Link Group

Link Housing is to help 496 low income and digitally excluded households across central Scotland get online. The rollout has been made possible by Connecting Scotland, a Scottish Government initiative managed by SCVO, set up in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Link Group has welcomed the publication of the Scottish Government’s First Home Fund evaluation which outlines the impact of the scheme in helping over 8,000 households into home ownership in Scotland.

Link Group's existing head of ICT&D, Ken Fox, has this week been named the housing and community organisation’s new director of digital services. In his new role, Mr Fox will bring his expertise to support Link’s future ambitions and to deliver on the organisation’s new digital

A new digital event aiming to move accessible housing up the national agenda is taking place in March, it was announced this week.

Despite ongoing national restrictions, Link Group has continued to work safely with its construction partners to build affordable homes for the people and families who need them most. In addition to providing over 8,000 homes and services to people and families across Scotland, the affordable housin

Scotland’s housing association charity Lintel Trust and the Scottish Procurement Alliance (SPA) have officially joined forces following a successful four-year partnership. Lintel Trust - which has operated for more than 40 years, mainly to deliver vital projects in Scotland’s social

Link Group has become the first Scottish investor in HACT’s social value roadmap. Launched in September 2020, the social value roadmap was developed by the UK Social Value in Housing Taskforce, which was composed of 17 organisations including leading social housing organisations, the Regulator

Thirty-seven young people are to be provided jobs within Link Group as part of the UK Government’s £2 billion Kickstart scheme it was announced this week. By being one of the first Scottish organisations to take part in Kickstart, which will create hundreds of thousands of new and fully

Link Group has become the first housing association in Scotland to achieve an internationally recognised accreditation. The group has met the full requirements for attaining the ‘Certified Sustainable Housing Label’, awarded by RITTERWALD Consulting.

A progress report to the City of Edinburgh Council’s Housing, Homelessness and Fair Work Committee last week updated members on delivery of the council’s Private Sector Leasing (PSL) scheme, managed by Link Housing Association.

Developer Swan Group and construction firm The JR Group have worked in partnership to complete a new social housing development of 105 homes at Law Place in East Kilbride – one of the largest projects of its kind in the area. (from left) Phil McGinlay, Swan Group’s managing dir

The JR Group, which has worked alongside Link Group to deliver high quality social housing across Scotland for more than five years, has created an initiative that gives every new resident a welcome gift box in an effort to make moving day a little smoother. Each JR Gro

JR Group has successfully delivered 30 affordable homes on East Academy Street in Wishaw as it awaits a decision on plans for 12 more flats in the town.

Weslo Housing Management has chosen Link Group as its preferred partner for transfer of its homes and services following the completion of a strategic option appraisal. Over the last six weeks Weslo has conducted a rigorous selection process to identify a preferred partner to whom all of its homes a

Planning approval has been granted for a 23-unit affordable housing development for Link Group at Kilsyth Road in Kirkintilloch.