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Career advice for the LGBT community

John Glenton, Riverside's Executive Director for Care and Support

Riverside’s Executive Director for Care and Support has been offering tips and support to members of the LGBT community looking for a career. John Glenton features in the 2017-18 Stonewall Starting Out guide – a national guide of LGBT-inclusive employers for students and jobseekers.

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International Transgender Day of Remembrance

By Lyn Bowker, Equality and Diversity Manager Today is international Transgender Day of Remembrance (TDoR). People across the globe have used 20 November to remember those who have died because of transphobia every year since 1998. The day remembers people who have been killed that year, by murder or suicide, as a result of their

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Tackling social housing stereotypes in the media

Benefit to Society campaign

A Riverside tenant has played a key role in a campaign to tackle social housing stereotypes in the media, and to encourage fair reporting in the news. Sally Trueman has taken part in the Benefit to Society campaign and a media guide, called Fair Press for Tenants, has been put together in collaboration with the National

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#NoBystanders… Together we can make a difference

#nobystanders Stonewall campaign

July is Pride month and it is great to see so many opportunities for the LGBT community and our allies to celebrate.  It is important to remember that homophobic, biphobic and transphobic bullying, hate and abuse is still very much a part of life for many within the LGBT community. #NoBystanders is the Stonewall campaign

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LGBT views on social housing sought

LGBT views

Riverside is urging its lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) customers to help independent researchers find out about their experiences and views on social housing. Researchers at the University of Surrey are conducting the study, called HomeSAFE: Engaging and exploring LGBT*Q tenant experiences, concerns and preferences about social housing. The project will use focus groups,

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Big plans for new homes and services

As well as improving services for you, we want to help more people who can’t afford a home of their own, or who need support to deal with life’s challenges. So we’ve set ourselves some ambitious goals for the next three years. We are connecting… We’re going to continue developing our digital services so more

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Improving our services for you

Improving services

Providing you with a great service is our number one priority. Many customers are happy with Riverside but we know we can do better and we’re committed to improving. So we’re looking closely at every area of the organisation and how we work. The aim? To spend more time in your neighbourhood and give you

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