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Fundraising in 2022 – Our Golden Year
Our 50th anniversary year is nearly over and we are now facing a challenging few years ahead, helping our local communities in Hampshire to navigate the cost of living crisis. Our homelessness and substance misuse services are even more in demand of late and our Jamie’s Pantry volunteers are working hard to make sure no-one…
Read MoreCase Study: Jodie’s Story
Jodie has been talking with Anni Bury, SSJ Recovery Worker, about alcohol dependency, pregnancy and rebuilding her family as part of our ’50 stories’ series. “I drank heavily when my mum passed away. She had a bleed on her brain and she passed away in 2016 so I drank heavily. My boys father then took…
Read MoreCongratulations to the winners of the Great Cre8 2021
Back in March we launched our Great Cre8 competition which was all about supporting our service users find a passion. Being creative plays a big part in the journey our service users take – from music sessions to art therapy, helping them focus on something they feel passionate about. Just recently we welcomed SOCO into…
Read MoreContactless donating comes to Southampton
As we approach our 50th anniversary, it has become clear to us that the avenues people use for fundraising have changed. A great example of this is the recently launched contactless giving points which have been installed across Southampton as an easy way to donate to chosen charities – one of those being The Society…
Read MoreChristmas Appeal a Success Thanks to Local Support
In November 2020, we launched our Christmas Meal Appeal to provide a hot meal to people affected by homelessness. When approaching winter, we started thinking about what service users think about the festive season and asked them to talk about what they felt when it comes to Christmas – and built our appeal on their…
Read MoreDraper Tools support SSJ New Maintenance Unit
Draper Tools Support New Maintenance Facility With Donation We would like to say a huge thank you to local family business Draper Tools for the amazing donation of robust metal shelving for our exciting new maintenance unit in Southampton. This new facility will help us to better service our expanding number of properties that we…
Read More2020 in review
2020 – The Strangest Year It’s been something of a strange year for all of us across the world. As a charity, we have faced many new challenges and had to adapt to what some are calling the ‘new normal’. Since our update in March we have been faced with the issues caused by COVID-19,…
Read MoreSocial distancing – from service users to supporters
Louise Bolton, manager of the Family Support Project, has written a blog to help people cope with social distancing. Louise has been putting content together for our service users to help them cope, and we thought it might help our supporters too.
Read MoreWhat do you know about the Café in The Park?
What do you know about the Café in The Park? You might know that it is based in Victoria Park, Portsmouth. You might also know that it is one of our social enterprises and that it has become a popular go-to place for people in Portsmouth to enjoy a spot of lunch. Something else which…
Read MoreSSJ Christmas Campaign Music Video….Enjoy!
The Society of St James’ Christmas Campaign has been given a boost thanks to local band BEMIS, Mayfield Records and Tony Palmer Photo as they release a video in support of our campaign.
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