“People need to understand the relationship between the owner and the pet, so they can understand... Jacko is my first son” Did you catch Arwa sharing her and Jacko’s story on ITV News this weekend? 🐕 It’s all part of a powerful new children’s book by award winning children’s author, Jeanne Willis and illustrator Alice Larsson, written for St Mungo’s. Stay! (Together) uses a dog’s perspective to help introduce the complex social issues and unfamiliar experiences associated with homelessness, featuring the powerful stories of Arwa and Jacko, and Benny and Casper. Find out more and take a look here!: mungos.org/staytogether/

A huge thanks to @TaylorWimpey, @ThomasMillerCo and @networkrail among others who have supported us around activities for World Homeless Day! From abseiling and ziplining, to marathons and bucket collections, your support goes towards helping people leave homelessness behind for good. You can find out more about fundraising for St Mungo's here: mungos.org/get-involved/fund… @bankofireland @Colliers @MaceGroup

“The enjoyable thing about it is that you know you’re just contributing” – Ephraim, First Response Volunteer St Mungo's Winter Response is our annual online information event, where we explain more about how our teams will be helping people this winter, and how you can get involved! You’ll hear from our frontline teams as well as from some of our assessment centres and accommodation services about the different ways we support clients and from our Volunteering team about the steps to take to become a volunteer. 📅 Tuesday 3 November. 🕠 6:00pm to 7:30pm Register here 👉 forms.cloud.microsoft/pages/…

On Friday 9th October, we celebrated 20 years of Homeless Diamonds magazine by launching our special exhibition at the Old Diorama Arts Centre in London. Homeless Diamonds began in 2006 as a way for people experiencing homelessness to share their writing, artwork, ideas and experiences. Twenty years later, the magazine continues to provide a platform for creative expression, celebrating the voices and talents of people across St Mungo's and beyond. Our launch was full or artwork, lively conversations, speeches, poetry and music performances and some great food too. Hearing from our artists how much the exhibition meant to them was a reminder of the importance of creating opportunities for self-expression and recognition of client voice and experiences. We want to publicly thank the Old Diorama Arts Centre for the space and their hospitality. A selection of artwork from the launch will remain on public display downstairs at Old Diorama Arts Centre until 20th November 2026 A huge thank you to our corporate sponsors Regular Cleaning for very generously providing art store vouchers for all the artists, and amazing food provided by Clink!

“On World Homeless Day in 2036, we should be able to look back on a decade when we finally redesigned our systems to support people before they were pushed into homelessness.” St Mungo’s CEO, Emma Haddad, speaks to Inside Housing about the need to put prevention first. Take a look here: insidehousing.co.uk/home/eve…

Today is World Homeless Day. Over the past year, St Mungo's outreach teams have met nearly 10,000 people sleeping rough across London and the South of England. While the challenge remains significant, this is also a moment of opportunity. Together with partners, government and communities, we can help more people find lasting routes off the streets and work towards preventing homelessness before it happens. Thank you to everyone working on the frontline to rebuild lives every day. #WorldHomelessDay #Homelessness #Charity

For a long time, many people in supported accommodation have faced a benefits cliff edge that meant taking work or increasing their hours could leave them worse off. As Universal Credit reduced and Housing Benefit was withdrawn more sharply, people could struggle to cover their rent, which could put them at risk of homelessness again. From today, working age people in supported housing or temporary accommodation will benefit from new calculations in their entitlement, allowing them to earn more before their Housing Benefit starts to reduce. Alongside homelessness sector partners @centrepointuk and Depaul as well as many others, this change is something that St Mungo’s has long advocated for, and this significant step will potentially prevent over 325,000 people from being left worse off by working more. More than 1,500 people that St Mungo’s supported in 2025-26 were enrolled into our learning, training and employment programmes to improve their skills and confidence before entering the world of work. This change will allow more people to use those skills, which we know has positive impacts on their health and wellbeing and increases connection with communities, all of which are vital steps in the recovery from homelessness. mungos.org/news/celebrating-…

In 2025, 1,720 people sadly lost their lives while experiencing homelessness, a 6.8% increase from 2024, according to preliminary findings from the Museum of Homelessness. Homelessness can take many forms, whether that’s someone who’s rough sleeping, or living in an insecure living arrangement such as sofa surfing, or temporary accommodation, all of these people are represented in these statistics. Read more: mungos.org/news/homeless-dea…

Did you catch us on the weekend? 👠 At this year’s @artsbythesea in Bournemouth, the St Mungo’s team presented a unique installation, designed to tell the real life stories of women experiencing homelessness. If you dropped by, we hope we managed to challenge assumptions, start a conversation, help you seek support, volunteer, or simply see people experiencing homelessness differently! A big shout out to Lindsay, and all of the BCP team, for their fantastic work throughout the weekend! 🧡 Read more: mungos.org/mungos-at-bournem… 📰: bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cr1e…

Hey Bournemouth! 🧡 What’s all this about? Keep an eye out for us at the @artsbythesea Festival this weekend to find out! Pop by to see our unique installations across the site, designed to tell the real life stories of women experiencing homelessness in the area, and the people who are supporting them. Check out our information hub to learn more and find your way to us at the festival! mungos.org/mungos-at-bournem…

What happens when people are given the opportunity to connect, challenge themselves, and be supported? Amazing things! 🌳 35 clients and 24 staff headed to the heart of the New Forest National Park and spent time together immersed in nature. They all gained confidence, built meaningful relationships and discovered a renewed sense of hope for the future, in a positive, inclusive and picturesque environment. Read more about our Big Weekend here: mungos.org/blog/the-st-mungo…

From his first day as Prime Minister, Andy Burnham has placed addressing homelessness and ending rough sleeping high on the national agenda. With over 76,000 households in England assessed as homeless or at risk of homelessness, and nearly 4,800 people estimated to be sleeping rough on a single night, there is significant work to do, requiring robust social, strategic and legislative change. The commitment to offer a route off the streets for everyone sleeping rough by Christmas, alongside a long term, housing led programme, is ambitious. But by taking bold action now, this could turn emergency action into lasting, sustainable change. As always, we stand ready to work with the government to deliver this once in a generation commitment, sharing our clients’ voices and experiences, as well as best practice from our dedicated frontline teams and specialist services to influence meaningful policy and action. Read more: mungos.org/what-we-do/our-in…

OPINION - Emma Haddad, chief executive of St Mungo's: A safe place to sleep is just the start #DailyExpress

“Is the ambition right? Can we make this happen by Christmas? Absolutely.” St Mungo’s CEO, Emma Haddad, spoke to BBC News yesterday after Andy Burnham’s landmark commitment to offer a route off the street for people rough sleeping by Christmas. 🔗 Read our response: mungos.org/blog/prime-minist…

Can Andy Burnham actually end rough sleeping by Christmas? trib.al/jBP8Jql