Bield has launched a forward-thinking platform to help staff with challenges enhanced by the COVID-19 pandemic and a separate platform dedicated to showcasing acts of kindness. The Wall of Kindness and the Health & Well-being Hub have been launched in a bid to celebrate the acts of kindness ongo
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Bield’s board of management chair Dr Lesley Holdsworth, who is a key figure in advancing the digital capability of health professionals in Scotland, has been recognised in the Queen’s 2020 Birthday Honours list. Dr Holdsworth, who trained as a physiotherapist and is now the Scottish
Three university students have been commended for their support after working at housing provider Bield during the pandemic. The teenagers from Linlithgow joined Bield Housing and Care taking on care assistant roles over the aummer providing personal care, social support and domestic assistance
Bield Housing and Care is pledging its support to this year’s Scottish Housing Day celebration which highlights the difference social housing makes in communities across the country. The housing provider believes it is important to focus on the value of social housing as good quality homes can
More than 30 staff, board members and customers are expected to join a Zoom video call later this month as Bield hosts its first online Annual General Meeting.
Staff at a housing development in Edinburgh have gifted 27 customers with a memoir to remember their lockdown in a positive light and celebrate the easing of restrictions.
Bield is now offering personalised at home care plans tailored around an individual’s needs in West Lothian.
A couple have moved to a new home in Edinburgh after carrying out an innovative property viewing over WhatsApp from South Africa, thanks to staff at housing provider Bield.
Bield staff at a day care facility in East Dunbartonshire are being commended by their employers after going above and beyond to support customers throughout the coronavirus pandemic. Oakburn Park Day Care in Milngavie pulled together to help support customers and other vulnerable members of the com
Tenants at a Bield housing development in Edinburgh have been kept busy with a new hobby during lockdown, creating a ‘Garden of Hope’ to bring fellow tenants together while remaining socially distant.
Bield has bolstered its senior management team with the appointment of Diana MacLean as director of customer experience and Iain Baxter as digital project lead. The appointments have underpinned Bield's future strategy to continue to improve the lives of Scotland’s older people.
Euan Crawford, a young bagpiper from Linlithgow Academy, has delighted customers at Bield's West Port development in Linlithgow by playing a special ‘outdoors’ lockdown concert. Mr Crawford played in the gardens while residents at the development watched on from their windows.
Pensioners in isolation during the coronavirus lockdown have been able to tuck into a weekly nutritional meal generously donated by a local Bield community group. Tenants at Bield’s sheltered housing development, Greenacre Court in Bannockburn, have been served soup and snacks every Tuesday fo
A South Ayrshire retirement housing development were treated to a fish and chip delivery to lift their spirits amid the coronavirus pandemic. The social committee at Bield’s Carrick Gardens in Ayr decided to organise a mass takeaway delivery for 26 people from local restaurant ‘Fish Plus
Bield has appointed Paula Rice as its new director of finance and resources. Ms Rice brings more than 25 years of experience working across a variety of sectors, her role will see her lead the finance, HR and IT teams across Bield and she has already outlined her determination to support t