ONE BIG Sleepout – SUAS When Naomi from the Southampton University Air Squadron (SUAS) first approached us about wanting to run a sleepout with the Squadron, she was concerned about the date. “Don’t you worry about that,” we said. “Hold your event when suits you best, it’ll stall be part of our ONE BIG Sleepout. [...]
Indian Himalayas Here we Come
In a week we will be waving our brave trekkers off the the Indian Himalayas to trek for us, to work at a homelessness project run by and NGO in Delhi, and to raise valuable funds for our work here in the UK. Each of our trekkers has had to raise at least £1500 for us, [...]
Ex-Saints Q&A Evening
At the end of last month we were privileged to be invited to attend an ex-Saints Q&A and quiz evening as guests, because the Ex-Saints wanted to make a cheque presentation to us. We decided that, as well as representing the fundraising department at the event, it would be useful to have some front-line staff [...]
StreetSmart Hampshire – Celebrating Success
StreetSmart Hampshire Restaurants raise £17,000 for Hampshire homelessness charity through StreetSmart 13 Hampshire pubs, restaurants and hotels have raised £11,228 for local homelessness charity, the Society of St James, by participating in a two month StreetSmart campaign. This was topped up to £17,000 by government match funding. StreetSmart is a national campaign which raises [...]
Corporate Volunteering – Virgin Media
Virgin Media – Corporate Volunteering Businesses large and small choose to fulfil their corporate social responsibilities in a variety of ways. One of the first ways we will often engage with a large company is when a local branch is seeking to do some hands-on volunteering and team building. We believe that these corporate relationships [...]
Crafty Women – Craft Therapy
Last week the fundraising team took an afternoon out of the office to see what happens in one of our projects. Jordan House is a hostel that contains 26 self-contained flats. It’s transient accommodation (6-9 months) for people who are aiming to prepare themselves for more independent living. The aim of the project is for [...]
Home is …
Last week, on Twitter, I asked people what they thought made a house a home. There was method in my madness. Our Christmas appeal centred around the concept of making a home at Christmas, and our work is about offering people hope for the future, security in their lives, their homes, and occupations. In fact, [...]
A Christmas Miracle
A Christmas Miracle When an email drops into your work inbox and the subject line reads: A Christmas Miracle, you know it’s going to be a good day. Remember us telling you about the delightful children in Year 4 (8-9 year olds) at Locks Heath Junior School here? There is no way that the staff [...]
The Little Saint Nick
The Little Saint Nick It’s the day before Christmas and we simply have to share this story, so reminiscent of the original tale of the little Saint Nick (as the song goes), or of St Nicholas, if you prefer. So many people say that Christmas is about the children, which, whilst I understand and accept the sentiment, [...]
It’s Beginning to Look a lot like Christmas … Christmas Shopping
Christmas Shopping! It’s Beginning to Look a lot like Christmas … … Everywhere you go … Christmas can be magical, exciting, spectacular, cosy, warm, fun. It can be a time to “Deck the Halls”, to ‘shop till you drop’, to feast, to spend valuable and precious time with loved ones … For many of us, [...]
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