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More housing officers working for you where it matters most

For more than a year, we’ve been reorganising and making savings behind the scenes so we can invest more where it matters most – in neighbourhoods. As a result, from the winter onwards, there’ll be 40 per cent more housing officers to work with you in your home, or out and about where you live. Their hours will
Read moreHomelessness: Riverside’s response to this week’s National Audit Office report

This week’s report from the National Audit Office confirms what we are seeing on a daily basis across the country as we work with more and more people affected by homelessness. As the third largest provider of homelessness services in the country, we are acutely aware of the increase in rough sleepers and people threatened
Read moreFirst Residents’ Steering Group meetings to take place in London

Residents are being invited to join a new steering group to help shape the multi-million pound regeneration of their estate. Riverside is planning to invest in building new homes and improving two neighbourhoods in Bromley and one in Lambeth, all in London. Residents have already taken part in consultation events and visits, having a say
Read moreRough sleepers turning their lives around…..in the recording studio at King George’s Hostel

Just around the corner from Whitehall is a building that has been helping homeless people since the early 1900s when it was opened by King George V. Today, the power of music is helping to turn their lives around. Musical notes can often be heard in King George’s Hostel, a homeless centre for men in
Read moreMining community reunites thanks to £8m housing scheme on former Washington colliery

Ex-miners and their loved-ones are enjoying a new lease of life – living on the site of a Washington pit where they worked and socialised more than 40 years ago. They’ve set up home in an £8million housing scheme where the Washington F Pit and Miners’ Welfare Club once stood – and the residents celebrated
Read moreSilver award demonstrates our commitment to armed forces community

Riverside has been awarded Silver status by the Ministry of Defence for supporting the armed forces community. The Defence’s Employer Recognition Scheme independently recognises the commitment given by organisations for those who serve for their country. To receive the Silver Award, Riverside needed to demonstrate a number of requirements to show support for military personnel,
Read moreFramework that helped deliver £1/2bn new homes boost is renewed

A framework that helped housing associations boost efficiency and invest more than £1/2billion in thousands of new homes has been relaunched for a further four years. Cutting Edge established a go-to pool of consultants, contractors and architects for six North West-based landlords to use, saving them time and money, and allowing construction to begin up
Read moreStoke-on-Trent housing development wins Building Excellence award

A Stoke-on-Trent housing development has recently won a Building Excellence award at the Local Authority Building Control (LABC) Building Excellence Awards for the West Midlands region. Compendium Living’s regeneration project Weston Heights just off Weston Road, a development of 280 new homes with a new neighbourhood park and recreational spaces in Weston Coyney, Stoke-on-Trent, won
Read moreWirral woman banned from keeping pets at property

A Wirral woman has been banned from keeping pets at her flat and ordered to not cause a nuisance to neighbours after being taken to court by her housing association. The tenant, of Rockybank Road in Birkenhead, breached her tenancy agreement by keeping two dogs in the property, which disturbed other residents with their barking
Read more£1million refurbishment for Willow Walk, a 200-year-old listed building to help homeless in Cambridge

An historic building that’s been supporting homeless people in Cambridge since the 1800s has been given a £1million makeover. Willow Walk was officially re-opened yesterday after being transformed into a modern, welcoming space for residents to enjoy. Run by housing association Riverside, it helps rough sleepers, providing accommodation and support for men and women aged
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