We ran an amazing fund-and-awareness raising campaign with the Evening Standard. The money raised has been used to launch a number of projects to support those experiencing homelessness.
If you supported the campaign, this is what your donations have help to make happen – THANK YOU!
Women’s Development Unit:
The WDU is run by The Connection and their partner Solace. Its role is to map out a strategy for women’s homelessness so projects can be targeted to meet the overall objective of eradicating female homelessness in London. The WDU highlights where in London needs emergency shelters and rehabilitation services, and how these can best be administered. The WDU shows how many partners can work together for the good of all.
The Marylebone Project:
The Marylebone Project provides a life-changing service for women facing homelessness, empowering them towards independent living. Following the Evening Standard X LHC campaign, it had its capacity extended to become the first 24/7 women’s homelessness service to open in Central London. Before the funding, the drop-in centre only opened for 4 hours a day, which limited the vital and necessary service for women without safe shelter in the city. The centre has now been open for two years at all ours, in order to support the needs of vulnerable women whenever they need it.
- The London Homeless Collective partnered with the Museum of the Home on the project called ‘Behind the Door’.
- The project presented events, exhibitions and talks that explored the realities of homelessness in the capital, and helped to shift public perceptions.
More information can be found here.
