Roger

Life is about learning

By Roger May 16, 2012 :: 10.02am
Adult Learners' Week 2012

Midway through Adult Learners’ Week, how are things going? Roger Hamilton, our IT trainer and Activity Development Worker, updates on what he and colleagues have been doing.

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Encouraging learning for clients and staff for Adult Learners' Week

Sharing skills for Adult Learners’ Week

This week is Adult Learners’ Week. St Mungo’s clients and staff will be involved in a packed programme of events to encourage learning. Here’s a taste of what’s planned for the week ahead. Read more

May 14th | Gemma Hollingshead | Events, Hostels, shelters & projects, News, Support
Rosie ran the Great West Run for St Mungo's

Rosie’s Great West Run

Last weekend, supporter Rosie donned her St Mungo’s vest and took on the Great West Run.  This was her first half marathon and she chose to run for St Mungo’s after talking to people sleeping rough in her home town of Exeter. Read more

May 11th | Russell Benson | Events, Real life stories, Support
Tour around the museum with Mike Dipre

Happy Museum

Hannah Guthrie works as a Community Learning Project Officer at the London Transport Museum.  It’s her job to help open up access to the museum and collections to members of the local community. Here she tells us a little about a new partnership between the museum and St Mungo’s. Read more

Apr 27th | Hannah Guthrie | Guest blogs, News, Support
Knitting for WHD

Get your knitting needles ready for Woolly Hat Day 2012

Woolly Hat Day 26 October 2012- Save the date 6 months from today will be St Mungo’s third annual ‘Woolly Hat Day’.  Once again we’ll be asking you to put your hats on for homeless people and help us raise awareness of the problems homeless men and women face. Read more

Apr 26th | Russell Benson | Events, News, Support
With St Mungo's support, Lucy is rebuilding her life

Will you give homeless women a chance to rebuild their lives?

Lucy lives at a St Mungo’s women’s project and is backing our Action Week 2012 campaign Rebuilding Shattered Lives, to raise awareness of the needs of vulnerable and homeless women. Read more

Apr 25th | Helen Putnam | Hostels, shelters & projects, Real life stories, Support
Putting Down Roots volunteers visit to the Eden Project

Gardens, pasties and fish

This week is National Gardening Week. In celebration of this, we hope you enjoy this diary blog written by St Mungo’s activities coordinator Nikhat Shah who last month went with 17 of our Putting Down Roots volunteers on an amazing five day trip to Cornwall’s Eden Project. Read more

Apr 19th | Gemma Hollingshead | Guest blogs, Hostels, shelters & projects
Be our hero - get involved in the Gold Challenge for St Mungo's

You don’t have to be an athlete to be our hero

Is something happening in London this summer? As the countdown begins to the Olympic Games with 100 days to go, we are looking forward to a spectacular summer full of challenges, activities and events that everyone can get involved in. We think it’s going to be a brilliant year, and to celebrate it we would [...] Read more

Apr 18th | Russell Benson | Events, Support
Jessica, St Mungo's March Volunteer of the Month, with Mike McCall

Volunteer of the Month – Jessica Walsh

Jessica Walsh, a volunteer at Pound Lane hostel, recently won St Mungo’s first Volunteer of the Month award. She was nominated by staff member Laura McCullagh and was presented with her certificate by Mike McCall, Executive Director of Operations.   Read more

Apr 12th | Helen Putnam | Hostels, shelters & projects, Real life stories, Support
St Mungo's Skills and Employment programme, Putting Down Roots

Helping clients put down roots

We were recently delighted to hear that the Finnis Scott Foundation will be supporting us for the second year running. The Foundation, which supports horticulture and plant sciences, as well as art and art history, is giving St Mungo’s a generous grant of £5,000 towards tools and equipment for Putting Down Roots (PDR) – our gardener training [...] Read more

Mar 29th | Helen Putnam | Hostels, shelters & projects, Support

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