Events
Our Christmas Advent Calendar Is Here!
Christmas is coming! Our virtual advent calendar is launching on our social media channels today, featuring original poetry written by people with lived experience and performed by service users, volunteers and members of the SSJ team.
Read MoreFood Waste Action Week 2023
Food Waste Action Week 2023 We’re proud to announce that on March 6th we’ll be supporting Love Food Hate Waste’s Food Waste Action Week campaign. This year’s rallying cry – Win. Don’t Bin – is a week of action which brings the nation together to save time and money by making the food we already…
Read MoreLooking Back: 2007
Looking Back: 2007 – our 35th Year As we approach the middle year of our 50th anniversary, I am looking back at the year 2007 – and our 35th Anniversary memorial Booklet, which was produced to celebrate 35 years of supporting people affected by homelessness. Over the next few weeks, I plan on reproducing some…
Read MoreWhat does Christmas mean to people affected by homelessness?
What is Christmas to those without a home? What does Christmas mean to people who are affected by homelessness? Do they notice the bright lights, do they watch people walk by – Christmas shopping in the cold evenings? Do they wonder what might happen if they had the chance to enjoy a traditional Christmas, as…
Read More50 Years and 50 stories for our Golden Jubilee
50 years – Our Golden Jubilee Back in the summer of 1972 we saw the launch of the first digital watch, Atari set the video-game world in motion with Pong and the VW Beetle became the most popular car ever sold, with more than 15m sales since launch. That summer also saw the very first…
Read MoreLive Music Event in Aid of SSJ
Livestream Event in aid of SSJ On Saturday June 13th, SEMSU (Society of Electronic Music – Southampton University) – a society focused towards the student and young adults population in Southampton, will be hosting a livestream of exciting music in aid of SSJ
Read MoreOur International Women’s Day
A successful IWD for our female service users This weekend saw the first of our events taking place in Portsmouth and Hampshire to give our female service users the chance to enjoy what most women see as a normal event. The events have been made possible thanks to the support from Homeless Link, Southern Co-op…
Read MoreIWD2020 – SSJ plans in full
We have finally confirmed all activities taking place for International Women’s Day. Our decision to hold events across the whole of the week, starting on Sunday 8th, was made so that we can give as many of our service users the chance to enjoy what is a normal life for people like us. We wanted…
Read MoreInternational Women’s Day at SSJ
Events for IWD with SSJ Thanks to support from our partners Southern Co-op, and with funding from Ending Women’s Homelessness, SSJ are putting on a number of events for IWD, starting on March 8th and lasting the whole week.
Read MoreSolent Concert Orchestra raising money for SSJ
We’re delighted that the Solent Concert Orchestra is supporting SSJ with it’s concert at All Saint’s Church, Freemantle, on 1st March.
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