Shelter Scotland and Wheatley have enlisted independent researchers to review how their services are delivered in Glasgow for Black People and People of Colour through an anti-racist lens, so that they can better meet the needs of communities.
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The first affordable homes to be built in the Blackford area of Edinburgh for more than 60 years have been completed and handed over. Cala Homes’ (East) 12 energy-efficient apartments have now been passed to Wheatley Group for social rent.
Residents in Lochside are being invited to attend the latest public information event about plans for land previously occupied by Maxwelltown High School.
Wheatley tenants can now apply for support to study at college or university. Wheatley has opened its leading bursary programme for applications for the 2026/27 academic year.
A new St Enoch mural is the next addition to the very-popular Mural Trail in Glasgow city centre and can be seen from George Street on the back of a tenement building on High Street.
Communities in Edinburgh, Fife and the Lothians are blooming this summer thanks to a new green spaces fund. Wheatley Foundation, the charitable arm of Wheatley, set up the Growing Together fund to help communities improve green spaces and become more environmentally friendly.
Springfield Partnerships has agreed a £9 million contract with Wheatley Group for the final phase of affordable homes at Deans South.
Ninety new affordable homes in Wallyford will be completed this month, bringing much-needed, energy-efficient housing to communities across East Lothian.
Collective Architecture has developed proposals for 157 new affordable homes for Wheatley, regenerating a prominent brownfield site in the east of Glasgow.
Winchburgh Marina will play host to accessible and affordable lessons in paddleboarding and kayaking for children and adults after organisations teamed together to subsidise active opportunities for the local community. Winchburgh Community Development Trust (WCDT) will deliver sessions in Scotland&
New homes for social rent in Johnstonebridge are nearing completion, with the final residents set to move in later this month.
Children at a Glasgow nursery were all smiles after one of Scotland’s biggest demolition firms delivered a cracking donation of free Easter eggs. Youngsters attending the Wyndford Nursery in Glasgow’s Maryhill area were delighted with the 50 chocolate gifts from Dem-Master.
Volunteers from companies across Dumfries and Galloway have joined forces to transform a school garden.
A community in the north-east of Glasgow has had a spring clean thanks to volunteers working with the city’s largest social landlord.
Seven housing associations are to share a further £43 million for a loan-based programme that will help deliver more homes. The Charitable Bonds scheme provides loans to Registered Social Landlords, with the interest on repayments being re-invested in affordable housing.