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. [...]
The Great South Run: Lizi’s story
Around about this time last year, a curious thing began to happen here at SSJ: the running bug began to spread. There have always been a few intrepid runners amongst our staff team, but early in 2012 it seemed like every week yet another person was lacing up their trainers and hitting the streets of [...]
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, [...]
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 [...]
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, [...]
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 [...]
Festive FUNdraising
While I was sending some fast, festive FUNdraising ideas to the wonderful people who are participating in the Himalayas Trek and Delhi Project, it occurred to me that it was a little mean not to share the ideas further. I mean, there may be hundreds of you out there wondering how you can raise money [...]
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