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Annual Tenancy Engagement Exercise
At Riverside Scotland, we care about our tenants and their welfare. We proactively want to ensure that you can manage your tenancy and that we are able to support you as best we can, especially during these difficult times. As part of our approach to achieving this, we are implementing an Annual Tenancy Engagement exercise.
Read moreEntries now open for Harbourside in Bloom!
Have you been busy in your garden this spring? Entries are now open for our Harbourside in Bloom competition! Harbourside in Bloom is our annual gardening competition aimed at bringing the community together to make Harbourside a brighter and greener place to live. We are looking for front gardens that are tidy, bright and colourful.
Read moreRiverside Scotland has partnered with home builder Persimmon to deliver new affordable homes in Monkton
Fifty high-quality, affordable new homes will help local people in housing need, following the completion of a project with Persimmon West Scotland. The much-needed affordable homes have been built on Persimmon’s Fairfields development in Monkton and include a variety of two and three bedroom properties. Heather Anderson, Head of Service Delivery at Riverside Scotland was
Read moreNew online letting service launched for housing applicants in Dumfries and Galloway
A new website offering housing advice and available properties for let in D&G has launched today. The new site by social housing alliance Homes4D&G will provide in-depth housing information and advice for social housing applicants looking to let a new home. Homes4D&G is a common housing partnership in Dumfries and Galloway and is made up
Read moreECO boost: New £1.5m funding pot will give our Dumfries residents warmer and greener homes and lower energy bills
Almost 300 households in Dumfries will benefit from lower energy bills after Riverside Scotland secured £1.5m of funding to make their homes more energy efficient. The seven-figure investment will see 294 homes, which were built almost a century ago, benefit from significant energy efficiency upgrades, including installation of internal wall insulation (IWI), replacement cavity wall
Read moreOnline Scam Advice from Police Scotland
Recognising online scams Cyber criminals may contact you via email, text, phone call or via social media. They will often pretend to be someone (or an organisation) you trust. It used to be easier to spot scams. They might contain bad spelling or grammar, come from an unusual email address,
Read moreLocal Drop Ins
We wrote out to customers last week introducing and providing contact details for our ten new tenant partners – a local, single point of contact for customers. Our tenant partners will be holding regular drop in ‘surgeries’ in our areas. If you have anything you need to talk to them about or need their help
Read moreVeteran families move into Scotland’s largest affordable modular housing development
Riverside Scotland handed over the first homes at the nation’s largest affordable modular housing development with four homes being allocated to military veteran households. The ground-breaking £9.8million project, with support from the Scottish Government, is being delivered by Riverside Scotland and Connect Modular, part of The Wee House Group and will provide 63 much needed
Read moreRiverside Scotland and McTaggart Construction help youngsters kick-start careers in construction
Ayrshire teenagers are now planning a future in construction after Riverside Scotland and McTaggart Construction gave them a foot on the ladder. A series of two-week placements on Riverside’s new housing development in Tarryholme has inspired young people to seek a career in the building industry. Working for contractor McTaggart Construction on 77 affordable new
Read moreHome for Christmas: Veterans look forward to celebrating Christmas in new homes
Army veteran Bobby Jones has hung up his Christmas decorations for the first time in 14 years after finally finding a place to call home. For more than a decade Bobby Jones has been homeless or moving from one private let to another. The 53-year-old’s precarious living situation started after he suffered post-traumatic stress disorder
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