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Sowing the seeds for a healthier lifestyle in Enfield

For a group of young residents in Enfield, getting their five-a-day just got easier. That’s because they’ve learned to plant and grow their own fruit and veg. And, as they’ve found out, healthy eating isn’t the only good thing to come from growing your own. A project being run for residents at Enfield Young People’s

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Older People’s Day: Celebrating the benefits health and wellbeing brings to our customers

Get fit at Retirement Living services

As we celebrate Older People’s Day 2017 Kelli Melloy, Riverside’s National Health and Wellbeing Manager, explains the benefits that our Health and Wellbeing service brings to the lives of Riverside’s Retirement Living customers across the country.   Riverside’s Health and Wellbeing service was launched in May to deliver a range of initiatives across our retirement

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Street Buddies shortlisted for volunteer award by the Mayor of London!

Street Buddies in Westminster Team London Award 2017

Riverside’s innovative Street Buddies scheme has been shortlisted in the prestigious Team London Awards 2017, run by Mayor Sadiq Khan! The awards has several categories which recognises volunteers that do great things for the city. Street Buddies in Westminster has been nominated in the Skills and Development category, recognising the positive impact the scheme makes to the

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CEO Sleepout to help homeless people

Sleeping under the stars in wintry weather is just what John Glenton, Riverside’s Executive Director for Care and Support, will be doing next month to raise money to help homeless people in Manchester. Joining him at Old Trafford cricket ground will be senior employees from other organisations. Here, John shares his thoughts on why it’s

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Your retirement living update

£6m facelift for schemes We spent £6million refurbishing Retirement Living schemes in the year to April – and it’s part of a bigger £27million investment programme. Now we have started consulting with even more customers about the next phase of improvements in their schemes. Celebrate, de-stress and prepare for a super sleep! Your new Health

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LGBT customers’ views wanted

We want to make sure Riverside’s services reflect and cater for people from all backgrounds. To support this, we’re launching a focus group for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) customers. It will help us find out what you think of our services, review our policies, and make sure we consider LGBT customers’ needs and

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“Riverside worked miracles for us…”

Six months ago, life was pretty good for Amy Tran, 25, and her husband, David. The couple, from Wigan, were looking forward to the birth of their third child. But then tragedy struck – David, 29, was diagnosed with a life-threatening disease. With David out of work, the bills soon mounted up and the family

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