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#HousingDay 2017: What social housing means to Riverside customers
Today is #HousingDay 2017 which celebrates the difference that social housing makes to people all over the country. This year the day is focused on telling customers’ stories and dispelling misconceptions about who lives in social housing. Next year Riverside will be 90 years old and our roots go back to 1928. We began life
Read moreHomelessness: Riverside’s response to this week’s National Audit Office report
This week’s report from the National Audit Office confirms what we are seeing on a daily basis across the country as we work with more and more people affected by homelessness. As the third largest provider of homelessness services in the country, we are acutely aware of the increase in rough sleepers and people threatened
Read moreNew research reveals 500,000 homes needed across the north of England over the next decade
At least 50,000 new homes are required every year for the next decade across the north of England to keep up with projected demand, according to new research published today. Homes for the North, an alliance of the 19 largest housing associations across the north of England, including Riverside, commissioned housing and planning research specialists
Read moreFirst Residents’ Steering Group meetings to take place in London
Residents are being invited to join a new steering group to help shape the multi-million pound regeneration of their estate. Riverside is planning to invest in building new homes and improving two neighbourhoods in Bromley and one in Lambeth, all in London. Residents have already taken part in consultation events and visits, having a say
Read moreWorld Suicide Prevention Day 2017: Let’s talk
Ahead of World Suicide Prevention Day this Sunday 10 September, Riverside Care and Support’s Liz Turner considers why talking and listening could help to save a life. Every year, more than 800,000 people die by suicide and up to 25 times as many make a suicide attempt. Some of these people may be linked to
Read moreRough sleepers turning their lives around…..in the recording studio at King George’s Hostel
Just around the corner from Whitehall is a building that has been helping homeless people since the early 1900s when it was opened by King George V. Today, the power of music is helping to turn their lives around. Musical notes can often be heard in King George’s Hostel, a homeless centre for men in
Read more85% less supported housing built due to uncertainty with government’s LHA plans
Housing associations including Riverside have had to stall plans to build new homes to help the most vulnerable, new research has revealed. The number of supported, sheltered and extra care housing schemes being built has decreased from 8,800 to 1,350 units, according to a new survey by the National Housing Federation. This follows months of
Read moreAn unprecedented threat to supported housing
By John Glenton, Executive Director for Riverside Care and Support. The National Housing Federation’s ‘Starts at Home’ campaign which launched on Friday (1/9/17) comes at a crucial time for supported housing providers. For not only are we responding to huge increases in the numbers of homeless and older people needing support, we are also in
Read moreStarts at Home day: Why providing homes and support for homeless people is so important
Three decades ago, John Glenton began work as a chef in a supported housing scheme. Today he runs national care and support services for the same organisation, Riverside. On Starts at Home day, he reflects on the importance of providing homes and support for homeless people as uncertainty over government funding for the sector continues…
Read moreMining community reunites thanks to £8m housing scheme on former Washington colliery
Ex-miners and their loved-ones are enjoying a new lease of life – living on the site of a Washington pit where they worked and socialised more than 40 years ago. They’ve set up home in an £8million housing scheme where the Washington F Pit and Miners’ Welfare Club once stood – and the residents celebrated
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