Below is a fantastic guest post from Starbucks Dave about his ONE BIG Sleepout experience. Thanks Dave, for supporting us and for writing such an honest account. Hello there, I’m Dave! You may remember me from… well actually, you probably don’t know me at all, so I’d best introduce myself! I’m one of the [...]
ONE BIG Sleepout 9 March 2012
So let’s cut to the chase, because all anyone really wants to know is ‘what did you raise’? Our preliminary figure is over £1000 for our one big sleepout event, with money owing and sponsorship to roll in from the separate events. We guesstimate the entire umbrella event at having raised in excess of [...]
Gearing Up – ONE BIG Sleepout
ONE BIG Sleepout Our ONE BIG Sleepout event will kick off our 40th birthday year! Community groups throughout Hampshire, from girl guides to youth groups, students to churches, have run with this idea to hold ONE BIG Sleepout on the same night for the same charity to support the most vulnerable people in our area. [...]
Skinny Steve WINNERS
Remember our Skinny Steve logo competition? Five finalists’ designs were shortlisted, and Jordon Hill’s winning design will be finding its way onto badges and beanies for our ONE BIG Sleepout event in March. We’re rather hoping that the represented colleges, South Downs College, BCOT are going to be part of our BIG Sleepout event. The bar [...]
Skinny Steve: Wants you to start voting
Over the last few months people across Hampshire have been working hard to produce a logo for Skinny Steve. We are looking for you to pick us a logo that can be printed on T-Shirts, Sweatshirts etc to promote Skinny Steve and SSJ and to help us to raise awareness of homelessnes. Check out the fantastic entries and vote.
Business – Corporate Partnerships
Launching corporate partnerships within a small, local charity setting seems like a daunting task. A worthwhile one, nonetheless. At the Society of St James, we have identified the need for community relationships to be working in harmony with our services. We are a well established charity in terms of our health and social care provision [...]
6 Weeks to go …Skinny Steve competition
6 Weeks to go … Only six weeks now and here at SSJ we’re beginning to get more than a little excited about Skinny Steve competition entries rolling in overy the coming weeks. We’re eagerly awaiting designs from all walks of life from design undergraduates to tattoo artists. The judging should be extremely hard work, [...]
Skeleton fronting campaign to raise awareness about homelessness.
A CHARITY for homeless people is making no bones about its latest campaign. Fundraisers from the Southampton-based Society of St James (SSJ) travelled to the Island with their new mascot, Skinny Steve the skeleton, to raise awareness about homelessness. Holding a sign which read: “How long until you take notice?” Skinny Steve provoked a great [...]
Skinny Steve: Wants you to design a logo
Calling all graphic designers. SSJ is running a fantastic competition for you to design us a Skinny Steve logo.
We are looking for YOU to design us a logo that can be printed on T-Shirts, Sweatshirts etc to promote Skinny Steve and help us to raise awareness of homelessness.
Calling all graphic designers -Skinny Steve: Wants you to design a logo!
Calling all graphic designers. The Society of St James -Southampton’s largest homeless charity is running a fantastic competition for you to design us a Skinny Steve logo. We are looking for you to design a logo that can be printed on T-Shirts, Sweatshirts etc to promote Skinny Steve and help us to raise awareness of [...]


