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Your Involvement

Calling all LGBT customers As an LGBT-friendly landlord, we want to update our lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) customers on issues that matter to them. To respect your privacy and ensure we only contact LGBT customers who wish to participate, please give us your details if you’d like to be involved. We can then

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Volunteering to make a difference

We are aiming to do 90 good deeds for our communities during our 90th year to create a lasting legacy.  Our staff each get two volunteering days and some have already used theirs to help communities, like the team pictured here pitching in at our Greenfield retirement living scheme in Hull. Do you have a

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Be ready for new online services in the New Year

Customers already using online rent accounts have been busy helping us test and improve our new online service offer. This allows you to view your rent and charges account, report repairs, plus book, change and cancel repairs appointments – all online, anytime, on any device. With more to come! How do I get it? You’ll

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Make the most of your money

It’s vital to budget to make sure you can pay your rent, bills and day-to-day expenses. Here’s some tips… Your most important bills Payments like rent and Council Tax can’t be avoided. If you don’t pay, it’s likely that you’ll end up in court, so you should make these bills a priority. Other bills Could

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Your Retirement Living – Winter 2018

Health and Wellbeing Highlights…  The last few months have seen more and more tenants accessing our health and wellbeing service and a range of interesting and intriguing activities taking place in Retirement Living schemes across the country. Some highlights include: Dogs Trust – Pet Therapy October saw the Pet Therapy dogs visiting schemes nationally delivering

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Riverside’s £1m investment fund to support projects to prevent homelessness

Ali Clintworth, Impact Fund Manager.

Following the recent allocation of the Government’s Life Chances Fund to tackle social issues, Ali Clintworth, Riverside’s Impact Fund Manager, highlights how organisations can apply for Riverside’s £1m investment fund to run new services to prevent homelessness. The Government recently announced details about the 22 projects who will benefit from the £48 million The Life

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Celebrating 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

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Riverside’s John Glenton heads new Homelessness Steering Group

John Glenton, Riverside’s Executive Director for Care and Support, outside The Crossings in Hull

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

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