How we’re supporting local authorities to help more people off the streets
In March 2018 the government announced a targeted £30m fund to support local authorities with high numbers of people sleeping rough help more people off the streets. This funding is welcome, but scaling up and developing new services quickly and effectively can prove challenging. Petra Salva, Director of Outreach Services, and Julie Middleton, Head of […]
Recovery College helped me re-find my identity
Jaq (not her real name) tells us in her own words how St Mungo’s Recovery College helped to transform her life and find her passion for art. She also found the courage to leave a life of alcohol and drug dependency behind her. My way of hurting them back My addiction started in school. I […]
‘The greatest journey’
Former St Mungo’s client, Victoria, was recently presented with a Royal Horticultural Society Community Champion Award, which is presented to 15 individuals around Britain who have demonstrated exceptional commitment and dedication to the Britain in Bloom cause in their community. Now in full time employment as a St Mungo’s gardener trainer, she tells us about […]
Streets to Kitchen
Streets to Kitchen is a community project from Better Food working alongside Square Food Foundation and St Mungo’s. The project is a one year training course for eight people affected by homelessness. The course teaches cookery and food service skills to students who will gain a vocational qualification in food safety. The weekly sessions give […]
‘Beyond my wildest dreams’
Life is good. There have been times in my life when I hated life. There was lots of despair. Now I have everything I want in life. It’s not been given to me. I have worked for it. Today, I love life. I am on an 15 month apprenticeship programme with St Mungo’s Housing First […]
‘We’ve come so far’
St Mungo’s Haringey Recovery Service (HRS) recently held a five mile ‘Recovery Pride Walk’ with local partners to celebrate the recovery journeys of its service users from substance use. This year the walk was extended from two to five miles to include other services along the way such as mental health, and family and carers […]
‘The Sanctuary were able to reach me’
“I thought the pain I was suffering mentally couldn’t be alleviated and so the only way out was to take my life.” – as a new campaign ‘We Hear You’ is launched to get Bristol talking about mental health, Shaun shares his experience at The Bristol Sanctuary, a unique service run by St Mungo’s for […]
What kind of world would you like to pass on?
This week we’re asking our supporters, volunteers, staff and clients to think about what world they’d like to pass on, as part of Remember a Charity in your Will Week. We asked some of our clients, and they shared what world they want to pass on with us: ‘A world where there is no homelessness […]
“Its been the best year of my life”
At the 2017 Skills for Care Accolades St Mungo’s has won Best Employer Support for Apprenticeships. As National Apprenticeships Week draws to a close, Kevin reflects on how his year as an apprentice has changed his life. I see myself as a holistic therapeutic practitioner. I love art and yoga, I enjoy photography. I enjoy […]
Five ‘giant evils’ of 1940s still exist for today’s homeless
The welfare state was established to fight the five ‘giant evils’ Lord Beveridge identified in his 1942 report. 70 years on, is the welfare state just as spritely when it comes to vanquishing those giant evils? Denis, from St Mungo’s client representative group Outside In, doesn’t think so: “The five evils are still evils in […]
