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Why employment and training support matters

employment and training manager Nick Stephenson

By Nick Stephenson
Employment and training manager

Last month something happened for the first time in seven months. Unemployment increased by 21,000 to 1.7 million. We are getting so used to reading reports of more people than ever employed in the UK, that it’s a surprise to see the trend reverse.

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Preparing older people for the cold snap

By Lisa Anderson, LiveTime officer. Age UK claims that each winter one elderly person will die needlessly, every seven minutes. This is a stark statistic, and I’m pleased to see the charity call on the government to improve energy efficiency and end fuel poverty, especially for older people. In light of this shocking home truth,

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Building a stable foundation for affordable housing

Mark shares his thoughts on affordable housing focusing on Riverside’s achievements over the last 12 months, the challenges of welfare reform, right to buy and rent constraints and how we move forward with a new government, in their quest to build more homes. Looking back it’s been a great year for Riverside in achieving our

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It’s ace being an Ally

By Carole Rothery, Strategy and Planning Assistant Liverpool Pride takes place this weekend and I can’t wait! As a Friend of Spectrum (Spectrum is Riverside’s LBGT staff group) I will be joining some of my colleagues to take part in what will be my first Pride march. Over the years I have stood and watched

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An annual LGBT celebration

Jenny Crocker co-chair of Spectrum

As Pride season gets underway Jenny Crocker, Service Manager and Co-Chair of Riverside’s LGBT staff group, looks at the history behind the celebrations.

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International Women’s Day 2018: Let’s call out the abuse of power in all its guises

On International Women’s Day 2018, Riverside’s Chief Executive Carol Matthews reflects on the role models we should celebrate… and the behaviours we should all challenge.   “The great thing about being a part of a national housing, care and support group is I have the pleasure of being on every kind of public transport, battering

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How the sector can make a Big Change on homelessness

We simply cannot allow the rise in rough sleeping to carry on, writes Riverside’s Chief Executive Carol Matthews. With the recent cold snap, it just makes you think how dreadful it must be to spend a night on the streets and sadly, more people have to. Homelessness remains a massive problem for our country. Just walk down

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Riverside’s response to the Government’s consultation on housing costs for sheltered housing and extra care accommodation

Riverside is one of the largest charitable housing association groups in the country, owning and managing over 53,000 homes across England and Scotland. We are a significant provider of supported housing, delivering homes and services to over 10,000 customers across 872 schemes. Of these 223 schemes are sheltered housing and 15 are extra care. We

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Homelessness: Funding for short-term supported housing must remain in the main welfare system – Riverside’s response to Government consultation

Riverside is one of the largest charitable housing association groups in the country, owning and managing over 53,000 homes across England and Scotland. We are a large provider of supported housing, delivering homes and services to over 10,000 customers across 872 services. We are England’s third largest provider of homelessness services. We welcome the Government’s

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