(from left) Site manager Bill Anderson, David Zwirlein and John Alexander. Photo Credit: Evening Telegraph Funds available for new build council and housing association houses in Dundee are set to go up by over £4 million in the next financial year, the city council has confirmed.
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Gowrie Care staff and residents in Glasgow were delighted to host a visit from First Minister Nicola Sturgeon last week. Ms Sturgeon took the time to visit Gowrie’s homeless support project and find out more about the life changing work that the charity does.
(from left) Back Row – Angela Linton, chief executive of the Hillcrest Group of Companies, Lynn Cunningham, director of Craigowl Communities, Beth Bate, director of DCA, Jeannette Ginslov, exhibition facilitator. Front Row - Steven Ogg, Sheila Gorrie, Diane Dempsey and Gail Fraser (Craigowl Future
Dundee City Council, Hillcrest, Abertay and Caledonia housing associations have joined forces to launch of a new housing allocation policy for Dundee. The Common Housing Register will offer improved access and choice for people who want to rent houses form social landlords in the city.
Stevyn Wilkinson Dundee based employment and training charity Craigowl Communities, part of the Hillcrest Group, is re-launching two of its popular jobs training programmes later this month with a view to getting young people into quality jobs with some of the city’s top employers.
Housing association representatives with housing leader Councillor Cammy Day, health, social care and housing convener, Councillor Ricky Henderson, the City of Edinburgh Council chief executive Andrew Kerr, council leader Councillor Andrew Burns and deputy leader Councillor Sandy Howat Edinburgh is
Today the Homeless Spotlight showcases the pioneering Futures project in Edinburgh run by Craigowl Communities in partnership with Gowrie Care, both part of the Hillcrest Group. A pioneering new service that aims to improve the lives of people who are homeless and those at risk of homelessness by pr
A former UK government building in Perth is being transformed with 62 new homes in a bid to tackle the local affordable housing shortage. Perth and Kinross Council has teamed up with Hillcrest Housing Association to redevelop land previously owned by the Department for the Environment, Food and Rura
The Dundee-based Hillcrest Group of Companies took home the Local Matters Dundee award at The Courier Business Awards last week. Receiving the award for the work they do to drive forward the local economy Hillcrest saw off stiff competition from the other shortlisted organisations, Showcase the Stre
(from left) from Gowrie Care unless stated: Lauren McGregor, Shannon Devine, Ruth McKelvie, Carole Sutherland (SLT NHS Tayside), Ian Wallace, Lisa Moore, Terri Jennings, Angie Wallace, Irene Duff & Wendy Graham The care and support team from Gowrie Care’s Tullideph service received an award fr
Hillcrest Group’s annual Green Champions’ away day took place at the organisation’s Dundee HQ yesterday. Committed to promoting sustainability and energy efficiency, the day was an opportunity for staff from across the Group, and from throughout Scotland, to get together and hear about all thi
Hillcrest Group recognised the learning achievements of its staff in style at an event at Dundee’s Discovery Point. Over 70 staff members and guests from across Scotland gathered at the charitable organisation’s Celebrating Achievement event to mark individual successes and qualifications gained
Dundee’s healthy eating credentials were given a bus-shaped boost this week when the Food Bus parked up at Hillcrest headquarters in the city’s Technology Park. Part of Healthier Scotland’s Focus on Food charitable food education programme, the Food Bus is an articulated lorry which opens out
Northern Housing Company, the charity that runs 750 homes across Dundee, Perth and Edinburgh, increased its trading surplus by 50 per cent last year. Part of the Hillcrest group of companies, Northern’s mission is to provide affordable housing for the community at discounted, mid-market rents for
The allocations policy used by three of the biggest social housing landlords in Perth and Kinross is being updated.