Riverside ECHG - Better Together

Better Together is the name of the project that amalgamates all Riverside, its subsidiaries and divisions, into one unified housing association. In April 2009 most of Riverside successfully underwent this amalgamation through the process called Better Together One.

If our residents and tenants agree, English Churches Housing Group (ECHG) will amalgamate with The Riverside Group on 31 March 2010. This will reinforce and statutorily define ECHG as Riverside’s specialist support division with its own divisional board. This is being called Better Together Two.

Better together, stronger together

ECHG and Riverside have different business strengths. Riverside has a strong income stream, ECHG has strength in its assets.

The amalgamation of the two organisations will bring greater strength and financial stability especially at a time when funding is increasingly under threat. We will have greater potential to invest in future assets and services as well as secure funding from our partners.

In the long term amalgamation will save money which we can reinvest and improve our competitiveness

Continued excellent services

Being stronger and more stable will mean that together we can continue to deliver and develop our specialist support housing services.

The amalgamation will reduce bureaucracy and improve decision making so that we can focus on our customers’ needs and the services we provide.

We know it works!

It has worked well for the other divisions of The Riverside Group who amalgamated in April 2009.

Find out more

You should have received an information pack in the post. If you have not received your pack, you can find all of the information included in the pack by clicking on the links below.

Customer Information Leaflet

Customer Q&A Leaflet

Customer Feedback Form

You can also watch our video on YouTube by clicking here or by clicking on the image below.

Contact us

If you would like to speak to someone about Better Together Two, please email us at bettertogether@riverside.org.uk