Scotland’s Towns Partnership

More than 200 people have taken part in a series of events to inspire and influence the drive to have more people living in Scotland’s town and city centres.

The Scotland Loves Local Gift Card is continuing to help Scottish people and communities through the cost of living crisis. The life-improving impact of action to provide financial support to people when they have needed it most is being championed by charities, social enterprises and local authorit

Bringing some of Scotland’s 43,000+ long term empty homes back to use can help local authorities to address housing shortages across the country, a new guide published today by the Scottish Empty Homes Partnership (SEHP) has shown. 'Why Empty Homes Matter' will be launched at the 11th Ann

A new online resource created to support all those who work to improve Scottish towns is set to be featured at the flagship Scotland’s Towns Conference event. Launched this summer, the Town Toolkit was developed by Scotland’s Towns Partnership with support from the Scottish Government an

A new guide has been launched to empower and inspire all those determined to make Scotland’s towns stronger and more attractive. Scotland’s Towns Partnership (STP) has unveiled its Town Toolkit to help local authorities, community groups, social enterprises and businesses take action to

Housing associations are being urged to apply for funding which has been made available by the Scottish Government to support the recovery of local high streets post-COVID.  Phil Prentice, the chief officer of Scotland’s Towns Partnership and programme director of Scotland’s Improve

A new partnership has been announced that will help the thousands of Scots that signed up to the Scotland Cares campaign to get involved with local efforts to bolster town centres and support vulnerable communities. To be delivered by Scotland's Towns Partnership and Volunteer Scotland, the ini

The Paisley Centre shopping facility could be repurposed into a new residential quarter under radical new plans to reimagine the town and reverse Scotland’s declining High Streets. How the Paisley Centre entrance could look if the centre was repurposed as a new residential quarter

An alliance of ten organisations from the planning and placemaking sector in Scotland has launched a new campaign to help influence new planning guidelines ahead of the upcoming Planning Bill. The Scottish Alliance for People and Places, which includes COSLA and the Scottish Federation of Housing As