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Make the most of your money

It’s vital to budget to make sure you can pay your rent, bills and day-to-day expenses. Here’s some tips… Your most important bills Payments like rent and Council Tax can’t be avoided. If you don’t pay, it’s likely that you’ll end up in court, so you should make these bills a priority. Other bills Could
Read moreYour Retirement Living – Winter 2018

Health and Wellbeing Highlights… The last few months have seen more and more tenants accessing our health and wellbeing service and a range of interesting and intriguing activities taking place in Retirement Living schemes across the country. Some highlights include: Dogs Trust – Pet Therapy October saw the Pet Therapy dogs visiting schemes nationally delivering
Read moreWorld AIDS Day – why it’s important to know your status
By John Glenton, Executive Director of Care and Support On 1 December we marked the 30th annual World AIDS Day. The theme this year is ‘know your status’, encouraging people to be aware of their HIV infection status and to access HIV prevention, treatment and care services. Only 75% of people living with HIV are
Read moreWe can’t just sit back and wait following Social Housing Green Paper consultation

Now it’s time to get on with our real response to the Social Housing Green Paper, says Riverside’s Chief Executive, Carol Matthews. Many of us have been busy over the past few months thinking how best to respond to the Social Housing Green Paper consultation. There’s been lots of debate over league tables, consumer ratings and whether and how
Read moreRiverside shows its support for LGBT football team

Riverside has joined forces with a Merseyside-based LGBT football team to show support for LGBT and gender equality within the sport.
Read moreRemembrance Sunday: Where’s Home?

To commemorate Remembrance Sunday (November 11), Simon Allcock, Riverside’s Head of Projects, reflects on the challenges faced by ex-service personnel when they leave the Armed Forces, and asks where’s home for them? Talk to anyone about joining the armed services and it won’t be long before the subject of ‘home’ comes up. Joining the services
Read moreRiverside’s £1m investment fund to support projects to prevent homelessness

Following the recent allocation of the Government’s Life Chances Fund to tackle social issues, Ali Clintworth, Riverside’s Impact Fund Manager, highlights how organisations can apply for Riverside’s £1m investment fund to run new services to prevent homelessness. The Government recently announced details about the 22 projects who will benefit from the £48 million The Life
Read moreAsk twice on World Mental Health Day

Fran Stulberg, Chair of Riverside’s disability staff group Enable, encourages people to ‘ask twice’ on World Mental Health Day.
Read moreTrans activists’ role in BAME history

As Black History Month draws to a close and Transgender Awareness Week approaches, Mark Hoskisson, Union Convenor, looks at the role BAME people have played in LGBT rights.
Read moreChanges necessary if Universal Credit is to work for people living in supported housing, says housing coalition

Providers responsible for more than a quarter of supported housing for people with experience of homelessness in the UK – Riverside, YMCA, St Mungo’s and The Salvation Army – have today released research, which outlines a number of difficulties their residents face when attempting to make and maintain a claim for Universal Credit. As a
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