In this year’s Making a Difference presented by Hugh Dennis, we heard the stories of three people supported by the work of St Martin-in-the-Fields Charity. One of those people was Elvira, who was supported by Rowan Alba’s ‘Psychology in Hostels’ project. This project, in partnership with NHS Lothian, sees a clinical psychologist embedded into two…

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…

Hugh narrates our Making a Difference broadcast on BBC Radio 4, and this year came with us to interview Carla, who features in the programme. Carla is being supported by The Connection at St Martin’s, who we provide funding to each year, and living in a women’s hostel after two decades of on-and-off homelessness and…

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…

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…

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.

For people in vulnerable situations, missing a minor payment like a month’s rent or a small debt can have disastrous consequences. This could lead to housing loss or prevent someone from accessing stable accommodation. This puts people at immediate risk of homelessness, even though the sums involved are often quite small. In this blog, we…

We sent a letter to Rachel Reeves, Chancellor of the Exchequer, in collaboration with other charities across the homelessness sector, to highlight our concerns about the impact of the changes to National Insurance will have on the homelessness sector.