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Bield Housing and Care has helped its tenants save more than £1.8 million.

Link Group has completed a competitive tendering process to appoint a fully digital alarm receiving centre. David Mackenzie, Link Housing Association’s managing director, said: “Working with Bield Response 24 will enable us to offer customers an enhanced digital service. One of the objec

Tenants on the Isle of Bute are enhancing their social lives and wellbeing through a partnership with the Bute Elderly Befrienders.

Campion Homes has officially handed over the first accessible homes as part of the new Charleston development in Dundee.

Bield has awarded a £4.5 million multi-trade repairs contract to Lanarkshire-based Rodgers & Johnston Ltd (R&J). This four-year partnership covers responsive repairs, void property works, and out-of-hours emergency repairs across the West and Central areas of Scotland.

Three Scottish housing associations are working together to help address the housing emergency in Scotland, focusing on providing homes for independent living.

Bield Housing and Care is celebrating a triple award win for its progress in transitioning its homes towards digital telecare. The housing and care specialist received the Gold Level Two Digital Telecare Implementation Award in recognition of its rollout of live digital telecare to 82% of

Bield has appointed a new director of assets in a bid to meet the housing needs of future generations of older people. Drew Moore will lead Bield's Strategic Asset Management Strategy (SAMS) – in which the housing provider commits to investing £225 million in the next decade to support h

Bield Housing and Care has officially launched an online customer portal which is set to improve access to a range of services and encourage independent living.

Paul Edie was elected as chair of Bield Housing and Care at its Annual General Meeting last month. Mr Edie will play a pivotal role in guiding Bield’s new Corporate Strategy and Business Plan, steering the organisation towards its goal of meeting Scotland’s urgent housing needs, as well

Two Bield Housing and Care tenants have taken on vital ambassador roles in a pioneering technology project aimed at enhancing digital care within the housing and care sector. Alice Bayne and Peter Paton, tenants at Bield’s West Port development in Linlithgow, have taken on the role of ‘C

From trainee to director of customer experience, Tracey Howatt looks back on a career spanning almost four decades as part of Scottish Housing Day celebrations. Beginning her career with Bield at the age of 17, Tracey has amassed an impressive 37 years with the housing and care provider.

As housing and care providers continue to grapple with Scotland’s ageing population, some are embracing tech more than ever before. Earlier this year, Bield Housing and Care officially launched a digital hub in Linlithgow. Securing £75k in funding from the TAPPI project, it set about sho

If we put digital technology to work, we can perhaps look after our houses and our tenants much better. Jimmy Black reflects on a conversation with Bield about their pioneering work in technology-enabled care. Social housing is waking up to the world of tech. With sensors, we can monitor the humidit

A partnership of housing associations is working with environmental charity Changeworks to launch a new service that will give tenants access to energy information, advice and advocacy.