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Terrie Alafat appointed as Riverside’s new Group Chair
The Riverside Group has appointed Terrie Alafat CBE as its new Group Chair. Ms Alafat will take up her new role in April next year, replacing the current Chair Max Steinberg CBE when he retires. She is due to retire from her current role as Chief Executive of the Chartered Institute of Housing in November
Read moreThe Passenger
So, let me explain how this is going to work. We are going to go on a journey together. You choose the destination. It will take as long as it needs to take. I am going to do my utmost to help you to get where you need to be. The vehicle that we are travelling in is over 90 years old now, but it is in great condition and safe to use.
Read moreWe all have a role to play in ending homelessness
Homelessness is on the increase and solutions are needed. Everyone in the sector must step up to the plate, argues Carol Matthews I am very fortunate in my role that I get to travel around the country seeing so many wonderful places. Whether it be an ambitious regeneration project or retirement living scheme, I am always
Read moreThe true value of complaints
This year at Riverside we have launched Our Riverside Way along with three new values; “We care”, “We are courageous” and “We are trusted”. There is no better way of demonstrating these values than through how we handle complaints from our customers.
Read moreEmpowering our customers and transforming lives
At Riverside we are more than just a landlord. I work as an Employment & Training Project Officer, offering this service enables us to empower our customers, delivering the support they need to make positive changes in their lives which leads on to improve aspirations within neighbourhoods.
Read morePartnership working and modernising the construction industry: a giant leap
Sixty six years. That’s all it took between the first Wright Brothers flight in 1903 to the space race ending with Neil Armstrong taking one giant leap for mankind by stepping foot on the moon in 1969. This is always a fact that has astounded and fascinated me for many reasons.
Read moreEverything changed when I was referred to Hardwick House
Two years ago, I didn’t want to live. I’d go to bed and pray that I wouldn’t wake up. I was only 42 but I’d led a destructive, dysfunctional life. The things I’d done – drug dealing, violence, substance abuse and sleeping rough – were haunting me. But a chance meeting with a fellow veteran
Read moreJeremy Corbyn meets veterans at supported housing service to mark Armed Forces Day
Veterans at a supported housing service in Teesside met with Jeremy Corbyn and shared their experiences of being homeless to mark Armed Forces Day. The Labour leader toured Hardwick House, a supported housing service run by housing association Riverside which has 20 self-contained apartments for ex-service personnel who are homeless or at risk of sleeping
Read moreRiverside calls for an end to the five week wait after survey shows two fifths of UC claimants are forced to use foodbanks
Survey finds that two-fifths of Riverside’s UC claimants (41%) have had to rely on help from food banks More than 80% said the wait for their first Universal Credit payment had caused them financial hardship Arrears for Riverside’s UC claimants are more than three and a half times higher than those who are not claiming – average arrears
Read moreEat Together: Benefits of social eating
Riverside’s Eat Together campaign is promoting the many benefits of social eating and to highlight this, John Glenton, Riverside’s Executive Director of Care and Support, shares his experiences of eating together and how it can have a positive effect on mental health and wellbeing and social inclusion. There are so many benefits from eating with
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