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Help is at hand for tenants affected by Benefit Cap

Stephen Chapman, Riverside’s Community Engagement Project Manager, explains the impact the Benefit Cap is having on tenants. As anyone working in housing knows, changes to the welfare system have come thick and fast in recent years. Now the £20,000-a-year Benefit Cap has been rolled out nationwide, we know that around 250 Riverside customers are affected

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Showing our support for NHF’s “Owning Our Future”

Riverside is supporting the National Housing Federations “Owning our Future” campaign Housing associations are united by a single purpose – to ensure everyone in the country can live in a quality home that they can afford. We meet shifting housing needs by building more homes, by providing extra support when it’s needed and by innovating

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Straight allies – who needs them?

Northern Pride

By Roisin Rowley-Smith, communications officer Before I’d even arrived at M & S Bank buildings in Chester for Stonewall’s Straight Allies training I’d struggled with the preparation for the course.  Choosing my role models proved a difficult task.  Atticus Finch, the lawyer who fought racism in To Kill a Mockingbird was an obvious choice for

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Health through housing for homeless people

Riverside attends NHS confederation conference 2016 The health and wellbeing of homeless and vulnerably housed people will be the main focus for Riverside as our Head of Health and Care Boaz Elieli and our Care and Support team attend this week’s national NHS Confederation Conference,  showcasing the work that Riverside does to improve people’s health.

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Voluntary Right to Buy Pilot: A Tale of Two Cities

With the ink on the Housing and Planning Act now dry, we will soon have the all clear to proceed with our first sales under the Voluntary Right to Buy (VRTB) pilot and we’re looking forward to congratulating the first purchasers soon. So now is a good moment to update you on some of the

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Mental Health Awareness Week

Sally Nicholson, Interim Head of Health and Care at Riverside Care & Support Love it or hate it, art provokes a reaction. If you need an example of how it divides opinion, you just have to look at the Turner Prize shortlist, which every year is met with an equal measure of critical acclaim and

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Meet Jack – National Apprenticeship Week

Jack Bradshaw Riverside apprentice

To celebrate National Apprenticeship Week apprentices and trainees across Riverside are sharing their stories about how working with us has transformed their lives.  Meet Jack Bradshaw – Digital Inclusion Apprentice “I wanted to become an apprentice because although I had done voluntary work in the community before, I knew I needed the appropriate training to go from simply

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Riverside’s response to homelessness announcements #Budget2016

What next for the funding of supported housing? Riverside's Simon Ketteridge considers the challenges that lie ahead

As one of the country’s main providers of housing, training and support services for homeless people, Riverside has given a measured welcome to Chancellor George Osborne’s budget announcements around funding for homelessness prevention services today. “The Government’s proposals to turn the tide of funding cuts to supported housing services for vulnerable people is very welcome

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