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Severe Weather Emergency Provision vital to those out on the streets
As winter fast approaches, Matt one of our Rough Sleeper Support Service coordinators in Wakefield explains how vital the Severe Weather Emergency Provision is to those out on the streets. We continue to offer anyone located rough sleeping in Wakefield an immediate offer of accommodation as we do throughout the year. One difference in winter
Read moreWorld AIDS Day 2022 – why it’s so important that people living with HIV can be open about their status without shame
For World AIDS Day, Care & Support Director of Operations Lee Buss-Blair shares his passion on why it’s so important that people living with HIV can be open about their status without shame. Watching the third series of Pose has reminded me about how bad the situation with HIV and AIDS was, even as late
Read moreSafeguarding Adults Week – Decluttering our thinking about hoarding
“See the person, not the hoard.” Decluttering our thinking about hoarding In our Floating Support Service, we received a referral for a customer who had a hoarding disorder, I knew nothing about this issue and on my initial visit to the customer’s home I offered the customer a skip the first time I met him.
Read more“My faith is important to me. I love the peace, and comfort it brings me, in my personal and professional life”
It’s a funny subject faith, there is a funny dynamic between wanting to tell someone that you are a Christian and having that terrible British awkwardness where one does not discuss religion or politics in friendly company. That being said, my faith is very important to me. To the point where I am investigating whether
Read moreTobey’s story – the vital role of veterans supported housing
Riverside operates three specialist supported housing services for veterans in Aldershot, North Yorkshire and Middlesbrough, as well as delivering two housing advice services. These services work with veterans with the most complex support needs, including mental and physical health, substance misuse, drug and alcohol dependency and offending behaviour. However, owing to a loss of centralised
Read moreHomelessness prevention can save councils millions and end cycle of despair for families
Sefton Council saves £900,000 thanks to homelessness prevention scheme with 96% success rate By John Glenton, Executive Director of Care and Support at Riverside Tackling homelessness after it has happened can be expensive. The latest Government figures for 2020/21 show that the total spend on temporary accommodation for homeless households was £1.36bn. Meanwhile the total expenditure
Read moreNew rough sleeping strategy proves Government is responding – but history tells us more help may be needed to tackle homelessness during a recession
By John Glenton, Executive Director of Care and Support at Riverside Government does listen. The Government’s new Rough Sleeping Strategy entitled “Ending Rough Sleeping for Good” shows Whitehall and Westminster have listened and responded to feedback from experts in the homelessness sector. The strategy provides a £2bn spending commitment over the next three years which
Read moreMenopause Peer Support Group at Riverside
One year since the launch of our Menopause Peer Support Group I can’t believe it has been a year since we held the first Menopause Peer Support group meeting. I started the group because I had suffered for a number of years with menopause symptoms, brain fog, poor memory, forgetting words and anxiety and recognised
Read moreHow Riverside’s tenancy sustainment team are preventing homelessness
“Riverside’s funding and support has helped me a lot with financial support to ensure we could heat our home and eat. They helped me and my partner live by helping us eat when times get tough with money situations.” Lucy* Lucy* and her partner moved into a Riverside property in late December 2021. What should
Read moreEmbracing the Homes for Cathy commitments mean social landlords have a responsibility to prevent and end homelessness
By John Glenton, Executive director for Riverside Care and Support and chair of the National Housing Federation homelessness steering group Today, to mark World Homeless Day I am taking part in the Homes for Cathy National Conference in London. Attending the conference has offered me the opportunity to reflect on the Homes for Cathy movement,
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