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Starts 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
Read moreBreaking down the LGBT barriers

Riverside’s Business Development Manager Brian Jennings looks at how important it is to have visible LGBT role models in senior positions in the workplace.
Read moreSilver award demonstrates our commitment to armed forces community

Riverside has been awarded Silver status by the Ministry of Defence for supporting the armed forces community. The Defence’s Employer Recognition Scheme independently recognises the commitment given by organisations for those who serve for their country. To receive the Silver Award, Riverside needed to demonstrate a number of requirements to show support for military personnel,
Read moreFramework that helped deliver £1/2bn new homes boost is renewed

A framework that helped housing associations boost efficiency and invest more than £1/2billion in thousands of new homes has been relaunched for a further four years. Cutting Edge established a go-to pool of consultants, contractors and architects for six North West-based landlords to use, saving them time and money, and allowing construction to begin up
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Read more#NoBystanders… Together we can make a difference

July is Pride month and it is great to see so many opportunities for the LGBT community and our allies to celebrate. It is important to remember that homophobic, biphobic and transphobic bullying, hate and abuse is still very much a part of life for many within the LGBT community. #NoBystanders is the Stonewall campaign
Read moreStoke-on-Trent housing development wins Building Excellence award

A Stoke-on-Trent housing development has recently won a Building Excellence award at the Local Authority Building Control (LABC) Building Excellence Awards for the West Midlands region. Compendium Living’s regeneration project Weston Heights just off Weston Road, a development of 280 new homes with a new neighbourhood park and recreational spaces in Weston Coyney, Stoke-on-Trent, won
Read moreWirral woman banned from keeping pets at property

A Wirral woman has been banned from keeping pets at her flat and ordered to not cause a nuisance to neighbours after being taken to court by her housing association. The tenant, of Rockybank Road in Birkenhead, breached her tenancy agreement by keeping two dogs in the property, which disturbed other residents with their barking
Read moreHomeless service, Willow Walk, turned my life around

Father-of-two Kevin Scanlon, 51, from Ely, served his country in the Army and ended up homeless. But Willow Walk helped him get his life back on track… and he even ended up managing the scheme to help other homeless people rebuild their lives. He tells his story…. “I was born in London and grew
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