Extra funding to tackle homelessness this winter

Homelessness is to be targeted with £164,000 in extra funding this winter. A range of programmes across Scotland will benefit, helping people especially during winter who are rough sleeping and often have backgrounds of significant trauma.

The funding is in addition to the significant amount of money which local authorities receive from the Scottish Government to support people experiencing homelessness.  Continue reading Extra funding to tackle homelessness this winter

Here we go again: Tram works to start on Constitution Street next month

Work to take trams to Newhaven is to begin on Constitution Street in mid-November, following six months of joint work by the Council and contractors to finalise the construction programme.

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