Photo by Alan Parkinson/Shutterstock There are moments in a city’s story when the horizon suddenly seems changed. Not just physically, but figuratively too. When regeneration really begins to touch people’s lives in ways that will change them – and their future – for the better. That moment has arrived in Sunderland. Cities are renewed when investment in the place is matched by investment in the people – their skills, their health and their future. That principle sits at the heart of what we are now delivering at Riverside Sunderland, and it is particularly evident when you look at the new VELUX Skills Academy. Marrying ambition with opportunity, the VELUX Skills Academy will be located within the state-of-the-art Housing Innovation and Construction Skills Academy (Hicsa) – a multimillion-pound facility based at Riverside Sunderland and one of only ten Construction Technical Excellence Colleges in the country.…