Press Office
St Mungo's press office is happy to help arrange interviews with spokespeople, provide images and offer comments on homelessness issues, where possible.
Contact Judith Higgin, media manager, on 020 8762 5645, email: judith.higgin@mungos.org, or email pressoffice@mungos.org and call 020 8762 5570.
For urgent, out of hours calls, please contact 07713 266 617
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In the news
- Charles Fraser, Chief Executive of St Mungo's, profiled in Society Guardian
- Our Endell Street hostel and Pathways services on BBC News Online
- Our Spring Gardens hostel in The Guardian
- Our Pound Lane hostel in the Financial Times
Most recent press releases:
- 23 Aug '10Help vulnerable homeless people with health and poverty problems, St Mungo’s urges MPs St Mungo’s will be highlighting the problems faced by homeless and vulnerable people around health, housing, work and poverty at this year’s Labour and Conservative party conferences.
- 13 Aug '10St Mungo’s shortlisted for five awards this autumn St Mungo’s has been shortlisted for five awards this autumn in different areas of expertise from mental health to recruitment to charity partnership support.
- 03 Aug '10Catering training course for homeless people serves up another big plate of success Homelessness charity St Mungo’s is once again celebrating the success of four clients who have all completed a ten week catering training programme run by Caterplus Services. The final ‘Can Cook Will Cook’ challenge was to cook a top notch Greek feast for 25 family and friends before a certificate presentation ceremony last night (Wednesday 28 July) in Stockwell, South London. The four trainee chefs now have the opportunity to be selected for an advanced training programme leading to a paid apprenticeship with Caterplus Services.
- 22 Jul '10Hats on for homeless people - Woolly Hat Day on Friday 22 October St Mungo's is to hold its first Woolly Hat Day on Friday 22 October, a day designed to raise funds and awareness about homelessness in modern day Britain.
- 16 Jul '10Brent Dual Diagnosis project earns St Mungo's an award nomination St Mungo's innovative Brent Dual Diagnosis project which helps people with a combination of severe and enduring mental health and substance use problems has been shortlisted for a prestigious award.
- 15 Jul '10New flagship centre in Brent to bring benefits to homeless people and the community A landmark new centre in Brent will bring together services for homeless people and the community - with a tree at the heart of the building, highlighting its focus on growth and recovery.
- 15 Jul '10New good practice guide recognises St Mungo's work St Mungo's welcomed the publication today of a new good practice guide that seeks to more effectively help rough sleepers with poor mental health. The guide uses St Mungo's Lifeworks project as a case study and cites last year's research report 'Down and Out?'
- 09 Jul '10Residents’ pets at St Mungo’s hostel the stars of the show Residents of homelessness charity St Mungo’s and their pets were filmed recently for a programme featuring the work of the Mayhew Animal Home.
- 25 Jun '10Coffee hits the spot for Action Week London’s coffee drinkers are helping raise money for St Mungo’s when they buy their lattes, espressos, flat whites, or any other coffee drink, from Abokado today.
- 22 Jun '10Withdrawing housing benefit from those claiming JSA for over a year could hit the most vulnerable, warns St Mungo’s Homelessness charity St Mungo’s warned today that housing benefit changes in the “tough but fair” emergency budget announced today could hit the most vulnerable as they seek to get back into work.
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