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Ask twice on World Mental Health Day
Fran Stulberg, Chair of Riverside’s disability staff group Enable, encourages people to ‘ask twice’ on World Mental Health Day.
Read moreGet Online Week 2018: National programme to equip vulnerable customers’ with digital skills
To celebrate Get Online Week Andrew Cave, Project Officer looking after Riverside’s Digital Inclusion roll out, gives an insight into what we are doing so our customers’ in Care and Support can become digital savvy. In the technical age of having all kinds of information at your fingertips, it’s surprising to learn that more
Read moreCelebrating International Coming Out Day
Riverside is proud to say it welcomes employees from a wide range of backgrounds. On International Coming Out Day, one BAME colleague share’s his experience. By Kelvin O’Mard, Care and Support Area Manager Being born to parents who came to England from the Caribbean, where attitudes toward the LGBT community are politically incorrect to say the
Read moreRiverside’s John Glenton heads new Homelessness Steering Group
Riverside’s John Glenton has been elected Chair of the National Housing Federation’s newly formed Homelessness Steering Group. The Group aims to bring housing associations together to share best practice and lobby the Government to help end homelessness. Mr Glenton, Riverside’s Executive Director for Care and Support, said: “I’m absolutely thrilled to be elected Chair
Read moreRiverside making a difference in the community
Residents on a Newcastle estate had the chance to get rid of unwanted items free of charge when an autumn clean-up day was held to make a difference in the community. Local housing association Riverside teamed up with contractors Evolve and Building Futures East (BFE) to give tenants in the Church Walk estate a helping
Read moreOur Pride in Hull
By Mark Cook, Care and Support Area Manager Pride in Hull is an annual event, aiming to offer a platform to Hull and East Yorkshire’s LGBT community and to raise awareness of LGBT issues. It’s always a special event, but this year it’s even more so as Hull hosts the first ever national UK Pride,
Read moreHousing conference with LGBT equality at its heart
Housing association tenants and customers who identify as lesbian, gay, bi and trans (LGBT) met to discuss issues relating to their housing needs, at a national conference held in Liverpool city centre. Riverside, which has its head office in Liverpool and properties across the country, hosted the event where customers from Merseyside, London and the
Read moreAllpay direct debit transactions on Friday 8th September
On Friday 8th September, a fault with the Allpay payment service meant that duplicate payments were taken from some customers’ bank accounts. This was a system-wide fault with Allpay and has affected other housing providers and organisations who also use this payment service. This incident affects customers who have signed up to direct debit and
Read moreRiverside straight ally recognised by Stonewall
Following success in retaining its place in Stonewall’s top 100 LGBT employers list, Riverside is celebrating another award from the campaigning organisation. Communications officer, Roisin Rowley-Smith, was last week awarded North West Ally of the Year, for her work to profile LGBT equality at work, at a Manchester awards event hosted by Stonewall. Abby Crawford,
Read moreRiverside apprentice is on track to gain valuable work experience
It’s National Apprenticeship Week and Riverside is proud to be helping young people take their first step in to the working world. Our Employment and Training programme is there to help people on the path to learn new skills so they can secure a job and transform their life. Among those we have helped is
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