Hillcrest

Residents and staff from Hillcrest Housing Association celebrated the 30th anniversary of a housing development forged on the site of a former textile mill at a special community event in Dundee. Attendees had the opportunity to catch up over BBQ and birthday cake, get souvenir photographs taken wit

(from left) John Haliburton, Morgan Low, Max Fichera, Barry Johnston, Alan Brown and Carol Sweeney Pink wigs, leather jackets and a liberal application of hair gel was the dress code in Dundee on Saturday when a group of talented performers with various disabilities dazzled in a Grease-themed musica

Minister for local government and housing, Kevin Stewart MSP, praised good quality, energy efficient, affordable homes when he visited a new housing estate in Blackford yesterday. The 38 social housing properties were developed by Hillcrest Housing Association and Robertson Partnership Homes, who ar

The Hillcrest Group has published a special birthday-themed annual report in celebration of Hillcrest Housing Association’s 50th anniversary. The social housing provider, parent of the Hillcrest Group of Companies, opened its doors in 1967 and has been providing affordable homes ever since.

Tristian Thomson Twelve young people were given work placements with local trades employers, including Hillcrest Maintenance Services (HMS), as part of a Prince's Trust Scotland initiative in Dundee earlier this month.

Over 60 representatives from local businesses visited Hillcrest Group’s HQ in Dundee last week for an evening of food, fact finding and thoroughly good conversation. Delivered in partnership with Dundee and Angus Chamber of Commerce (DACC), the Summer Social at Hillcrest HQ event provided networki

Plans have been submitted for a £6 million housing development on a former hospital site in Arbroath. Chamberlain Bell Developments Ltd has applied to create 49 homes on the 2.2 hectare site of Little Cairnie Hospital in Arbroath, which closed in 2015.

Joy Dunlop A housing support service provided by Gowrie Care in Dundee has been praised in an inspection report following an unannounced visit by the Care Inspectorate.

Jeremy Balfour MSP lodged a Parliamentary Motion commending a charity who received £100K of National Lottery cash to help homeless people in Edinburgh last week. The Edinburgh homelessness charity, Gowrie Care, and the people they support are set to benefit from a National Lottery award from the Bi

Local charity Tayside Children with Cancer and Leukaemia is set to benefit from an exclusive one-off tour of Dundee that will never be seen again. In partnership with Hillcrest Housing Association, Dark Dundee will offer people the opportunity to visit an exclusive underground location that has neve

Joy Dunlop Gowrie Care, the registered charity of Hillcrest Group which offers varying levels of support to people in different settings, has announced the appointment of Joy Dunlop as its new managing director.

(from left) Craig Thompson (Hillcrest energy advice worker), Euan Hird (Hillcrest energy advice worker), Colin Martin (Police Scotland), Angela Martin (Hillcrest tenant support services admin) and Emily McCulley (Hillcrest tenant participation officer) Members of the energy advice team at Hillcrest

A team of fundraisers visited The Brae Riding for the Disabled in Dundee to hand over money from recent fundraising activities and to get a tour of the centre earlier this week. The Late Developers team from Hillcrest Housing Association’s development department raised £1,775 by hosting a walking

Hillcrest is having a party and its set to be one of Dundee’s biggest this year! Over 450 tickets have now been sold for their 50th anniversary celebration, sponsored by Robertson Partnership Homes, on Friday 3rd November at the Apex Hotel, Dundee.

A Castle Rock Edinvar money advice project, set up with partners Citizens Advice Edinburgh, and fellow housing associations Dunedin Canmore, Blackwood, Hillcrest and Port of Leith, has helped tenants save over £1.4 million worth of debt. Funded by The Big Lottery, the Money Matters Project was crea