Riverside Housing donates BBC shoot location fee to homelessness charity

Published by Jon Land for Riverside Group in Housing

A Liverpool-based homelessness charity was given a boost when Riverside Housing donated its location fee from a shoot for a BBC supernatural drama.

When Lime Pictures approached Riverside Housing to request the use of student accommodation St Andrew’s Gardens, to film Apparitions, the social housing organisation agreed on the condition that the location fee would go to the Whitechapel Centre.

Matt Herbison, Site Manager of St Andrews Gardens, said: “It is the 80th anniversary of our parent company, The Riverside Group, and to mark this milestone we have launched a year-long fundraising campaign for Whitechapel.

"The money will be used to buy ‘starter kits’ for people that include essential items such as a kettle, toaster, cutlery and crockery.”

Maureen McCarthy, Chief Executive at Whitechapel, said: “We are delighted that Riverside Housing has chosen to donate the fee to us. We provide services to homeless, excluded and vulnerable people by helping them to make positive changes to their lives.

"We have worked in partnership with The Riverside Group for many years to find real long-term solutions for homeless people. We help people find a place to live and then support them to keep their homes to avoid the homeless cycle.”