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London Winter Shelters list 2018/19
A range of Winter Shelters (or cold weather shelters) operate in London each winter. Some open just for a week over Christmas, others are open for several months. They vary in size from about 10 to 30-40 spaces, although Crisis at Christmas accommodates several hundred people.
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Annual service of commemoration at St Martin-in-the-Fields, Thursday 8 November 11 a.m.
The names of homeless and formerly homeless people, who have died over the last year in London, will be remembered at the annual service of commemoration at St Martin-in-the-Fields on: Thursday, 8 November at 11am. All are welcome to attend. Please download the poster to circulate to colleagues or print out for your notice boards.
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Manchester: #NoMoreDeathsOnOurStreets Rally 27 Oct @ 1pm
4 homeless Deaths in 2 weeks, this should be headline news. Enough is Enough….. #NoMoreDeathsOnOurStreets. Join us on Saturday 27 October at 1:00pm Piccadilly Gardens, Manchester, M1 https://www.facebook.com/events/348566599223547/
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A big thank you, to you all who made #StreetsFest a success.
Hi all, On behalf of ourselves, Sarah (Islington Council) and Sophie (Haringey Council), and the team from Streets Kitchen, we want to say a massive thank you to all of the volunteers and agencies who came out to support Streets Fest! What an absolutely fantastic day was had by all! We had over 40 agencies attending, provided…
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Streets Fest – Health & Wellbeing event on Monday 10 September
Streets Kitchen, Haringey Council and Islington Council are working in collaboration to host ‘Streets Fest’ in Finsbury Park on Monday 10th September 2018 from 2-8pm – bringing together all essential services for the homeless…
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Want to start your own Streets Kitchen?
Do you think your local area is lacking help for homeless people, or have you volunteered at one of our outreaches and been inspired to start your own in another location? Get some top tips for starting your own Streets Kitchen…
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Help tell the real story of homeless people’s deaths
Maeve McClenaghan is an investigative journalist working on a year-long project trying to log when and how people are dying homeless in the UK. The project, for the Bureau of Investigative Journalism, aims to both memorialise those that have died and provide irrefutable evidence on the scale of the issue.
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Response to recent Guardian article claiming homeless people cause NHS missed targets
In a recent article published in the Guardian, the head of the British Dental Association referred to people experiencing homelessness as “no hopers” in the context of current dental commissioning. We – a coalition of members of the dental profession,
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Streets Kitchen launches budget online shop
An online shop was launched yesterday and already more than half of the contents have sold out! Shorts, bras and tents are still available and other stock will be replenished very soon.
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Safestore UK donate free storage
Streets Kitchen has recently been given free storage for a year in Camden and Clapham by Safestore UK, which is making a huge difference to our work with the homeless. Big Thanks to Safestore!
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