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At a recent Westminster Insight conference, St Martins’ Director and Deputy Director of Homeless Services, Maria and Stacey, brought more than 40 years of combined experience to the national conversation. Their session focused on housing people with experience of rough sleeping and the realities of delivering high‑quality supported housing in a system under pressure.

The Sustainability Group of St Martins have been very busy recently, focusing on their current goals of Life on Land and Climate Action

The sale of Tesco style plastic bags branded with Banksy’s name and the reworked slogan ‘very little helps’ has raised £2,500 so far for St Martins.

A large red wooden structure has popped up on Almary Green near the entrance of Norwich Cathedral. The church-like form houses a torn red cloak - come and see the Cloak of St Martin for yourself and reflect on themes of community, history and social justice.

David Powles is to join St Martins as the charity's new Chief Executive. David is a long-standing supporter of St Martins, having worked closely with us during his time as editor of the EDP, as a volunteer, and as a valued member of our Advisory Board.

Eaton Golf Club in Norwich is holding their Captain's Charity Golf Day in support of St Martins on Friday 26th June

174 socks and chocs have been distributed to people living in our hostels around the city. Pat and Richard Thorpe co-ordinated the effort, which was supported by Witard Road Baptist Church and the Rackheath Women’s Institute.

Government figures reported a reduction in the number of people sleeping rough in the Norwich, at a time when national figures show an increase across the country.

After eight years at the helm of Norwich homelessness charity St Martins, Chief Executive Dr Jan Sheldon has announced that she will retire this summer.

To celebrate this year, we wanted to highlight some of the amazing achievements of our team members from across our services.