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INVENTIVE housing and care leaders have scored a hi-tech hat trick – by creating a showstopping annual event to show how they are transforming lives. Blackwood has earned a reputation for its highly creative and engaging yearly showcases, which feature life-changing technology and innovative displays. Now, it has delivered again by focusing on the social aspect of its work – ... Read More »

A housing support service has been heavily praised by the Care Inspectorate after it received a five star review for its services. The Inspection Report for Blackwood’s West Support Services revealed five star grades in the “staffing”, “care and support” and “maintaining the same grades from the previous inspection” categories. Customers, in particular, reported high levels of satisfaction, praising the ... Read More »

Residents at a Glasgow care home have been among some of the first to try out and provide invaluable feedback on a unique and innovative invention for wheelchair users. Blackwood’s Belses Gardens care home, which provides integrated accommodation for people with physical disabilities, hosted a focus group with designer Corien Staels, in which residents were invited to test her temperature-cooling ... Read More »

One of the country’s most innovative care providers is celebrating after being recognised at the highest possible level with a nomination for a prestigious award. For the first time, Edinburgh-based Blackwood Housing and Care has been shortlisted as a finalist for the coveted title of Small Housing Association of the Year at the 2016 Scottish Home Awards. The nomination recognises ... Read More »

  A wheelchair user has spoken of the transformative experience of using a specially designed wheelchair to enable him to play golf standing upright for the first time. Peter McWilliams, a tenant at Blackwood’s Belses Gardens care home in Glasgow, attended the official launch of the Paragolfer at Mearns Castle Golf Academy, where he had the opportunity to test the ... Read More »

A Regional Manager at a leading housing and care provider has smashed her target of raising £600 to replace a local care home’s beloved greenhouse after it was destroyed last year. Jenny Gardner, who works for Blackwood, raised a staggering £1,000 for Broom Court Care Home in Stirling by selling jars of jam – the ingredients for which she hand-foraged ... Read More »

A pioneering new smart care system has been trialled successfully at a Blackwood care home in Stirling. Clever Cogs technology, which can be installed in various compatible touch screen devices, influences everything from the ability to open curtains and switch on TVs, to ordering shopping and ensuring a constant connection with family, friends and carers. It also provides extra security ... Read More »

 One of Scotland’s leading housing and care providers is gearing up to unveil its new Tayside office as part of its new five year Business Plan. Blackwood, which currently has offices in Edinburgh, Glasgow, Aberdeen and Stirling, sees the launch of its new premises as a pivotal step to provide its service users with enhanced care and housing. The move ... Read More »