Restaurants Fuelling the Community
By Kimberley Coke
We have been heartbroken to see the effect of Covid-19 on the hospitality industry but it has been truly inspiring to see so many restaurants step up to the challenge of feeding NHS staff and those most in need in […]
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International Women’s Day
By Kimberley Coke
As we arrive at International Women’s Day, it is important to spare a moment and consider the thousands of women suffering homelessness, right now across the country. Their homelessness is often hidden and therefore it is difficult to measure how many […]
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Charities call for the next UK government to ‘End Homelessness Now’
By Glenn Pougnet
With the general election looming large on 12 December, attention may be focussed on the ‘B’ word, but it’s not the only issue that should be dominating the news. The state of homelessness in the UK has never been a […]
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A new home for Shelter from the Storm
By Glenn Pougnet
Founded by Sheila Scott and Louie Salvoni, Shelter from the Storm has been supporting the homeless across London for over a decade. Having seen the issues of homelessness around their Islington homes, both Scott and Salvoni were shocked at how […]
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New Partnership Announced
By Glenn Pougnet
StreetSmart, the restaurant initiative tackling homelessness and LandAid, the property industry charity uniting the industry to end youth homelessness, have joined forces this winter to raise valuable funds to alleviate homelessness across the country. As winter and Christmas are fast […]
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Hall of Fame
By Glenn Pougnet
StreetSmart is blessed to have so many loyal supporters who help us raise THOUSANDS of pounds every year. Therefore, we felt it only right to highlight those who have excelled in implementing the campaign over the past 20 years. So […]
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Record Fundraising Year for Restaurants
By Glenn Pougnet
Nationwide homelessness charity StreetSmart can now reveal that 2017 was the campaign’s highest earning year, with an estimated final total of £662,000 raised by diners at over 500 restaurants across the UK during November and December. Founded two decades ago, […]
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Spring restaurant’s collaboration with StreetSmart to serve Christmas lunch to London’s homeless a huge success
By Glenn Pougnet
On Tuesday 19 December, Spring restaurant relaunched TABLE, a community eating house, in collaboration with StreetSmart and Somerset House Trust to provide some festive cheer to London’s most vulnerable. Over 100 homeless and insecurely housed, plus the unsung heroes who work with […]
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Jay Rayner on the importance of ‘home’
By Glenn Pougnet
“We are the sum of our stories, of our friendships and our love affairs and our families.” “Home is not just four walls or even four rooms. It is not just a roof over your head so the rain can’t […]
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Eat Smart next week at KERB Gherkin
By Glenn Pougnet
This Christmas, street food vendors at KERB Market, The Gherkin, will be raising money for StreetSmart. On Thursday 21 December, between 12-2pm, vendors including MyPie, Project Sandwich and The Rib Man will be cooking one-off specials and donating 25% of […]
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