Click on the links below to read about some of the work we have
done:
Crigglestone - estate
regeneration
In West Yorkshire, Riverside is working with Wakefield
Council to transform the lives of residents on a former
mining estate in the District by tackling anti-social
behaviour and revitalising the neighbourhood by building a £3
million affordable housing development in partnership with
Mansell.
Springboard provides needs based support to the long-term
unemployed in Liverpool including single parents, black and
minority ethnic groups and ex-offenders.
Ownplace
OwnPlace has been launched by Riverside to help make
buying your own home a real possibility for those on lower
incomes
Ownplace case study 2
Riverside acquired properties in these areas, known locally as
Lee Valley, in January 2003, following the transfer of homes from
Liverpool City Council. Since then we have spent more than £42
million on improvements.
Liverpool South
Liverpool South is a busy and diverse neighbourhood with
approximately 2,400 properties spread throughout seven ward
boundaries. Tenants have a mix of cultural and religious
backgrounds.The stock also covers some of our most deprived
neighbourhoods, as rated in the Indices of Deprivation.
Kensington
Kensington sits within an area identified under the previous
government’s Housing Market Renewal Initiative (HMRI). Over the
last 10 years, Riverside has worked in partnership with Liverpool
City Council, Kensington Regeneration (New Deal for Communities),
NewHeartlands (Merseyside Pathfinder) and the Homes and Communities
Agency to breathe new life into the area.
Dovecot & Deyesbrook
In January 2003 Riverside acquired 3,500 homes in east Liverpool
from Liverpool City Council, after 88% of local people voted for
the transfer. The area became a subsidiary of Riverside and was
known as Berrybridge Housing. In April 2009 they amalgamated with
the Group and became Riverside. The area is now known as Dovecot
and Deysbrook.
Dovecot and Deysbrook were built as a garden suburbs estate in
the 1930s to provide new homes for people living in slum housing
conditions in Liverpool’s inner city. In recent years it suffered
from under-investment and decline and, by the time Riverside took
over, the estates were failing neighbourhoods.
This was typified by the poor stock condition, a poor quality
environment, wide scale abandonment, high levels of anti-social
behaviour, and no demand
for social rented housing.
Powerhouse Foyer
Powerhouse Foyer offers standard accommodation and support for
young people aged 16–24. Supported living is provided to help
residents move towards independent living, education and
employment.
Your Place
The aim of the initiative is to streamline existing
neighbourhood management functions in a bid to improve customer
satisfaction with the area in which they live.
The Your Place team act as the eyes and ears of the community.
Their roles and responsibilities include: carrying out tenant
welfare benefit assessments, carrying out home security checks,
clearing void properties, addressing anti-social behaviour;
cleaning up litter and fly tipping; removing graffiti; tackling dog
fouling and regenerating green spaces.
Kensington Square
In 2001 Gilead Street was identified as a key
site in the regeneration of the Kensington area of Liverpool.
Lovell and Riverside worked in partnership to
build 145 eco-friendly apartments and houses around Gilead Street
in Kensington, Liverpool, to form Kensington Square. This £14
million development provides a mixed tenure site of 47 homes for
rent, 4 for shared ownership, 8 homes for rent to buy, 25 homes for
intermediate rent and 61 homes for open market sale.