan which sets a net-zero target for Aberdeen City Council assets and operations has been approved.

Homelessness charity Simon Community Scotland is making a concerted effort to completely eliminate rough sleeping in Edinburgh, by providing bikes to its volunteer support teams, so they can see more people in any given period of time. By the charity's own estimations, rough sleeping in the cap

Thousands of families are now receiving their first Scottish Child Payment. As of Sunday 28 February 52,000 applications had been approved.

Terra Firma Chambers is launching a spring webinars series with two events looking at the ways in which communities can now use the law to require the transfer of land and other property to them. There are an increasing number of community groups making applications under these provisions, which rai

A housing association is to begin work on opening the UK’s first LGBT+ affirming retirement community after securing a £5.7 million loan from the Mayor of London.

Work to improve housing in Govanhill is to continue with an additional £7.66 million of funding from the Scottish Government.