News
Year: 2019

08/07/2019
St Martins wins national award for excellence in supporting people
St Martins won the award in the national Homeless Link Excellence Awards in the category ‘excellence in supporting people’

01/07/2019
New Norwich service gives people rough sleeping somewhere safe to stay
A new service to provide emergency accommodation and support for rough sleepers in Norwich is due to open in the autumn.

24/06/2019
Leap of faith for St Martins team members
St Martins team members are preparing to jump 13,000 foot out of a plane to raise money to support homeless people in Norwich. For the majority of the team it is their first charity jump – and one of them has never even been in an aeroplane before!

11/06/2019
Aviva give Webster Court residents confidence boost through gardening
Eight volunteers from Aviva spent a day gardening at our residential service for over 50s. A highlight of the day was getting the residents involved in the activity and interacting with the volunteers.

10/06/2019
Swaffham Lionesses support St Martins
The Swaffham Lionesses chose to support homelessness charities as their cause to benefit from their annual summer event.

07/06/2019
Links formed with Norwegian university
St Martins has an arrangement with Molde University College in Norway to host second year social care students. We provide work placements and the opportunity to learn from experienced staff at St Martins in return for an enthusiastic and hard worker to join our team for three months.

24/05/2019
Open day at our mental health drop-in
The aim of Bridges is to help people manage their enduring mental illness. We are holding an Open Day on Thursday 20th June from 1 - 3pm and invite anybody who is interested to come and look around.

24/05/2019
Dangerous Minds - staff training at St Martins
High drama, dangerous characters and multiple identities featuring Dr Bourne might sound like a blockbuster Hollywood series…but this was simply staff training at St Martins last week!

07/05/2019
An afternoon with Sir Ian McKellen at Norwich Playhouse
Star of stage and screen Sir Ian McKellen entertained an audience in Norwich - with homeless people and those who support them amongst the invited guests. Some of the people we support went along and were treated to a spellbinding afternoon.

03/05/2019
New Norwich bishop’s first visit is to homeless charity St Martins
The Rt Revd Graham Usher is the new Bishop of Norwich. After the announcement he headed straight to St Martins and met some people who have been supported out of homelessness.