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AGM Paperwork 2025

Please find links below to the documents referred to in our AGM letter to members: 31st AGM minutes As previously, we will be merging the information from both the annual review and the landlord report into a single, comprehensive Annual Performance Report. This report will be available on our website in October, with key highlights

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Impact Arts FREE Employability Programme

Impact Arts is running a new employability programme in North Ayrshire. It’s FREE to attend and participants will get travel expenses. The course is called IMPACTFUL PARENTS, and they are running taster sessions in Kilwinning and Irvine, then they will have a main block of activity running. Parents/carers must be unemployed to attend. They will

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Riverside Scotland Appoints Gary Naylor as New Managing Director

Riverside Scotland is pleased to announce the appointment of Gary Naylor as its new Managing Director, effective from 8 September 2025. Gary joins the organisation with extensive leadership experience across the UK housing sector. Most recently, he served as Chief Executive of Glasgow-based Thenue Housing and has held senior roles at Peaks & Plains Housing Trust, Irwell Valley

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Help with School Uniform

It’s the time of year when you’ll be thinking about school uniform.  You may qualify for a school clothing grant if you receive certain benefits or are on a low income. If your child qualifies for free school meals on financial grounds, you’ll automatically receive the clothing grant. You can apply if you receive any

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Dumfries School Uniform Support

Dumfries & Galloway Council’s Poverty and Inequalities Teams Free Back to School Uniform Events are being held throughout the area in August 2025. Free Back to School Uniform Events Pop along to any of the Back to School One Stop Shop Events to collect free new and pre-loved School Uniforms, stationery and lunch too! Hairdressers

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ECO upgrades enhancing comfort and sustainability: Riverside Scotland’s Retrofit Partnership with Union Technical is welcomed by Ayrshire tenants

Riverside Scotland has formed a strategic partnership with Union Technical, a Glasgow-based energy services firm, to enhance the energy efficiency of its homes across south-west Scotland. The partnership focuses on retrofitting homes to improve thermal efficiency and reduce energy bills for tenants. Work has commenced in Pennyburn, Kilwinning. Thirty properties have already had new windows

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Radio Teleswitch Service Switch-Off

This summer the Radio Teleswitch Service (RTS), also known as Dynamic Teleswitch Service (DTS), will end as it reaches the end of its operational life. This switch-off will affect energy customers with an RTS meter in their home, potentially impacting their heating and hot water supply. What You Need to Know: RTS End Date: 30th June

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Word on the Street – June 2025

In our latest customer update we bid farewell to Diana MacLean, celebrate strong customer feedback from the Big Conversation survey, and highlight community initiatives including our annual garden competitions and seasonal advice on bees and wasps. It also shares updates on tenant support services, progress on the Communities & Livelihoods Strategy, and upcoming investment and

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Riverside Scotland, Bell & CEIS Ayrshire Team Up to Support Local Youth Through Community Project

Riverside Scotland, in partnership with repairs contractor Bell Group and social enterprise CEIS Ayrshire, has delivered a transformative community project aimed at supporting unemployed young people while enhancing a valued local facility. As part of Bells commitment to Riverside customers, they delivered their House to Home initiative, through this, three young people were given the opportunity to gain

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