The Simon Community is a charity which helps homeless people, taking its name from Simon of Cyrene. It was founded in 1963 by Anton Wallich-Clifford, who had encountered many homeless people while wor
A regular street cafe is run at St Giles in the Fields
St Mungo's is a charity registered in England to help people experiencing homelessness. It currently operates in London, Bristol, Oxford, Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, Brighton, and Reading.
Simon Community
…remainder of funding comes from service contracts with government to provide homeless housing. In 2009, Dublin Simon celebrated its 40th anniversary. St Mungo's – a large charity for the homeless founded by a Simon Community volunteer. Museum of Homelessness…
St Mungo's hostel in Covent Garden at the junction of Endell Street and High Holborn. The building was formerly a national school and now accommodates 53 homeless people, providing training for a period of up to two years to try to get them into work.
Jonathan Trustram showing the use of self-seeding plants by the Putting Down Roots project in the Mint Street park. These guided tours formed part of the Chelsea Fringe in 2012.