Why is healthcare for homeless people still such a challenge?
Charles Fraser, St Mungo’s Chief Executive, is attending a public health event in London today. Here he writes about the link between ill health and homelessness and his view of the way forward. The...
View ArticleSupporting people during Ramadan
Wednesday 10 July marked the beginning of the holy month of Ramadan in the UK. Ahmed Patel, a mental health advocate at St Mungo’s, talks about how we support clients, staff and volunteers during...
View ArticleThe end of local welfare provision?
Local welfare provision schemes, run by local councils and funded by central Government, are frequently used by our residents to buy some essentials as they move on in their lives. Dan Dumoulin, senior...
View ArticleSchool’s out for summer!
The summer term is coming to an end – for schools, universities and for our own Recovery Colleges in London and Bristol. As part of our Reading Matters campaign, we talked about learning experiences...
View ArticleHow can we help people understand mental health?
David is a volunteer and member of Outside In, our client representative group. Here he talks about the importance of mental health and how he believes everyone needs more education about the issue....
View ArticleCarpe Diem (seize the day)
The Recovery College is an innovative project offering free courses to people who have experienced homelessness. Courses are designed and taught with, and by, our clients and everyone is welcome. Our...
View Article“We enjoyed sharing our experience and knowledge”
Our west London hostel holds a weekly history club, giving clients and volunteers an opportunity to learn about and debate a range of influential events from the past. Chloe Knight, Assistant Project...
View ArticleWhy is LGBT history month important to our clients and staff?
LGBT History Month was established to raise awareness about lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender history and combat prejudice against such groups. Our client Jayne, co-facilitator of our client LGBT...
View ArticleAdult Learners’ Week
Adult Learners’ Week is the UK’s largest annual festival of learning, inspiring thousands of people each year to discover how learning can change their lives. According to our Reading Counts report,...
View ArticleMen’s Health – A Recovery Approach
Shaaban is a Substance Use Worker at our west London hostel. To mark Men’s Health Week, he shares his own story and how it has influenced his approach to recovery. Anyone attending the Healthy...
View ArticleTackling homelessness across continents
This week Kate Thomson, our Apprenticeship Coordinator and Iver Morgan, our Head of Volunteering, are travelling to Canada on a funded study trip to gain an insight into how organisations there are...
View ArticleA new approach to recovery
David is a member of our client involvement group Outside In and has been using our psychotherapy service since May 2014. He discusses how the ‘Recovery approach’ has helped him turnaround and regain...
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