Volunteers Still Needed Unbelievably we are now on the run up to the 2016 90th BBC Radio 4 Christmas Appeal with St Martin-in-the-Fields.  Vo you have a few hours to help us? Where we need your help. Launch Day Sunday 4th December 2016 Phone volunteers for the appeal launch day working answering calls from volunteers.…

The Portraits in Character exhibition is a creative collaboration between the Kenneth Branagh Theatre Company, Fiery Angel and Alexander Newley, to support the work of St Martin-in-the-Fields. In March 2017, these portraits will be auctioned to raise funds for St Martin’s. Contemporary portrait artist, Alexander Newley, collaborated with Sir Kenneth Branagh to create this unique…

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Ruth and David from the Archers turn fundraisers in their visit to The Connection at St Martin’s.

Andy Silver from PopUk heard this year’s Appeal and sent us this song.   Primary schools across the country have been singing a PopUK song that fits perfectly with the title of this year’s Christmas Appeal – “You were there” –  the song is called “You’re the one who sees me there” PopUK is a…

You’ve been incredibly generous. Since I made the Radio 4 Christmas Appeal on 7 December already you’ve sent in well over a million pounds. Just this week a listener gave us her winter fuel allowance and said ‘I think your friends need this more than I do.’  Your money can help homeless people discover they’re…

The Christmas Appeal is so successful (and so much fun) in large part because of its friendly and helpful volunteers. Last weekend the call centre, hosted by our friends PwC, was buzzing with quite a few recognizable voices including Paul Lewis of Money Box Live, Tom Sutcliffe from the Saturday Review and cast members of…

Rev Dr Sam Wells What’s the most fulfilling thing anyone’s ever told you? How about when someone takes your shoulders, looks you straight in the eye, and, with their hands shaking and speech faltering, says, ‘You were there for me.’ What’s the most harrowing thing a child can say to a parent? ‘I thought you’d…

When I’m writing the script for the Appeal, I have two things in mind to say to the listeners. 1) Homelessness is a complex issue, and people in the midst of it have a host of things going on in their lives, and it’s seldom something a simple intervention or insertion of money can just…