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Help is at hand for tenants affected by Benefit Cap
Stephen Chapman, Riverside’s Community Engagement Project Manager, explains the impact the Benefit Cap is having on tenants. As anyone working in housing knows, changes to the welfare system have come thick and fast in recent years. Now the £20,000-a-year Benefit Cap has been rolled out nationwide, we know that around 250 Riverside customers are affected
Read moreRiverside again named in Stonewall’s Top 100 LGBT-friendly places to work
Riverside has retained its place in Stonewall’s Top 100 Employers’ league table as an LGBT-friendly place to work for the fourth year running. The 55,000-home housing association joins eight other housing providers nationwide in the top 100, in third position within the sector. Riverside is also the best housing association in the North West for
Read moreManchester City’s U18s support rough sleepers
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
Read moreA 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
Read moreHelp 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
Read moreCrossing from homelessness to voluntary
See how Riverside helped Karl and Karen get their life back on track after being unexpectedly kicked out of their home and made unemployed.
Read moreHealth 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.
Read moreLiverpool youth project scoops 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
Read moreRetirement Living: Communicating in the right way
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.
Read moreSharing the Vision – National Apprenticeship Week
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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