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Helping first-time buyers onto the property ladder
By Ian Gregg, Riverside’s Director of Asset Management. The figures from the National Housing Federation’s latest report on the state of the housing market in the North West make sober reading. A shortage of affordable homes is pushing house prices out of reach for the average person. This combined with low wage growth means that
Read moreThe only way is up for apprentices
Apprenticeships are a hot topic at the moment and it’s hard to turn on the TV or radio without hearing about how the Government will support employers to recruit apprentices. Holly Wrigley explains the Riverside view. We realised that Riverside was in a great position to support people wanting to become an apprentice, so we
Read moreWomen in Housing Conference 2015
I am back today after attending my first Women in Housing Conference, feeling refreshed and inspired by all the fabulous women that I met. Although I knew that Carol Matthews and Barbara Houghton would be attending from Riverside I didn’t know anyone else, but was so much looking forward to the opportunity to meet other
Read moreSupporting LGBT tenants and staff
By John Glenton Director of operations in care and support and co-chair of Spectrum, the LGBT staff group I’ve attended Stonewall conferences before, as a delegate, but this time I was excited to be sharing our own work with others, as a guest speaker. Breaking New Ground was the theme of the Stonewall conference in
Read moreStonewall – born of the Thatcher era
David Green, a Riverside tenant, reflects on the work of Stonewall and the issues still facing lesbian and gay men. In 1989 there were still many issues facing lesbian and gay men in society. Equality was not on the agenda for mainstream politicians. Undermining the gains that direct action had won in the 1970s was
Read moreBi-visibility day – my coming out story
By Mandy Lewis, customer service advisor I’m not sure if I’m surprised, or not, at the data that Stonewall discovered from their Workplace Equality Index, when over 2,000 bisexual people responded to the 2015 staff survey: Only 27 per cent said they are comfortable in disclosing their sexuality to all colleagues, compared to 66 per
Read moreTenants and Residents Federation Conference 2015
Walter McFarlene, Tenant Chair of the Conference Planning Group shares his experience of the Riverside Tenants and Federation Conference 2015 in Chester. Almost two hundred and fifty tenants, residents and board members gathered from all over the country. High on the agenda was how best tenants, residents and Riverside can work together to face the
Read moreProtecting older people from financial scammers
By : Imogen Revell, LiveTime officer Older people can often become vulnerable to scamming. Sadly we’ve seen a steady increase in LiveTime customers who have lost money from doorstep callers or telephone scammers. In most cases we can intervene and recover cash handed over in the home, but sometimes scammers leave no trace and we
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