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HSBC Staff Choose Hat, Scarf and a Laugh for SSJ
Hat, Scarf and a Laugh We are grateful to all the staff from HSBC in Hampshire who chose to support SSJ for World Homeless Week. I will leave you with words from Sue Young, a Retail Branch Manager for HSBC. “To support World homeless week we at HSBC decided to have a ‘hat scarf and…
Read MoreNew Mountain Bikes thanks to Grant Award
Grant for Mountain Bikes will Benefit Service Users My Journey Community Grants and Southampton Council have awarded £4,000 to the Society of St James and Saints4Sport which will help pay for much-needed mountain bikes. Saints4Sport offers vulnerable people who have been affected by complex issues the chance to enjoy sporting activities such as mountain biking…
Read MoreSSJ supported by transatlantic law firm
Law Firm Support Makes a Difference Here at SSJ we are extremely lucky to be supported by so many socially minded local businesses and included in this are the wonderful team at the Southampton offices of transatlantic law firm, Womble Bond Dickinson. Last year the team raised a significant amount of money, matched by funding…
Read MoreGrant means SSJ can continue to help key workers
The Society of St James has received funding to provide bikes for key-workers, as well as training for vulnerable adults in bike maintenance. The grant from My Journey Community Grants and Southampton Council means the team at Re-Cycle Bikes can continue refurbishing and delivering bikes to key-workers during the COVID-19 crisis. Throughout lockdown, service users…
Read MoreNew Van helps combat COVID-19 Impact
With thanks to funding from The National Lottery Community Fund, SSJ has been able to buy a new transit van that will help combat the impact on service users who have been forced to isolate. The previous van was prone to breaking down which would sometimes mean that essential provisions such as medication were delayed.…
Read MoreStories from Lockdown
In our recent newsletter, we wrote about the impact of COVID-19 on our service users. We think these stories are too important not to share have turned them into a blog to help you our 4-months of lockdown. Read part one of this blog by visiting this link.
Read MoreLockdown – How Life Changed for SSJ
Covid-19, A true community partnership On 23rd March 2020, life changed immeasurably in the UK as it had been doing and would continue to do so across the rest of the world. For those living on the street or without a secure place to live, this was a frightening and confusing time. The people of…
Read MoreCan you help with a ‘Raised Plant Bed’ project?
SSJ Hostel looking for garden bed donations: Now more than ever, we are realising the benefit of being outdoors. Many of us have spent the past few weeks and months tending to our gardens and becoming reacquainted with nature. The same has been happening at one of our homelessness hostels in Aldershot, where service users have spent…
Read MoreFirst Place for Southern Co-op Partnership
Our Partnership with The Southern Co-op has been recognised with a national award at the Third Sector Business Charity Awards. Announced on Wednesday, May 27th, the award saw SSJ and the Southern Co-op succeed in the short-term partnership award for the Love Your Neighbourhood programme. We are extremely proud to be judged to be the…
Read MoreNew funding for bike project helps key workers
New funding from the Bike Bike Revival (Cycling UK) and Southampton City Council helps Re-Cycle Bikes get key workers moving during the Covid-19 outbreak.
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