The government’s Warm Home Discount Scheme will reopen in October. If you’re eligible, you will receive a one-off £150 discount on your electricity bill. If you get the Guarantee Credit […]
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The Scottish Government has announced that there is 10 million funding available for Changing Places toilet facilities in Scotland. The aim of the fund is to increase the number of Changing
Independent Review of the Process for Determining Electoral Boundaries in Scotland – background You may be aware that earlier this year Scottish Ministers appointed the former Chief Executive and
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This article in Scottish housing News highlights the poor state of tenements in Scotland with particular reference to the building at the corner of Tobago St which is currently fenced
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This week, Dani Garavelli had an article in The London Review of Books about a visit to the Thistle Centre. Click the link below to read it. Image LRB https://www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v47/n11/dani-garavelli/bang!-i-was-out
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There has been a decrease in the number of public complaints about discarded needles since the Thistle Centre opened, according to this report in The Glasgow Times. https://www.glasgowtimes.co.uk/news/25238845.update-needle-reports-since-thistle-drug-centre-opened/?ref=ebln&nid=1216&block=article_block_a&u=7bced98f50163592fc102b106ed2b3a8&date=140625
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In response to concerns being raised at the Thistle Community Engagement Forum about the increasing numbers of discarded needles in the area, the Thistle Centre has informed us that two
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This week the Scottish Parliament has announced that rent control measures will be extended to local purpose built student accommodation across the country. Picture from Scottish Housing News. https://www.scottishhousingnews.com/articles/student-accommodation-added-to-rent-control-measures?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=daily_newsletter&utm_content=news_box_big
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The Thistle has been in the news this week, with residents complaining to Sky News about their perceived massive increase in discarded drug paraphernalia in the the local parks. To
The Scottish Parliament’s Local Government, Housing and Planning Committee has voted to force the Scottish Government to include student tenancies in its planned rent control legislation. (From Scottish Housing News)
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