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Impact and Riverside partnership approved
Shareholders at Impact Housing Association’s Annual General Meeting this week (4th June) voted with an overwhelming majority (95%) in favour of proposals to join The Riverside Group. The vote means that Impact will become a subsidiary of Riverside later in the summer, once the legal completion process is concluded. The Impact Board made a recommendation
Read moreAn annual LGBT celebration
As Pride season gets underway Jenny Crocker, Service Manager and Co-Chair of Riverside’s LGBT staff group, looks at the history behind the celebrations.
Read moreRiverside’s Carlos hands over £100,000 cheque to cancer charity in wife’s memory
A single dad-of-one who lost his wife to cancer has handed over £100,000 to Cancer Research UK on behalf of national housing association Riverside. Carlos Montejo, who sadly lost his wife Alba to cancer in 2016, was chosen to represent his colleagues at Riverside who together raised the money through a three year fundraising campaign.
Read moreIDAHOBIT – International Day against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia
Support Worker Danielle Oliver talks about why we should welcome the changing attitudes to sexuality and gender on the International Day against Homophobia, Transphobia, and Biphobia (IDAHOBIT).
Read moreRamadan – the month of giving
One Riverside colleague talks about Ramadan and what it means to him.
Read moreCandid experience of being homeless as a teenager and living on the streets
Drugs and alcohol filled the life of 16-year-old Callum, and as a result he became homeless. Today he reflects on his four-year journey of getting off the streets, beating his addictions, and now doing a job he loves. Callum Leach was 16 when his life spiralled out of control by excessive drink and drug taking
Read moreSupport service Engage Leeds helps 3,000 people in first year
A support service which assists people in Leeds to improve their housing situation and helps prevent them from becoming homeless is celebrating its first birthday. Engage Leeds is the biggest support service in the city to aid those who are struggling with housing issues and may need extra help for issues such as mental health,
Read moreHousing associations can end our over-reliance on a small group of big builders
Sir Oliver Letwin’s letter is encouraging for those of us who want greater diversification to ensure we are building the homes that are needed, writes Carol Matthews. The Times recently trumpeted that house-building is back at pre-crash levels. In many cities you can’t see the sky for the construction cranes. Houses are certainly being built – but
Read moreMS awareness week
During MS Awareness Week, CSC Advisor Colette Foster talks about life with the condition.
Read morePop-up cinema evokes marvellous memories to help people with dementia
Old black and white films came to life on a cinematic screen as part of a dementia-friendly day with schoolchildren in Liverpool. Children ages’ five to 10 from St Cuthbert’s Primary School enjoyed stepping back in time with residents at Riverside’s St Anne’s Court Retirement Living scheme to learn all about the bygone days, and
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