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Manchester City’s U18s support rough sleepers

Manchester City Under-18s players decorate a tree in Newbury House

Players from Manchester City’s Under-18s team spread Christmas cheer and supported homeless people during a visit to Riverside’s Newbury House. The footballers and coaches, supported by City in the Community, handed over warm winter items, decorated the housing and support scheme, and donated supermarket vouchers to those in need. As part of the #BlueChristmas campaign

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A chance to shape your services

Would you like to play a role supporting Riverside’s Board improve services for all our tenants, residents and customers? Remuneration £3k Riverside is establishing a new committee, entitled the Neighbourhood Services Committee. Its purpose will be to support the Board of the Riverside Group Limited by undertaking detailed consideration and monitoring of services. This will

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Help us transform lives by joining our Neighbourhood Services Committee

Remuneration £3k Liverpool Riverside are proud to be one of the largest and leading registered providers of social housing in the UK, offering affordable housing and support to people of all ages and circumstances. As a group of complementary businesses driven by a clear social purpose, our vision is – Transforming Lives, Revitalising neighbourhoods. To further

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Health through housing for homeless people

Riverside attends NHS confederation conference 2016 The health and wellbeing of homeless and vulnerably housed people will be the main focus for Riverside as our Head of Health and Care Boaz Elieli and our Care and Support team attend this week’s national NHS Confederation Conference,  showcasing the work that Riverside does to improve people’s health.

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Liverpool youth project scoops award

Liverpool East Youth Consortium collecting the TPAS Award

A youth project in Liverpool is in the running for a national award after winning the regional heat. Liverpool East Youth Consortium, spearheaded by housing association Riverside, won the Excellence in Youth Involvement category at the TPAS Awards, organised by the Tenant Participation Advisory Service. The consortium – which covers Knotty Ash, West Derby and

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Retirement Living: Communicating in the right way

Vera Deacon is one of our Merseyside Retirement Living managers

By: Vera Deacon, Riverside Scheme Manager In my role managing one of our Retirement Living services in Merseyside, I overcome challenges and learn new skills every single day. At my scheme lives a customer called Keith. Keith is 64-years-young and is affected by both deafness and blindness, as well as being unable to communicate verbally.

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Sharing the Vision – National Apprenticeship Week

RHO - Fallon Reynolds

In National Apprenticeship Week  2016 we are celebrating our apprentices by giving them the floor. Our Apprenticeship programme has only been in place for 12 months but is already proving to be a success with managers and apprentices. We spoke to Apprenticeship Manager, Holly Nicholson-Wrigley, about our new apprenticeship framework and why it’s proving so successful.

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Riverside’s response to homelessness announcements #Budget2016

What next for the funding of supported housing? Riverside's Simon Ketteridge considers the challenges that lie ahead

As one of the country’s main providers of housing, training and support services for homeless people, Riverside has given a measured welcome to Chancellor George Osborne’s budget announcements around funding for homelessness prevention services today. “The Government’s proposals to turn the tide of funding cuts to supported housing services for vulnerable people is very welcome

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Storm warnings issued – are you flood aware?

  As the Met Office issue another severe weather warning for Storm Gertrude heading towards the UK why not check you are prepared for potential flooding. For local flood information you can contact Floodline on 0345 9881188 Did you know you can register online with Floodline Warnings Direct service if your home or business is

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