Author: Caleb
Maximising your impact: The latest work from the homelessness charities we’re funding
Homelessness remains a broad and complex issue, affecting thousands of people across the UK. The cost-of-living crisis is making this worse, with homelessness rates continuing to rise in 2024. Tackling this challenge effectively requires a unified approach, with different charities and organisations working together to create meaningful change. At St Martin-in-the-Fields Charity, we fund and…
Breaking the Cycle: Generational Homelessness
Problems like poverty are often generational, meaning they get passed down from parent to child. This is because homelessness tends to occur as a result of the resources or protective factors people start with in life. These factors make all the difference when hard times come along. They are important enough to decide whether someone…
Behind the Scenes of the BBC Radio 4 Appeal
Each year, BBC Radio 4 works with the team at St Martin-in-the-Fields Charity to deliver its Christmas Appeal to raise money to support more people to find a safe place to call home. A range of supporters and ambassadors help develop and launch the Appeal. The Appeal is authored and read by Reverend Dr Sam…
The Long-Term Benefits of Homeless Prevention Grants
Homeless prevention grants are among the most effective ways to help people keep their home or secure alternative housing, and therefore avoid the crisis of homelessness. While these grants are single, one-off payments, their impact often extends far beyond the initial intervention. By addressing urgent financial challenges, they can provide individuals or families with the…
2024 Appeal Reception
The reception brought together over 60 of our supporters and stakeholders from across the homelessness sector. St Martins Charity‘s Chief Executive Duncan Shrubsole led a discussion with representatives from Platfform and MAC-UK, who have received funding from St Martins Charity’s Mental Health Fund. They talked about what they have achieved so far, the challenges they…
BBC Radio 4’s Making a Difference with Hugh Dennis
In this year’s Making A Difference, Hugh meets Carla, who’s been supported by The Connection Day Centre in central London and is now off the streets and living in a hostel. In Edinburgh, Elvira, who has been supported by a new in-house psychologist at her hostel, supported by your donations. And John in Coventry has…
2024 Christmas Appeal Hub
We were joined by supporters on Sunday 1st December at our Appeal Hub, where our donors who called in were able to talk to some of their favourite BBC Radio 4 voices, including Hugh Dennis, Alexei Sayle and a lot of the Archers cast! You can listen to the appeal here. At a time when homelessness…
How Economic Instability is Fuelling the Causes of Homelessness
At St Martin-in-the-Fields Charity, we believe everyone deserves a safe place to call home. Yet, economic challenges continue to push many people into difficult, unstable housing situations. And too many are left without the support they need to regain security and stability. In this article, we explore some of the key economic causes of homelessness,…
Upgraded Training Programme
The Training Programme, managed by the Frontline Network is designed to respond directly to what we are hearing from frontline workers and aims to make training and professional development opportunities available to frontline staff when their employer does not have funds to provide this.