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Street Buddies wins volunteer award by the Mayor of London!

Street Buddies scooped the Supporting and Inspiring accolade at the Team London Awards 2017.

A Riverside project that supports homeless people has won a prestigious award from London Mayor Sadiq Khan. Street Buddies scooped the Supporting and Inspiring accolade at the Team London Awards 2017. The annual ceremony took place last night (November 6) at City Hall, recognising volunteers and volunteering projects that do great things for the capital.

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Riverside gives cautious welcome to Government’s proposed funding for supported housing

As a major provider of housing with care and support, Riverside has cautiously welcomed yesterday’s Ministerial statement (October 31), setting out proposals for a new funding system for supported housing. The 52,500-home housing association is pleased that the Government has moved a long way from its original plan to restrict housing benefit to Local Housing

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Riverside reaction to Government announcement that LHA cap for supported and social housing to be scrapped

Riverside News Update

Riverside – one of the country’s leading providers of housing, care and support – today welcomed the Government’s decision to drop the LHA cap for all social housing. The not-for-profit, charitable housing association group has been a leading voice in a sector-wide campaign to halt plans to cap housing benefit to the Local Housing Allowance

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Extreme 400km charity bike ride from Leicester to Carlisle in two days!

A cycling duo took on an extreme Tour de France-style cycling challenge to help people fight cancer. David Taylor and Simon Allcock cycled over 400km (255 miles) from Leicester to Carlisle in two days, staying overnight in Liverpool, to raise money for Cancer Research UK. It is the longest ride they have ever embarked on,

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Older People’s Day: Celebrating the benefits health and wellbeing brings to our customers

Get fit at Retirement Living services

As we celebrate Older People’s Day 2017 Kelli Melloy, Riverside’s National Health and Wellbeing Manager, explains the benefits that our Health and Wellbeing service brings to the lives of Riverside’s Retirement Living customers across the country.   Riverside’s Health and Wellbeing service was launched in May to deliver a range of initiatives across our retirement

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Street Buddies shortlisted for volunteer award by the Mayor of London!

Street Buddies in Westminster Team London Award 2017

Riverside’s innovative Street Buddies scheme has been shortlisted in the prestigious Team London Awards 2017, run by Mayor Sadiq Khan! The awards has several categories which recognises volunteers that do great things for the city. Street Buddies in Westminster has been nominated in the Skills and Development category, recognising the positive impact the scheme makes to the

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CEO Sleepout to help homeless people

Sleeping under the stars in wintry weather is just what John Glenton, Riverside’s Executive Director for Care and Support, will be doing next month to raise money to help homeless people in Manchester. Joining him at Old Trafford cricket ground will be senior employees from other organisations. Here, John shares his thoughts on why it’s

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Your retirement living update

£6m facelift for schemes We spent £6million refurbishing Retirement Living schemes in the year to April – and it’s part of a bigger £27million investment programme. Now we have started consulting with even more customers about the next phase of improvements in their schemes. Celebrate, de-stress and prepare for a super sleep! Your new Health

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