NEIGHBOURHOOD NEWS

National fraud initiative

As part of our duty to protect public money, Riverside takes part in the National Fraud Initiative data matching exercise along with other housing associations. Data matching involves comparing data with other housing associations to identify and prevent things like illegal sub-letting and benefit fraud. This is being done in accordance with the Data Protection Act 1998 and Riverside’s Privacy

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Helping young people

A project helping young people avoid losing their homes has delivered amazing results, saving Riverside almost £350,000 in tenancy turnover costs. In 2015/16, the Intensive Intervention team engaged with 147 people aged between 16 and 30 and referred many to money advice, affordable warmth and employment and training services as well as to external support services like mental health agencies. They

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Back to work support

Riverside’s employment and training team helped 624 people nationwide into work this year. With Punjabi her first language, and having recently relocated from India, Gurpreet had no idea how to apply for jobs in this country.  After being referred to Riverside, she secured a place on a four-day employability course we ran with Asda. Employment and Training Officer Radthika Kathrani said: “It was great to see her

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Investing in your homes

Over the next five years we plan to spend £27 million investing in Retirement Living schemes across the country. Here’s an update on our plans plus details of our kitchen replacement programme and a new scheduled repairs pilot project.

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Care and Support update from John Glenton

New Care and Support Executive Director John Glenton talks about the latest from Riverside, including news from our recent Customer Involvement Day and our investment programme.

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