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Southampton Art Competition

The City Schools Art Competition that was held in Southampton was a huge success with the winners having their designs included as part of the Homeless Commemoration Service at Saint Mary’s Church on Wednesday November 1. There were many great entries making it a tough competition. Congratulations to our three winners, Amelia Szady from Oasis […]

Southampton Street Support Conference

People from across Southampton came together for the 9th Street Support Conference. Around 60 people met at Church of the Ascension to look at initiatives to reduce the number of those sleeping rough or begging. Opening the conference, Deputy Council Leader Cllr Fielker applauded the work of the partnership over the past five years in […]

St Anne’s Awards – Leeds

Thank you to everyone who supported and attended our Proud Awards at Elland Road on the 21 June. It was a fantastic day celebrating everything St Anne’s. Huge congratulations to our Proud Award Winners: Lyndsay Swales – Leader of the Year Paul Jessen – Nurse of the Year Kevin Brady – Community Volunteer of the […]

Women’s Homelessness Involvement Group (WHIG) Monthly Memo January 2023

Welcome to WHIG’s new Monthly Memo.  Each month our members bring to our meetings details of upcoming events, new services and groups, new challenges and more. We want to share this knowledge more widely, so watch this space for our Action Group’s updates on things we think may be useful to women experiencing or at […]

Christmas and New year opening times contact details for indoor homeless provisions and help in Manchester

Christmas and New year opening times contact details for indoor homeless provisions and help in Manchester. 1, AKT (Albert Kennedy trust), 50 Oak Street, Northern Quarter, Manchester, M4 5JA, 0161 228 3308 9am – 5pm Mon-Fri. Supports lgbtq+ young people aged 16-25  Closed Weekends & Bank holidays  2, Beacon (Barnabus) 45 Bloom St, M1 3LY […]

Volunteers needed – Christmas Cafe

If you would like to help at Christmas there are opportunities to join the team at The Community Café based in Central Hall Southampton this Christmas on either Christmas day or Boxing day. As well as opening over Christmas the café runs every week providing hot meals to anyone in need, serving 70-100 guests each […]

FoodCycle Chelmsford

FoodCycle is a UK-wide initiative whose vision is to make food poverty, loneliness and food waste a thing of the past for every community.  In their own words, ‘with community dining, week in, week out we feed the hungry and give company to the lonely in our communities; providing delicious meals and great conversation, and […]

The CHESS BIG Sleep Out is back but different!

CHESS (Churches Homeless Emergency Support Scheme) are a Chelmsford based homelessness charity. Their work is centred around ensuring that people who find themselves homeless are supported in ways that enable them to move forward purposefully and in good health. This year, on the 28th of October, they’re hosting a Big Sleepout!    The event will be […]