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 [...]
Cold weather hits the homeless in Southampton
Update – 03/02/2012 Terry, a resident at Southampton Street, spoke to South Today’s Roger Finn this evening about just how hard it is sleeping rough in these conditions. Well, it’s pretty horrendous. It’s bad enough when you’re sleeping rough anyway; even in the warmer weather its’s horrible because you can never really sleep, because you’re [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Skinny Steve: Wants you to take notice!
Skinny Steve: Wants you to take notice! This month Joe Miller, a Solent University final year student is undertaking some Guerrilla marketing to try and raise awareness for the homeless and The Society of St James – Southampton’s largest homeless charity. ‘Guerrilla advertising’ is a non-traditional, cheap method of generating awareness that works by grabbing, [...]
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