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We are delighted to announce that Vice Lord-Lieutenant of Norfolk Michael Gurney has become patron of St Martins.

St Martins is proud to announce that our Director of Care Services, Angela Herbert was awarded the Harold Bodmer Lifetime Achievement Award at the Norfolk Care Association Awards.

To mark mental health awareness day, we are holding an open event at Under 1 Roof, our learning and development centre.

Norwich charity St Martins is inviting people to the unforgettable experience of walking over hot coals on November 14 to raise money to help people out of homelessness.

St Martins is pleased to be involved in the Baton of Hope initiative in Norfolk. We will have a promotional stand at Chapelfield park in Norwich on September 17th, alongside other charities and organisations who support some of the most vulnerable people in the community.

The commissioning and provision of homeless services could be referred to as broken. Even though there has been more spending on services in recent years the number of people sleeping rough is steadily increasing. More people are dying on our streets, and more people are presenting with complex needs.

Experienced local history tour guide Paul Dickson is leading a unique tour in Norwich for St Martins, taking in some of the sites that feature in the charity's history.

A chance encounter, a change lover, a National Insurance increase and a budget cut – could all these things result in one of the biggest changes in St Martins history?

People supported by St Martins have contributed to an art installation at St Peter Mancroft church in Norwich. Tim Edwards from Eastern Region Media ran a workshop to demonstrate how to make an origami envelope and hide a secret message inside it. The envelopes, are on display in the church alongside sculptor Peter Walker's powerful installation 'Hidden'.

St Martins have been awarded grant funding from Norfolk County Council in partnership with Norfolk Community Foundation to deliver a new project - self-care interventions for sexual & reproductive health. This has been named the 'Do It Safely' project.