Capability Scotland

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Disability charity Capability Scotland, which has ambitious plans to create a flagship £28 million complex-needs facility, has signed an exclusivity agreement for land at Bertha Park Village, delivered by home builder Springfield. The agreement sets out a joint responsibility to negotiate a de

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Progressive technology to allow residents to influence their environment with assistive controls such as eye-gaze technology, wireless switches and voice command have been installed in a concept apartment built in a theatre. Smart home designer Function Control has provided its expertise to adapt a

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Renowned architect and TV presenter George Clarke crowned the winners of a creative design challenge that will inform the design of a new £28 million complex-needs facility in Perth. Capability Scotland, the charity behind ‘Our Inclusive Community Project’, partnered with MOBIE (Mi

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Renowned architect and TV presenter George Clarke is set to announce the winners of a creative design challenge that will help shape a new £28 million complex-needs facility. Young people from across the country were invited to take part in a design brief to help envision how a new inclusive c

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Architect and TV presenter George Clarke has issued the final call for entries to a creative challenge which will shape the design of a £25 million complex-needs facility. Young people across the country are being invited to take part in a design brief to imagine how a new inclusive community

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Ministers have been urged to take urgent action to tackle a “dire” shortage of accessible homes in Scotland. People who live with disabilities, and the organisations and charities which support them, have come together to demand immediate, multi-agency action towards creating new disabled-friend

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Developer Cullross has submitted a planning application for 59 new homes at Loaning Road in the Craigentinny area of Edinburgh, designed by JM Architects. The application is in joint names with the current owner/occupier of the site Capability Scotland and Hillcrest Housing Association which intends

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Homelessness levels in Scotland could rise as part of a Scottish Government drive to crack down on overcrowded houses, charities and housing chiefs have warned. As reported in The Scotsman, the concerns have been prompted over the introduction of Overcrowding Statutory Notices (OSN) aimed at guardin

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