Helping women move on
Monday 18 June saw the start of our Action Week on women and homelessness and the first session of a new, women-only Move On Training programme, organised by St Mungo’s in a project in South London....
View ArticleHow much reading and writing have you done today?
Simon Philips is a literacy tutor with Pathways to Employment, a hostel based service which provides training and activities to St Mungo’s clients. Here Simon writes about a new drop in service in...
View ArticleA day in the life of a Bristol Outreach worker
John Summerill, an Outreach case worker, explains more about his role at St Mungo’s Compass Centre and how the team help get rough sleepers off the streets of Bristol and into supported accommodation....
View ArticleOpening doors for Open House
Our Spring Gardens hostel in Lewisham opened its doors as part of London’s Open House weekend. Staff member Sharon Richards writes about how the day went. Spring Gardens is a modern hostel in Hither...
View ArticleMaking the difference
In November we published a joint report about homeless people’s experiences of the Work Programme and recommendations on helping long term unemployed people back into work. One person who read the...
View ArticleA family story at Christmas
Christmas can be a time of mixed emotions for our clients. Some may be in touch with their families, others may not. Here’s one story a project manager shared with us this month about connecting a...
View ArticleSupporting women’s recovery
The second annual St Mungo’s Supporting Women’s Recovery Conference took place last month at Toynbee Hall, London. St Mungo’s client Janice, who assisted at the event, wrote a report highlighting two...
View ArticleCaribbean through a lens: a woman’s view
In the run up to International Women’s Day on 8 March, and as part of our ongoing work around diversity, St Mungo’s is proud to be hosting an exhibition this week, organised with the National Archives....
View ArticleHow to survive a 60 mile bike ride on a hot summer’s day!
On Sunday 7 July, in 25 degree heat, our supporter Caroline Harris cycled 60 miles from London to Oxford. Here she explains why she took on our cycling challenge and her top five tips for surviving it....
View ArticleWhat do our clients want from the next Government?
Beatrice Orchard and Dan Dumoulin from our Policy and Public Affairs team consider homelessness in the election debate so far. There have been a couple of notable moments during the election campaign...
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