Blackwood

An Ayrshire woman has gone on her first holiday at the age of 65 to Vietnam after she was able to research her destination through an innovative, digitally enhanced care system. Margaret Sancken embarked on her holiday in November to spend 11 days discovering the country in Southeast Asia.

Malcom Stewart in his garden with Fanchea Kelly, chief executive at Blackwood A green fingered Blackwood tenant is celebrating after winning the housing and care provider’s ‘Best Garden’ award.

Customers at a Greenock care home have become the latest group to showcase the healthy benefits of pet therapy. Bunny & Co mobile petting zoo visited Blackwood’s MacLehose Court in Inverclyde with a broad range of animals for the customers to hold and experience.

Scott Robb An Ayrshire man has shared how his life changed after being kitted out with an innovative, digitally enhanced care system.

A group of green fingered tenants have been rewarded for their skills by winning a Blackwood’s ‘Best Community Garden’ award. Lawrence Kemlo, who has been a tenant at Blackwood’s Charleston development for 23 years, collected his award at the Blackwood AGM in Largs.

A partnership of North East social landlords is holding a house party event tomorrow to allow all residents in Aberdeen and Aberdeenshire to speak to a host of organisations about a range of housing related issues. NETRALT (North East Tenants, Residents, Landlords Together), which includes Aberdeen

Edward Stanton A green-fingered Blackwood tenant has been rewarded for his skills by winning the housing and care provider’s prestigious gardening award.

Fanchea Kelly The head of one of Scotland’s leading housing and care providers has been named as one of the most influential people in the sector.

Max Brown Customers at a leading Scottish housing and care provider have benefited from an investment of over £2 million in its housing stock over the past year.

LinkLiving Ltd has joined a number of housing organisations by participating in the Carnegie UK Trust's ‘What Do Citizen's Want?’ project. The study looked in-depth at a small number of users of housing services asking what makes their lives meaningful and exploring how support services fit into

Graeme Stewart Scotland’s Wheelchair Rugby League captain has urged people with disabilities to realise the positive impact sport can have on their lives.

Fanchea Kelly A record tenant response has produced results that show soaring levels of customer satisfaction at housing and care provider Blackwood.

Players from a powerchair football team have praised one of Scotland’s leading charities for helping to showcase the sport to new audiences. The South Ayrshire Tigers thrilled a large audience by demonstrating their talents at Blackwood’s sporting-themed AGM, which aimed to encourage its custome

A public exhibition is to be held as part of the Technology Enabled Care Conference in Perth tomorrow. Exhibitors at the Conference will include the Perth & Kinross Council Telecare (Community Alarms) Service, Speech & Language Therapy, Alzheimer Scotland, Moving and Handling and the Scottis

Fanchea Kelly Blackwood Homes and Care is putting a sporting twist on its annual general meeting by hosting various events from powerchair football to wheelchair basketball to promote the importance of health and wellbeing.