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Meet Jack – National Apprenticeship Week
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
Read moreRiverside’s response to homelessness announcements #Budget2016
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
Read moreThe Social Value of Employment Support
By Nick Stephenson Employment and training manager The social housing sector delivers a range of services designed to make a significant impact on improving health, finances and wellbeing for customers. But with the mounting pressure on housing associations to find the 1% cut in rent to tenants, set out by the government in
Read moreMaking health savings through housing
By: Sally Nicholson, Riverside’s Head of Health and Care At Riverside, we bring together a range of health and care service models that blend housing and support for people with care needs. Apart from providing a safe and socially active place to live, extra care housing services enable us to help people manage their long-term
Read moreChange grants awarded to Riverside to help end homelessness
By: Helen Gore, Riverside’s Head of Supported Housing To help us continue to transform the lives of the people living in our supported services, we are delighted to announce that we have been awarded with a total of £400,000 from the Homes and Communities Agency’s Homelessness Change fund for 2016. We have been granted £250,000
Read moreNorth Bransholme: a shining example of how estates can be regenerated
In David Cameron’s recent article in The Sunday Time, he raises the issue of the negative influence of housing estates on people’s lives, stating that “some of them…. are actually entrenching poverty in Britain”. The Prime Minister argues that attempts to regenerate estates in the past had “failed”. Carl Mitchell, Riverside’s Assistant Director of Operations,
Read moreVolunteering gives colleagues in Hull a Christmas glow
Emma Smith, Money Advisor based at our North Bransholme office, Hull talks about her volunteering experience for Hull Foodbank/Trussell Trust. After much discussion in the Riverside North Bransholme office, eight members of the team decided that we wanted to volunteer for our local Trussell Trust Food Bank in Hull. Riverside North Bransholme already work in
Read more#OneWish to end homelessness this Christmas
By: Tonia Punter-Ojong, Riverside Customer Involvement Advisor This Christmas, we should take some time to reflect on how fortunate we are to have a roof over our heads. People lose their homes and end up on the streets, often through no fault of their own, so it’s important that we offer compassion, thought, and good
Read moreTenant scrutiny: co-regulation in action
By Keith Harkness – Riverside tenant and Chair of its National Scrutiny Committee Tenant-led scrutiny panels are now playing a large role in how Riverside is performing and how its procedures are being run. There are now six divisional panels, as well as a National Scrutiny Committee (NSC) and they are all examining a number
Read moreTackling unemployment and skills shortages in Merseyside
By Nick Stephenson, Riverside’s project manager for employment and training. This week the National Housing Federation released their Home Truths report, which not only revealed the cost of home ownership in the regions, but also the impact of unemployment and underemployment on people’s ability to get onto the housing ladder. Nationally, 6.2% of working age
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