Crisis

Did You Know? It takes over 4,000 volunteers to make Crisis at Christmas happen. Volunteering with Crisis at Christmas makes a massive difference to the lives of our guests. But you can increase your impact even further! Get friends, colleagues and family involved to sponsor your volunteering shifts. Every minute you spend helping our Christmas guests will also be helping even more people in the year ahead. Join the volunteering gang - https://bit.ly/49wYNuD Get sponsored - https://bit.ly/4863dWL

This week we visited the People's Postcode Lottery headquarters in Edinburgh to mark the incredible milestone: £20 million in total funding raised by players to support our work ending homelessness. Thanks to them we've been able to fund professional psychological support for members; renovate our centres to make them more welcoming and provide better facilities; help companies building eco-friendly homes and converting empty properties and host of other projects. To celebrate, Crisis members created a powerful piece of artwork representing how this support helps people experiencing homelessness move towards a postcode of their very own. We’re hugely grateful to players of People’s Postcode Lottery for their longstanding trust and belief in our mission. Your support truly changes lives. Find out more about the work that players have supported - https://bit.ly/488iNBb

There are only 10 days left to book your Will Aid appointment – now is the moment to act. Get your Will written by a participating solicitor in exchange for a voluntary donation to charities such as Crisis. Peace of mind for you and your loved ones. Real change for others. Find your solicitor today: https://lnkd.in/eg5UufzX

🎉 This is what we mean when we say TOGETHER we will end homelessness. Massive congratulations to everyone involved in this project! ❤️

Urgent: Temperatures are falling, dropping to zero across the country last night. Freezing, dark and stuck on the streets with no shelter from the bitter cold – these are the realities that thousands experiencing homelessness have to face this winter. Freezing temperatures across the UK can be life threatening for those of us who don’t have a safe, warm home to go to. But you can help. Please, if you can, support Crisis at Christmas today to help make shelter, warm food, clothing and support available to everyone who needs it: https://bit.ly/4odLZNu

Say it with us - Dear Chancellor: unfreeze housing benefit now.    Today in Westminster we came together with 15 other organisations calling on Rachel Reeves to restore housing benefit to match the true cost of rent at next week’s Autumn Budget. Right now, people who rely on housing benefit are being let down. Rents have soared while housing benefit has been frozen, pushing thousands deeper into poverty, homelessness and ill health. Next week’s budget is the Chancellor’s opportunity to help millions of us keep the safe home we need for a healthy life.     Urge her to take this opportunity and restore housing benefit. Email her now: https://bit.ly/429aN0z   This campaign is supported by Health Equals.   We were joined today by Centrepoint, Generation Rent, Homeless Link, Independent Age, Shelter, Shelter Cymru, St Martin in the Fields Charity, St Mungo's, Switchback, YMCA, Z2K, Health Equals, Single Homelessness Project (SHP), Just Life and Shared Health.

A cold spell is coming, with freezing temperatures forecast across areas of the country tomorrow. Many of you will be concerned about those in your community who are sleeping rough, here are some ways you can help.

The realities of homelessness at this time of year are severe. And with over 300,000 individuals and families across Great Britain facing the worst forms of homelessness, the problem is growing. But over Christmas – and beyond – we’re here. We can make this Christmas someone’s first day of a life out of homelessness, but we need your help. Please, give what you can to Crisis at Christmas this year: https://bit.ly/4oD8ZpP

Are you passionate about tackling health inequalities and using your lived experience to create real change? We’re looking for a Health Peer Advocate to support people experiencing homelessness to take control of their health and wellbeing. You’ll support Members to understand their health needs, register with services, attend appointments, communicate confidently with professionals, and challenge systems when their voices aren’t being heard. If you know Birmingham’s support services, communicate with empathy, and are driven by social justice, this role is a chance to make real change. Join us to advocate for people experiencing homelessness and help improve health outcomes across the city. ✨ Salary: £17,474 (£29,123 full time equivalent) per annum ✨ Contract: Fixed term until 31 March 2026 ✨ Hours: Part time - 21 hours per week ✨ Location: Birmingham ✨ Closing date: 23/11/2025 Apply today or share this post with your network: https://lnkd.in/diDkGWWu #wearehiring #endinghomelessness

Tomorrow, Chiswick Auctions will auction 14 works in support of Crisis as part of their Modern British & Irish Art sale – including a rare John Nash painting. All of the proceeds from the 14 lots will support our work at Christmas, and all year round, to support people experiencing homelessness. The proceeds from the auction will help to change lives, enabling Crisis to work with people one-on-one to help them leave homelessness behind for good. You can join the auction in person or online – Wednesday 19 November at 2pm: https://lnkd.in/eFqpK8TH