NEIGHBOURHOOD NEWS

Seaside trip for Lambeth customers

Riverside’s Community Chest Fund funded a seaside trip for Lambeth customers recently. The Close Tenants Association in Lambeth, London, took more than 40 members of the community on its annual beach trip. Residents piled onto the coach for the road trip to Southend-on-Sea. They were treated to glorious weather, with some even going for a dip

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Annual Report to Customers ready to read

Our 2015 Annual Report to Customers has now been published.  It tells you how we’ve been performing in the way we deliver our services to you. It also tells you how we’re planning to improve across a number of areas in the year ahead. Why not take a look? This year you can win one

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Thought-provoking play about gang violence performed in Croydon

Thought-provoking play Terriers was devised to tackle gang violence. Delivered by the Royal Court Liverpool Trust and Fairfield Halls in Croydon, the project was originally commissioned by Merseyside Police. The play aims to get young people thinking about the consequences of their actions and their attitude towards gang behaviour. Community engagement officer Wendy Mason was

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Tackling anti-social behaviour in our communities

Riverside is tackling anti-social behaviour in our communities across the Midlands and South East.   As a result of our working within the community, and with advice from our legal team, we successfully obtained the two injunctions against perpetrators’ anti-social behaviour towards other residents which included aggressive physical abuse. The process has been a lengthy one but is

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Standing up to tenancy fraud in the South East

Riverside is committed to standing up against tenancy cheats. This is a wider South East problem, with all local authorities tackling the issue. A dedicated Riverside team, operating out of the Dartford office, launched a confidential Key Amnesty this month to help those breaking the law come forward without fear of prosecution, with the recovery of

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Community events in your neighbourhood

There are plenty of community events and activities taking place in the Midlands and South East.   A Riverside housing officer in Leicester, Esuf Sarafat, shares his summer highlights here: “As a housing officer working with the new Community Engagement Team led by Rupa Chandarana, I help realise lots of projects and events across the year that give hundreds

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