You’ll know by now that we’re taking a group of intrepid explorers to trek the Himalayas in May 2013, all in the name of fundraising to support homeless people here in Hampshire. In order to participate in this amazing opportunity, trekkers are committing to raise in excess of £3000 each. Many of the group are [...]
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Addiction and Benefits
A hot topic for dicussion in recent weeks has been the proposed overhaul to the Incapacity Benefit/Employment Support Allowance/Disability Living Allowance systems in the UK. Figures released by the Department for Work and Pensions suggest that 77,000 people in the UK are claiming these benefits because their dependancies render them unable to work. With a [...]
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Olympic Inspiration
Himalayas Trek – Are you inspired by our Olympians? Looking at my Facebook and Twitter feeds, I know I’m not alone in being in awe of the competing Olympians. I’ve also noticed something of a trend in people saying they feel ‘a bit flabby’ or ‘somewhat unfit’ by comparison … Have you been inspired to do something [...]
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Charity Talk
Last night (18/07/12) David Powell (manager of Jamie’s Computers) and I went to do a charity talk for the Valley Park Ladies based in Chandler’s Ford. Some 9 months prior to this event one of the Valley Park Ladies had come into Jamie’s to recycle her old computer. Mrs Goold had found us on the [...]
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Saints4Sport Football Tournament
Friday 29th June saw the first Saints4Sport Annual 5-aside football tournament take place. It was held at Goals in Millbrook and 20 teams took part. The day started out lashing with rain creating a slick playing surface for the ball to zip around on which would very much favour the fitter teams. By 10am all [...]
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Our TOP TEN Fundraising Ideas
Charity Tuesday TOP TEN Fundraising Ideas Yesterday was another Charity Tuesday (#charitytuesday) on Twitter so we decided to tweet our TOP TEN fundraising ideas or ways to be involved with SSJ, most of them at little or no cost in terms of time, effort or money. It’s not always easy to know how to help [...]
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From one of our supporters: a poem about homelessness
In our most recent newsletter, we featured Dave from Starbucks’ blog post about our ONE BIG Sleepout, and his reflection that we are all only ever a few wage packets away from being homeless. This idea so inspired Betty Johnson, one of our supporters, that she wrote us a poem about homelessness: A year ago, [...]
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Saints4Sport
Saints4Sport is a sports, fitness and education service for vulnerable people in Southampton, which is run by the Society of St James (SSJ) in partnership with Southampton FC’s charity arm, The Saints Foundation. Saints4Sport started in 2010 with a few staff members and service users all wanting to get involved with sports to try and [...]
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Forty years of SSJ
Last week, I was chatting to one of our residents. He proudly told me that he had not been in prison for two months. This might not sound like much – but what he did not say, and a staff member told me later, was that this was a five year record for him. He [...]
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