Working with Home Energy Scotland, environmental charity Keep Scotland Beautiful has developed and delivered bespoke Climate Emergency Training to staff, embedding carbon literacy into the expert practical advice they provide to help people reduce their carbon emissions and keep warm at home. Since
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The chief executive officers from eight housing associations in Scotland have completed Keep Scotland Beautiful’s Climate Emergency Training. The training, which is tailored specifically to the housing association’s business needs, explores the key role of the housing sector in helping S
Fast-tracked funding to help local communities drive their green recovery from the coronavirus pandemic has been announced. The Community Climate Asset Fund will provide grants of up to £100,000 for projects supporting community climate action including those that boost energy efficiency in co
Barrhead Housing Association secures over £99k from Keep Scotland Beautiful’s Climate Challenge Fund
Barrhead Housing Association (BHA) has secured £99,804 from the Keep Scotland Beautiful Climate Challenge Fund for a new two-year project focusing on Dunterlie, Auchenback and the Sheltered Accommodation Complex in Barrhead. The Climate Challenge Project will be run by BHA, with their partners
Keep Scotland Beautiful has presented Queens Cross Housing Association with a silver level National Award for Environmental Excellence - the business standard that enables organisations to benchmark their environmental achievements and improvements.
Derek Robertson has stepped down from his role as chief executive of Keep Scotland Beautiful. Having led the environmental charity for more than eight years, Mr Robertson said he is ready for a "short break".
Inverclyde-based housing association River Clyde Homes has been awarded the Silver Level National Award for Environmental Excellence from Keep Scotland Beautiful.
Tenants from two housing associations have helped steer their communities to a five-star award. Environmental teams from Dunedin Canmore and West Lothian Housing Partnership (WLHP), both part of Wheatley Group, worked with residents to spruce up their neighbourhoods and keep them looking spick and s
Cube Housing Association’s Broomhill estate in Glasgow has been given a five-star award by environmental experts at Keep Scotland Beautiful. They carried out an inspection of the high-rise blocks, tenements and open space in the area over the summer.
Tenant William O’Brien, Cube’s George Thomson, tenant Robert Dickson and Keep Scotland Beautiful’s Colin Hegarty join actor Paul Riley at Collina Street Still Game actor Paul Riley has given a Cube Housing Association high-rise in Glasgow the ultimate seal of approval.
North Glasgow’s Young Green Champions launched a climate change challenging comic book on Monday 10th September at an event at Keppoch Campus in order to help highlight the dangers of climate change. The creative project was facilitated by ng homes in partnership with Dekko Comics. The initiative
More than £15 million is being awarded towards community projects that help cut carbon emissions and tackle climate change. A total of £15.3m from the Climate Challenge Fund (CCF) will be shared among 110 recipients across Scotland.
ng homes regeneration manager Margaret Fraser (centre) receives the award from the Climate Challenge Fund Awards Panel ng homes’ exceptional efforts in tackling climate change in the local North Glasgow community were recognised at the first ever Climate Challenge Fund Awards last week.
A report by environmental charity Keep Scotland Beautiful has suggested that one million Scots are living in "dirty communities" blighted by an increase in litter, graffiti and flytipping. According to the report, Local Environmental quality in decline - further analysis, the most deprived neighbour
(from left), KSB’s Colin Hegarty, GHA tenant Margaret Thomson, Wheatley’s John Ross Snr, GHA tenant Peggy Daly, KSB’s Dougie Johnston, GHA tenant Maureen Saunders and Wheatley’s Liam Cusack Housing estates across central Scotland are being put under the microscope by Keep Scotland Beautiful