Stirling Council

Housing association tenants across the Stirling Council area will get the chance to improve their computer skills through a new lottery funded project. Connecting Stirling has been awarded £250,000 over three years by the Big Lottery fund, to provide training for tenants of Forth and Rural Stirling

The Ward family being welcomed to their new home (left to right) Colin Cameron (chair of Balfron Community Council); Harrison (8 years); Finlay (4); Mr Steven Ward; Mathew (11); Laughlin (6); Beth (9); Lewis (13); Mrs Kelly Ward; Cameron (3); Councillor Violet Weir and Margaret Vass (RSHA chair) Rur

A new independent energy supply company, the first in the UK operating on a non-profit distributing basis, plans to be selling heat and power to tenants in 200,000 homes across Scotland by 2020. Our Power Energy, a subsidiary of Our Power Community Benefit Society, has been founded by 35 member orga

Contractors building Stirling Council’s ambitious affordable housing project at Goosecroft Road have given a boost to the local community. Construction and manufacturing business CCG (Scotland) Ltd visited Start-Up Stirling last week to contribute a substantial donation, as part of their community

A major new development in the heart of Stirling’s city centre was visited last week by minister for housing and welfare Margaret Burgess. Stirling Council has invested £6 million at the development in Goosecroft Road, which will include 53 affordable housing apartments and three retail units, th

Council staff have grave concerns about the future of public services in Stirling and Clackmannanshire, according to UNISON. The union has presented a report to senior managers in both Stirling and Clackmannanshire Councils which raise grave concerns about plans to run Clackmannanshire's education s

Stirling Council is looking for the public’s views on the subject of Houses in Multiple Occupation (HMOs). HMOs are properties that are privately rented to three or more unrelated persons and require to be licensed to ensure they meet the required standards.

The computer skills of tenants throughout the Stirling Council area are set to improve thanks to a Big Lottery award to Forth Housing Association. The Connecting Stirling bid, which has been awarded £250,000, will allow a three year programme to provide tenants of Forth and Rural Stirling Housing A

Stirling Council is to launch a range of measures to assist benefit claimants affected by the introduction of Universal Credit. A small number of new, single claimants in Stirling will start to receive the new benefit from 25th May.

(left to right) Stirling Council’s housing manager John Macmillan, Stirling Council leader Cllr Johannna Boyd, Derek Cramb of Hadden Construction Ltd and Stirling Council’s housing convenor, Cllr Violet Weir Stirling Council is to build ten new council homes in Balfron to meet the demand for soc

(left to right) Ian Mailer (FES Technical manager for FES Renewables); Cllr Violet Weir; Cllr Johanna Boyd; Jason Cross (FES MD); and front Rajini Sokhi (FES Group Bid manager); Background - McKenzie McPherson and Graham Moffat (Saul Gallaway Builders) Council housing in Stirling continues to become