St Mungo’s responds to new Government statistics on homelessness showing more record highs.
New statistics lead to a call for strategic revision of the broken housing system as only way to achieve the goal of ending rough sleeping. Today, the Government has released both its annual snapshot of rough sleeping figures and statutory quarterly homelessness statistics (July – September 2023) The snapshot shows that on a single night […]
St Mungo’s Responds to Rishi Sunak becoming the leader of the Conservative Party
Reacting to Rishi Sunak becoming the new leader of the Conservative Party, Rebecca Sycamore Interim Chief Executive of leading homelessness charity St Mungo’s, said: “During his previous campaign to become Prime Minister Mr Sunak stated he is ‘committed to ending rough sleeping once and for all by 2024… and to establishing a truly cross-government approach […]
St Mungo’s and other leading housing and homelessness organisations come together for Homes for Cathy National Conference
Leading homelessness charity St Mungo’s joined other influential figures from the homelessness and housing sectors at the Homes for Cathy’s national conference. St Mungo’s interim Chief Executive Rebecca Sycamore was asked to take part in one of the main panel discussions at the conference. She was joined by South Yorkshire Housing Association and BCHA. The panel discussed […]
How can we combat the cost of living crisis?
We’ve all been feeling the pinch lately as the cost of living increases. Energy bills have risen by as much as 54%, whilst inflation is at a record breaking 30 year high, and still going up. We know this is going to have a huge impact on all of us, especially our clients. Many of […]
The passion of a freelance gardener: Oriana’s story
Joining St Mungo’s Putting Down Roots project helped Oriana to discover a new passion for gardening. Now, she’s forging a rewarding career as a freelance gardener. She explains why she’s so excited about the RHS Chelsea Flower Show. “The RHS Chelsea Flower Show is great opportunity for everyone at Putting Down Roots. I’ve never been […]
St Mungo’s Roma Team: Elena’s Story
Here, Nicoleta from our Roma Rough Sleeping team tells the story of one of our clients, Elena and how we supported her. Elena is one of our clients; we’ve worked with her since November 2019. I met her for the first time on a shift I was doing with my dear colleague, Adrian from SOS […]
Supporting people through a lonely time of year
During the winter there’s less opportunity for people to go out and so the people we support can isolate themselves which can have a negative impact on their mental health. Here, Ben, a Housing First Caseworker in Westminster shares how our teams are focusing on arranging activities for the people we support to ensure they […]
We must not let the health needs of women experiencing homelessness be forgotten
We recently submitted our joint recommendations to the Government’s public consultation on England’s first Women’s Health Strategy alongside Crisis, Groundswell and Homeless Link. In this blog Emma Cookson, our Senior Policy and Public Affairs Officer, explains why health for women experiencing homelessness is such an important issue. The average age of death for women sleeping […]
St Mungo’s welcomes long term funding commitment to provide homes for people sleeping rough
The news that the next phase of funding for the Government’s scheme to provide homes for people who had been sleeping rough will cover the next three years, has been described as ‘welcome’ by leading homelessness charity St Mungo’s. Today (18 March) the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government has launched the application process […]
Next Steps Accommodation Programme: Working together to deliver move on accommodation in Bristol
With over 50 years’ experience providing a wide range of frontline homelessness and housing services across London and the south of England, St Mungo’s works with individuals throughout all stages of homelessness. For people with a history of sleeping rough, the move from supported accommodation to independent housing can often be a challenging step. Without […]