Fundraising
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 MoreLenny’s Heartwarming Journey: Climbing for a Cause
Inspired by the IOM Snowdon trip, committed and brave fundraiser, Lenny Court, aged 9, also decided to climb Mount Snowdon in July to raise funds to support people who have been rough sleeping. Lenny has been supporting our work since he was 5 collecting donations to help the homeless starting with 100 coats in 2019,…
Read MoreThe Cost of Living Crisis
I’m writing this at a time where the most vulnerable in society are being impacted by a national emergency, the cost of living crisis. Recently the Office for National Statistics announced another record breaking increase to the rate of inflation. This is obviously going to have an impact on many people across the country in…
Read MoreHeatwave: Can you help?
Our projects are in urgent need of the following items; Items needed: Sun cream, re-useable water bottles, hats and sun glasses. Temperatures are expected to reach as high as 40° this week – and we want to make sure our projects have all the provisions they need and for service users to have easy access…
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 MoreJason “SSJ made my Christmas”
This blog was written in 2020, but has been republished to celebrate 50 years of SSJ and to represent what the future looks like for our service users. Jason was homeless at Christmas Jason said; “Last Christmas (2020) I was living in my friends van, drinking to excess to keep myself warm. I was working occasional…
Read MoreWelcome to our Christmas Appeal 2021
Today we launch our Christmas Appeal to provide a gift or a hot meal to somebody affected by homelessness We are fast approaching Christmas and people are already busily following street lights under the haze of the cold evenings, watching the displays in windows as they search for a gift to share with their loved…
Read MoreSupporting us this winter
Summer seems to have come and gone without much celebration – and for us that means we are focusing on one of the most important parts of the year. Autumn, Winter and Christmas is an important time for us at SSJ – as we start thinking about the colder nights, rain, snow and other elements…
Read MoreFundraising: Winter is Coming
Fundraising in the winter? We dare you! Summer seemed to go fast, didn’t it? We’ve had an interesting time in fundraising – most of the excitement came from our online art festival, but we have also had some fantastic donations come in which we have really appreciated. As we approach winter we are looking at…
Read MoreHIWCF awards SSJ money to support Re-Fit
Grant for Mountain Bikes will Benefit Service Users Hampshire & IoW Community Fund has awarded £2,100 to the Society of St James and Re-Fit which will help pay for much-needed mountain bikes. Re-Fit offers vulnerable people who have been affected by complex issues the chance to enjoy sporting activities such as long distance mountain biking…
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