Innovation and Awards

Innovation

We pride ourselves on constantly reviewing and adapting our services to meet our clients' aspirations, drawing on their experiences to make improvements and refinements.

Sometimes this means doing the unexpected or trying something completely new. We have a history of taking on challenges, and our hunger for innovation has not diminished. These are just some of our recent innovations: -

• LifeWorks programme - tackling social exclusion through the provision of psychotherapy. Read our latest briefing
• St Mungo's Palliative Care Service- our joint palliative care service ,established in partnership with Marie Curie Cancer Care, for homeless people approaching the end of their lives. Read the new palliative care research report, published May 2011.
• ReVive - a social enterprise company that bids for contracts to refurbish our projects, and offers people who complete our programmes the to work on real jobs in a work based environment.

Awards

2013

• NHS Team Up award - A project developed with St Mungo's to improve the oral health of homeless people won 'Best Overall Project' at the Olympic legacy inspired NHS Team Up awards.
• Gardening Against the Odds - our gardening training project Putting Down Roots was runner-up at the national awards ceremony, which recognised St Mungo's for its work transforming gardens in Southwark.
• City of London Growing Localities - St Mungo's was also named a winner in the City of London's Gardening and Growing Food category, which commended Putting Down Roots' work helping to boost employment prospects among homeless people in the horticultural sector.

2012

• Our Supporting Together team - the service partnership between St Mungo's, Willow Housing and Elders Voice, who together support older people in Brent - was one of six finalists in the Southern Area 2012 TPAS Awards.
• Our Palliative Care Service has been shortlisted for the prestigious Andy Ludlow Homelessness Awards.
• Our gardening programme. Putting Down Roots, was awarded £60,000-worth of funding as part of mental health charity Mind's Ecominds initiative.

2011 Winners

• The Lodge -  Housing Excellence Partnering Scheme of the Year award. Read more
• St Mungo's HR team announced Onrec 2011 Award finalists for their AMRIS Recruitment service
• Putting Down Roots gardening project  - London in Bloom award. Read more

2011 Shortlisted

• Peer Advice Link service - Housing Heroes Awards. Read more
• Single Homeless Enterprise Project - Education and Training, Charity Awards. Read more
• Putting Down Roots - Grassroots, Observer Ethical Awards
• The Lodge and our Employment Team business hub - London Councils' Andy Ludlow Homelessness Awards
• The Lodge - Outstanding Achievement in Housing in England award and the Meeting the Needs of Older People award, UK Housing Awards 2011. Read more

2010

•  Shortlisted for five awards. Read more

Ongoing recognition