A concierge at a multi-storey block in Glasgow has been hailed a hero for helping save a toddler’s life. Christine Hepburn panicked when son Arron, 4, collapsed and stopped breathing at their Glasgow Housing Association home in Kingsway Court, Scotstoun.
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Staff at Wheatley Group have been praised for their “herculean” efforts in supporting the people they work for to combat the impact of the coronavirus crisis. Tributes have been paid by both the chair of Wheatley Group and a senior union official, who said UNISON members had made a &ldqu
Dumfries and Galloway Housing Partnership (DGHP) has appointed Maureen Dowden, one of Scotland’s most experienced housing professionals, as its new chair. Her appointment follows Bill Robertson’s decision to step down after leading on and completing DGHP’s successful partnership&nb
Wheatley Group has drawn down £72 million of funding from the European Investment Bank (EIB) at a "highly-competitive" rate to build and improve more homes across Scotland. The funding deal – at a rate of under 1.70% fixed over 22 years – will enable the UK’s largest builder
Wheatley Group’s lifeline EatWell service has delivered more than 5800 food parcels to vulnerable customers in the past month – and is on course to distribute thousands more. Cube’s Jordan McGhee makes food deliveries in Wyndford, Glasgow
As part of Scottish Housing News’ new Our Housing Heritage series, Lauren Brown considers the impact of John Wheatley on social housing. It is fitting that today the memory of John Wheatley is kept alive by the eponymous giant Glasgow-based housing group. For it was this Irish-born immigrant t
More community food projects will receive funding to provide emergency free meals to those most in need during the coronavirus pandemic.
Wheatley Group’s emergency food service EatWell is expanding further with three new distribution hubs being created across Glasgow. Cube staff prepare deliveries at the new EatWell distribution centre in Wyndford
Wheatley Group has helped hundreds of families in Glasgow enjoy a happier Easter as staff from Glasgow Housing Association (GHA), Cube and Loretto Housing distributed hundreds of chocolate eggs to people in their communities. Cube environmental staff bought more than 500 chocolate eggs and deli
Vulnerable families across Scotland are receiving extra help to combat the coronavirus crisis by Wheatley Group. Housing and care staff from Dumfries and Galloway to Fife, and Dumbarton to Leith, are tapping into Wheatley’s new £50,000 Emergency Response Fund. It is part of the group&rsq
Wheatley Group is pitching in to provide emergency food to homeless people during the coronavirus crisis with a £100,000 donation to help fund Social Bite’s emergency delivery service in Edinburgh, Glasgow, Dundee and Aberdeen.
Wheatley Group has delivered more than 1,600 emergency food parcels to vulnerable customers in the past two weeks.
Wheatley Group has provided more than 100 empty homes to local authorities as temporary accommodation for homeless people. The group announced last month that it plans to hand over void properties to councils across Scotland to house homeless people in response to the impact of the coronav
Wheatley Group is appealing for businesses to donate food to help people struggling with the impact of coronavirus.
The Scottish Federation of Housing Associations (SFHA) has convened a group of key organisations in order to respond to the evolving and significant challenges which the social housing sector is experiencing as a result of the coronavirus outbreak.