Last week we opened Shackleton View & Gardens, our first ever independent living scheme for those with learning difficulties or mental health diagnosis in Liverpool. With 22 apartments & 24/7 care it supports customers to live independently & reach their potential #StartsAtHome
If you are a veteran, sharing your experiences of finding a home since you left the forces with researchers at the @UniOfYork could help prevent veteran homelessness in the future. To share your experiences anonymously, or find out more, follow the link:
https://t.co/7k5dZOnN9X
Bringing forward the Renters Reform Bill was good news in yesterday's Queen's Speech. We fully support driving up standards in the private rented sector which should see a narrowing of the gap between the private rented sector and social housing.
https://t.co/3itM935XIM
£5.5m of funding from the Government will enable the continued delivery of specialist supported services for veterans affected by homelessness which otherwise face collapse.
The Guardian spoke with Afghanistan veteran and Riverside customer Dave:
https://t.co/4Z7TyDoP2c
👀This inspiring new film from @GMHousingFirst sees Engagement Workers - including @RiversideUK's own Joe - explain in their own words how Housing First is transforming the lives of the people who need it most across @greatermcr
https://t.co/G6RBKmmrqd
Thanks Charlotte Cook for chairing this PM's @HLINComms #HAPPIhour, 1st in our autumn series. Great presentations on Investing in Ideal Homes by @HomesEngland's @HomesKarenJA, @RiversideUK's @JohnAGlenton, @BMO's Guy Glover & @WS_Law's James Duncan. Thanks all. Slides out soon!
Sheryl is the Service Manager at one of our specialist supported services and has worked with veterans since 1999.
Vital services like these are under threat due to a loss of funding.
Follow the link to pledge support to our veterans and find out more.
https://t.co/oFMCGOAzrT
We're back! Join us on Tues 21 Sep at 4pm for our first #HAPPIHour of the season! Supported by @WS_Law, this session explores the role of @HomesEngland in investing to help shape local housing markets w/ @HomesKarenJA @JohnAGlenton@RiversideUK & @BMO - https://t.co/rBGFATkH6C
SPACES provides housing advice and finds accommodation for people leaving the military to prevent them from becoming homeless or sleeping rough.
We have 1-bed flats at our veterans supported housing services. Call SPACES on 01748833797 or click here... https://t.co/Q9VrGMimnC
In 2020, @ImogenBlood & @NicholasPleace discovered a homelessness commissioning system traumatised by 10 years of austerity.
In a new blog, @RiversideUK's @JohnAGlenton reflects on the findings from the new post-Covid postscript report ➡️ https://t.co/M34Bvl5qdu
🗣 "Fund projects properly and for long term"
Eleanor Watts from @RiversideUK told us her message for central government on homelessness & rough sleeping.
Here's Riverside's Eleanor accompanying @AndyBurnhamGM and @salford_mayor on a walkabout of Manchester city centre. She comments on the success of not seeing the same people sleeping rough on the streets.
The latest announcement of new RSI funding is very welcome - but a longer term, strategic approach that focuses on prevention as well as helping those on the streets is now more critical than ever says Riverside's @JohnAGlenton.
Read John's take here: https://t.co/XwHcxnTzlZ
In our 2020 research @ImogenBlood and
@NicholasPleace discovered a homelessness commissioning system traumatised by 10 years of austerity. 12 months on their new post-Covid post script report finds the sector at a #criticalcrossroads. Download it here 👇🏼
https://t.co/KV220l6I7D
In our 2020 research @ImogenBlood and @NicholasPleace discovered a homelessness commissioning system traumatised by 10 years of austerity. 12 months on, their new post-Covid post script report finds the sector at a critical crossroads - download it here. https://t.co/u6ytFHrNSs