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

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

The Government has made changes to some benefits. Here’s how they could affect you.   Housing Benefit backdating If you are of working age and make a new claim or your circumstances change, you can only backdate a claim by one month. Tell your Housing Benefit office about any changes, or a new claim, straight

Riverside has made some changes to opening times at our offices to enable us to release more staff to increase the number of home visits to tenants. Wirral office The new times are: Monday, 9am-4pm Tuesday, 1pm-4pm Wednesday, 9am-4pm Thursday, closed Friday, 9am-4pm From the 4th July 2016: Our Wirral office will be closed all day

Riverside is helping Bromborough Pool’s Maritime Cricket Club to refurbish its pavilion. We have funded the project following the discovery that the building has started to suffer from major structural problems.  Maritime, a highly successful club, made Bromborough Pool its home more than five years ago and hasinvested time, money and effort to ensure its pitch and pavilion are up to standard.  In doing