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 [...]
Knee Deep in Sh*t – Heroin Addiction
For many of us, there is a pre-conceived idea of how someone becomes homeless. Bill shares his journey through life – employed and in love, to addicted and homeless – and back to stability below: My name is Bill, and I am 35 years old. I have four brothers and two sisters. I am currently [...]
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. [...]
13 Mile (fancy dress) Sponsored Walk Anyone?
Edited to add; The Half Bat-Marathon sponsored walk was a huge success raising over £30 in TEXT donations, almost £800 in online donations and a further £140 in the collection containers along the way. The walk was relatively straightforward as it’s a flat route. However, the weight of the Batmobile was not insignificant and the [...]
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 [...]
Fundraising for a Charity Challenge
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 [...]
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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