Jamie’s Computers is a Social Enterprise run by SSJ. They receive donated computers and laptops and refurbish them to sell from their unit in Southampton. What can’t be refurbished is reused and what can’t be reused is recycled. Jamie’s provides volunteering and training opportunities for socially excluded adults and can be a way back into [...]
A Whistlestop Visit: SSJ Mental Health Services
As I am a new addition to the SSJ Fundraising Team I thought it would be a good idea to get me “out there” and see some of our projects first-hand. I have worked for SSJ for the past 7 years but the last 6 of them have been spent in one project- the Drugs [...]
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, [...]
Waitrose Portswood – Community Matters
Back at the beginning of this month, the Society of St James were invited to go and collect food donations at Waitrose Portswood. This followed a month of being one of their three Community Matters charities and we were so grateful for the second opportunity to make ourselves known to, and meet with, the general public [...]
I Hate Homeless People! Charity advertising goes too far …
I Hate Homeless People! When charity advertising goes too far … There, that got your attention didn’t it? How can a corporate and community fundraiser for a homelessness charity possibly made an outlandish statement like that? Well, here’s the thing; I do hate homeless people. Or, to restructure that sentence – I hate people being homeless. [...]
Saints4Sport – Martin’s Story
The following case study was written as part of the 2011-12 Saints4Sport report by Ant Newman and Dean Latona who co-ordinate and run the project. Martin “Sick and tired of being sick and tired.” Martin had been using what he calls “hard drugs” since the age of 14. He admits to having experimented with most [...]
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 [...]
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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