Make it Christmas By supporting our "Make it Christmas" appeal, your company can make homeless people feel less alone this Christmas. Expand Christmas is a time for being around family, friends and loved ones. But for many homeless and vulnerable people, it is one of the loneliest and most difficult times of the year. This year, we want to reduce the isolation that so many of our clients feel and help to bring some joy and festive cheer into their lives. We’re asking your business to support our ‘Make it Christmas’ appeal by donating presents and hampers of gifts. Find out more.
Charity of the Year partnerships Why not support us all year round by nominating SHP as your Charity of the Year? Expand By making SHP your Charity of the Year, you can embark on a rewarding experience for your business while making a significant contribution to our work. Employee engagement is at the heart of all our partnerships. We want our partnerships to be enriching and engaging, helping you to deliver on your business objectives while inspiring and motivating your staff as your company helps us to prevent homelessness and transform lives. As a partner of SHP, you will have dedicated partnerships manager who will ensure that your company and employees get the most out of the relationship. Thanks to the diversity of our work there are many ways for staff at all levels to get involved, whether it's volunteering, raising money or offering expertise. We will work with you to develop an engagement plan tailored to the skills and interests of your staff, ensuring that we have clear, shared aims and an agreed plan for the partnership. If you're interested in becoming a Charity of the Year partner, get in touch with our fundraising team.
Take on a team challenge Get competitive and take on a team challenge for SHP. Expand Think you can’t change lives? Think again! Last year our work made a difference for 8,000 vulnerable people across London - and with your help, we can do even more. We need you and your team to take on a challenge to raise vital funds for our work. Whether you’ve got pedal power and a love of lycra, or you fancy jumping out of a plane (with a parachute, of course!), there’s a fundraising challenge to suit everyone. We have places for corporate teams in challenge events throughout the year - including the famous Prudential Ride London and Royal Parks Half Marathon. If you don't fancy taking on one of our events, then why not create your own team event? Whatever you chose, we can support you every step of the way. Get in touch with our fundraising team to discuss taking on a challenge for SHP.
Corporate volunteering Could you contribute your time, skills and talents to help homeless and vulnerable people to transform their lives? Expand Our volunteering opportunities put you at the heart of our work. From talks and workshops to outdoor activities, volunteers make an invaluable contribution in a wide variety of roles. Whatever your background or level of work experience, we can offer productive and rewarding roles that match your talents and interests.
Current partners SHP is supported by a number of partners who support our work with homeless Londoners. Expand PMM Group In 2018, SHP embarked on a Charity of the Year partnership with PMM Group. Founded in 2007, PMM Group is a leading alternative asset manager specialising in real estate and debt investment, with offices in Berlin and London. The partnership is part of their ‘Better Futures’ Corporate Responsibility Plan, with PMM also supporting an outreach programme in Wandsworth run by SPEAR. PMM is supporting SHP by part-funding our employability programme that helps homeless people to find a job and secure a sustainable income that enables them to afford housing. The aim is to support approximately 150 homeless people a year with this service. PPM staff are also encouraged to volunteer with SHP, receiving one day’s paid leave a year to do this. In December 2018, over a third of the London office volunteered with us - helping to wrap and deliver 830 Christmas presents and decorations to 21 of our services all across London. Liz Rutherfoord, SHP's CEO, said on the volunteering support: “Without your help, we wouldn’t have been able to carry out the biggest Christmas campaign in SHP history or make Christmas day truly special for over 830 vulnerable people. It was really touching to see how much you care about homelessness in London and were willing to support our cause this year. The time, generosity and enthusiasm you brought to the campaign was absolutely invaluable.” Safestore Safestore is delighted to partner with Single Homeless Project (SHP) and we look forward to a positive relationship over the coming year. SHP does fantastic work to prevent homelessness and help vulnerable and socially excluded people transform their lives. Wanjiku Calver, from Safestore, said “We hope that the donated storage room will give SHP the space to focus on their core activities without the added cost of storing donations. “The charity is an integral source of support for people in crisis, moving them from homelessness towards independence and employment and we are happy to be able to play a part in the charity’s ongoing journey.”