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18 June 2009
St Christopher's Camden home for young people aged between 12 and 16 has maintained high standards over the years. However, recently this eight-bedded home has excelled itself, being rated as 'outstanding' in a recent Ofsted report.
4 June 2009
Earlier this year St Christopher's was approached by author Polly Courtney for advice and assistance in developing her third novel, 'The Day I Died'.
29 May 2009
Three pupils from Rydens School in Walton-on-Thames recently picked St Christopher's as their charity of choice for the school's Youth and Philanthropy Initiative.
18 May 2009
We were delighted to receive the news that in a recent re-tendering process, St Christopher’s was chosen to manage Rosslyn Road for a further five years.
18 May 2009
On 14 May 2009, visitors to the new offices of St Christopher’s Fostering team in Thornton Heath were greeted by a colourful display of blue and yellow balloons and vases filled with blue and yellow flowers.
18 March 2009
On Friday 13 March, staff from St Chistopher's Head Office entered into the spirit of Red Nose Day and raised £51.12 for Comic Relief.
5 February 2009
Having opened two residential homes for children on behalf of Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council, St Christopher’s is proud to be launching a new fostering service.
5 February 2009
On Wednesday 21st January 2009 a group of five young people from our UK children’s homes, accompanied by our two participation assistants, attended a meeting of the Associate Parliamentary Group for Looked-After Children and Care Leavers (APG). The theme of this particular meeting was ‘promoting positive images of children in care’.
20 January 2009
Over the Christmas period, St Christopher’s was contacted by Tanya Moran from the Harrodian School. The School was holding a fund raising event on 12 December for two selected charities, of which St Christopher’s was one.
14 January 2009
On Tuesday, 16 December 2008, St Christopher's Milton Keynes services held their Celebration of Achievement Awards ceremony at the Opus Nightclub in the Theatre District.
16 December 2008
Keith Francis joins St Christopher’s as new business director, after nearly seven years with the national charity Rainer (now re-named Catch-22), where he was Regional Director with devolved responsibility for all services in the Midlands and North of the country.
10 December 2008
A new report by the YMCA and the CLG has cited the approaches adopted by St. Christopher's Homelessness Intervention Project (HIP) as being effective in reducing youth homelessness.
30 October 2008
Kicki Loof, managing director of Journal Digital, the revolutionary software used in St Christopher’s children’s services, won the Best Evidence-Based Practice Award at the AAEBP Conference in the USA last month.
24 October 2008
Our high-needs service in Milton Keynes hosted a networking fun day with service users enjoying the barbecue, the fun and games as well as the chance to meet – and soak – members of St Christopher’s staff.
16 October 2008
For the first time in its history, the annual St Christopher's 5-a-side football competition was won this year by a team from a children's home.
15 October 2008
This year’s annual barbecue was thoroughly enjoyed by staff and residents, both past and present, many of who took the opportunity to speak highly of the event itself, and of Limegrove in general.
17 July 2008
Downhead Park service users held a car wash day on 21 June 2008. The aim of the day was to support the tenancy involvement initiative run by their landlord, Bedfordshire Pilgrims Housing Association (BPHA) and to combat the negative publicity that St Christopher's Downhead Park service had received in the past.
3 April 2008
St Christopher's has been awarded all green lights by the Housing Corporation in its published formal assessment of how the organisation is governed and managed.
10 March 2008
Carlton McCleod, ex-resident of Limegrove Hostel has won the coveted Coaches Player of the Season award in the Street League.
4 March 2008
Fit for 2008 is the drive to increase awareness and levels of health, fitness and well-being across the organisation.
3 March 2008
We are delighted to welcome Marcelle Ibbetson to St Christopher’s as Head of Fostering.
15 February 2008
We are proud to announce that the first of St Christopher’s new children’s homes in the Sandwell area is now open.
11 February 2008
St Christopher's 180 Degree Appeal has now raised over £100,000 and donations are still coming in. This is a truly magnificent response from our donors, who have given so generously to help looked-after young people with the challenges they face.
5 February 2008
St Christopher’s homeless intervention officer Harry Wilkinson and peer educator Keisha McEwen spoke about the homeless intervention project at the National Homelessness Conference in central London last week.
15 January 2008
A year after receiving their Charter Marks, St Christopher’s Limegrove Hostel and Greenwich Floating Support Services both had successful 12-month Charter Mark follow-up inspections last week.
10 January 2008
Up to now, St Christopher's 180 Degree Appeal has raised over £50,000, and donations are still coming in.
9 January 2008
Over the holiday period, St Christopher’s staff and service users enjoyed a further five celebration of achievement events.
20 December 2007
St Christopher’s energetic and ever-cheerful health coordinator Tracey Franklin has been awarded Hero status by Help A London Child.
20 December 2007
Staff and service users alike enjoyed this year's St Christopher's Children's Services Celebration of Achievement on the afternoon and evening of Saturday 1 December.
14 December 2007
One of the services featured in St Christopher’s 180 Degree Appeal animations – and one of the recipients of the funds raised by the appeal over the Christmas period – is the London Refuge for Runaway Children.
14 December 2007
The Homeless Intervention Project recently hosted a successful and enjoyable residential training course at the Noah’s Ark Children’s Venture at Macaroni Woods.
10 December 2007
The report of Greenwich Councils ‘Tackling Youth Homelessness’ conference has just been published, praising both St Christopher’s staff and service users for their valuable input.
6 December 2007
Our Greenwich service users and staff saw the year out with another successful forum in their area office last week.
15 November 2007
The latest addition to St Christopher’s range of supported housing services in Milton Keynes was officially opened by Councillor Irene Henderson on Tuesday 6 November 2007.
9 November 2007
St Christopher’s Fellowship is releasing a series of exclusive animations online over the Christmas period to raise awareness of the problems that young people can face, and to support fundraising efforts.
2 November 2007
We are proud to announce that St Christopher’s has now officially begun to run a range of services for children and young people in Bedfordshire.
23 October 2007
St Christopher’s homeless intervention project in Greenwich has been included as an example of good practice in the Communities and Local Government National Youth Homelessness Scheme.
22 October 2007
St Christopher’s is now registered on Everyclick.com, a search engine that donates money to charity.
12 October 2007
We are proud to announce the opening of St Christopher’s new residential learning difficulties centre in the Isle of Man.
10 October 2007
We are pleased to announce that, following the recent review process, St Christopher’s has retained its Investor in People status and was given a glowing report by the assessor.
2 October 2007
St Christopher’s homeless intervention project has been shortlisted in the preventative work award category of the Children and Young People’s Services Awards 2007.
19 September 2007
We are proud to announce that St Christopher’s has been selected to work in partnership with Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council to set up new children’s residential and fostering services.
6 September 2007
St Christopher’s Training has launched a massive recruitment drive for 16–19 year-olds in the Hackney and Islington areas.
31 August 2007
This year's St Christopher's Cup was the most thrilling and competitive yet, featuring some outstanding performances and a nail-biting final, won by Bridge Close.
23 August 2007
One of St Christopher's children's homes has just had its first Ofsted inspection, and passed with flying colours.
13 August 2007
This year’s St Christopher’s Cup competition promises to be bigger and brighter than ever, thanks in no small part to generous football kit donations.
6 August 2007
Following the success of our peer education initiative in Greenwich, we are proud to announce that we are extending the service to the London Borough of Southwark.
30 July 2007
St Christopher's is proud to announce the launch of a new specialist education support service for residential care projects on the island, including the Isle of Man Children’s Secure Care Home.
30 July 2007
One of our children’s homes in north London celebrated five years in service last weekend with a lavish party that was enjoyed by St Christopher’s staff, current and former service users.
17 July 2007
St Christopher’s Director of Development Roy O’Shaughnessy was among the third sector leaders invited to join the research project
on the leadership challenges presented by the evolving commissioning climate,
and speak at a seminar organised by acevo and Futurebuilders.
17 July 2007
St Christopher’s Mitcham Fostering team ran stalls at two school fetes this month: at Cypress Hill in South Norwood and Elmwood in Croydon. Both days were a great success, generating plenty of interest from the local community.
11 July 2007
To tie in with the introduction of the ban on smoking in public places introduced in England this month, St Christopher's non-smoking staff have produced a special edition of Stepping Out, the service users' newsletter. Stubbing Out features information about the dangers of smoking, details of all the nasty additives in the average cigarette, and help for those who want to give up. Stubbing out can be downloaded from our Publications page.
5 July 2007
St Christopher's service users and staff from our Kensington and Chelsea properties met at the Tabernacle at the end of last month for an education, training and employment forum.
2 July 2007
The St Christopher's Southend fostering team had a stall at last weekend's Southend in Harmony festival, to raise the profile of the organisation and to recruit potential foster carers.
28 June 2007
St Christopher’s approach to education in a children’s home is given as an example of good practice in the White Paper Care Matters: Time for Change.
28 June 2007
Rebecca Green and Roy O’Shaughnessy, of the St Christopher’s development team, will be putting their best feet forward this Sunday, 1st July. They are both racing in the British 10K London Run on behalf of the Fostering Network.
28 June 2007
Limegrove Hostel was briefly featured on a recent BBC3 series highlighting the problems faced by people living on the streets.
12 June 2007
A rock band comprising one staff member and two service users from St Christopher's was one of the highlights of the Milton Keynes Volunteers Fair last weekend.
07 June 2007
St Christopher's homeless intervention project moved off the drawing board and into the community this week with the successful launch of our peer education campaign, using service users and former service users to inform young people about the realities of homelessness.
06 June 2007
Singer-songwriter and jazz pianist Olly Wedgwood is raising much-needed funds for the St Christopher’s London Refuge for Runaway Children from sales of his new CD ‘Just Friends.’
29 May 2007
The publication of the 2006-7 report on the London Refuge and Family Support Service for runaway children and young people confirms that this vital resource is as necessary and appreciated as ever by the young runaways who have used the service.
25 May 2007
The results of this year's review show that the majority of service users are satisfied with St Christopher's service user participation strategy. Many also had positive ideas to put forward regarding areas where they would like even more say.
22 May 2007
St Christopher’s is to take an active role in Streetwise, the innovative mobile night-time multidisciplinary team. St Christopher’s Isle of Man staff will be working in partnership with the Isle of Man Constabulary and the Isle of Man Children’s Centre.
21 May 2007
Representatives from St Christopher’s London Refuge for Runaway Children joined forces with the Children’s Society at a conference in London on Friday to call for a national strategy to help support the 100,000 children who run away from home every year.
14 May 2007
We are proud to announce that St Christopher's has been selected as the preferred provider for running the Bedfordshire County Council Children’s Residential services.
10 May 2007
The homeless intervention project is now ready to start work in schools in Greenwich, educating young people about the realities of homelessness.
9 May 2007
We are proud to announce the opening of a new floating support service. The newly refurbished hostel, St Georges in Bletchley, is an expansion of St Christopher's existing 6-A-rated service in Milton Keynes.
25 April 2007
Luke Bramley, final year geography student at the University of Plymouth, has been working with St Christopher’s over the last few months, carrying out research into how energy is used in our buildings.
16 April 2007
Thanks to the generosity of all our supporters who made donations this winter and spring, we are pleased to be able to report that we are close to raising the funds needed to keep the Refuge open in 2007.
4 April 2007
St Christopher’s Preventing Exclusion by Learning Engagement (PEBLE) project has been chosen by London Councils to provide a much-needed support service for 16-17 year-olds at risk of exclusion from schools in inner London.
27 March 2007
The lead article in the April 2007 edition of the Supporting People Newsletter published by Milton Keynes Council traces the recent history of St Christopher’s projects. It commends the high quality of our services and the way we have surpassed all expectations by expanding our services to meet the increasing needs of the young people in the area.
26 March 2007
A celebration lunch was held at Limegrove Hostel last Monday to mark the completion of the award-winning course of bicycle repair and maintenance classes.
13 March 2007
St Christopher’s brand-new Area Office and purpose-built supported housing project was officially opened today in Milton Keynes. St Christopher’s Chief Executive Jonathan Farrow was among those celebrating the opening at a lunchtime reception.
5 March 2007
St Christopher's has been invited to participate in the 'Permanence in Foster Care’ research project, an important study into long-term foster care carried out by the British Agencies for Adoption and Fostering, the Fostering Network and the University of East Anglia.
19 February 2007
As we are increasing our efforts to recruit foster carers in the Southend area, we have joined forces with Paul Sutton of the Southend Taxi Drivers’ Association and AC Taxis to help promote the cause.
23 January 2007
In response to local need, St Christopher's is opening an assessment centre that can review all single applicants from 16 - 21 years of age who apply for housing in Milton Keynes.
22 January 2007
St Christopher’s is proud to unveil a brand-new purpose-built supported housing centre for young people in Milton Keynes.
10 January 2007
St Christopher's unveils Specialist Homes Action Research Programme in three centres.
9 January 2007
We are proud to announce that St Christopher's Greenwich Floating Support Service has been awarded a Charter Mark.
22 December 2006
A group of care leavers from St Christopher's Aimhi project performed a drama of their own creation at the 'Safeguarding Children Conference' at the Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre last Friday, 15th December. The theme of the drama was domestic violence.
6th December 2006
Congratulations to St Christopher's service user participation project, which was runner-up in the innovation and progress category of this year's Guardian Public Services Awards.
5th December 2006
The latest statistics show that more of our care leavers than ever are fully occupied, and increasing numbers are going to university.
29th November 2006
Children end up on the streets when they feel social services can't help them, a new report by St Christopher's and the NPSCC reveals today
29th November 2006
The Southend office of St Christopher's Fostering service opens officially on Monday 4 December.
29th November 2006
The Guardian newspaper has drawn up the shortlist for this year's Guardian Public Services Awards, which aim to recognise hard work and bright ideas across the public sector.
28th November 2006
In another first for St Christopher’s, a group of service users will be acting out a drama of their own creation at this year’s Keeping London Children Safe conference.
28th November 2006
This Friday, 1st December, St Christopher's officially takes over the management of 11 children's homes, a disabled children's facility, a leaving care service and 80 new staff on the Isle of Man
15th November 2006
St Christopher's is launching an innovative homeless intervention project in southeast London.
13th November 2006
St Christopher's development department and family support service received a glowing commendation from the DfES Families Unit this week.
31st October 2006
Eighty of our most outstanding service users won awards this year, to the rousing applause of their peers.
31st October 2006
Congratulations to St Christopher's supported housing project in Milton Keynes for achieving an amazing 6 A grades - top scores across the board - in this year's Supporting People review.
23rd October 2006
You may have heard about the number of young black and mixed parentage children like Keiton Knight who are in urgent need of a bone marrow transplant.
11th October 2006
St Christopher's is proud to announce that we will be working in partnership with Southend on Sea Borough Council to provide foster care.
11th October 2006
St Christopher’s Fellowship is the first organisation in the UK to use filial therapy to help children in its fostering service and children’s homes.
2nd October 2006
St Christopher's is delighted to accept the invitation from the Isle of Man government to take over the management of a new range of services for children and young people.
12th September 2006
Rising star FLOetic Lara, hailed as the queen of the spoken word and live music scene, currently starring in her own residency at Smollensky’s on the Strand in London’s West End, is none other than St Christopher’s very own Renaissance woman, Lara Macardle.
5th September 2006
Congratulations to Marcus Anselm, who successfully completed the South Coast Triathlon on Saturday 2nd September and raised a whopping £5690 for St Christopher’s.
22nd August 2006
St Christopher’s second annual five-a-side football tournament was another thoroughly enjoyable sporting occasion thanks to the players and fans who made it to Brixton’s Ferndale Sports Centre despite the torrential rain.
16th August 2006
St Christopher’s has decided to make two applications for a Charter Mark for Limegrove Hostel and Greenwich Floating Support team.
14th August 2006
St Christopher’s school leavers celebrate with a trip on the London Eye, a West End lunch and a tour of the sights by stretch limo.
7th August 2006
Anthony Swaby, a St Christopher’s children’s residential care worker currently working in the Isle of Man, is going to attempt the Manx End to End Challenge 2006.
1st August 2006
St Christopher's innovative email-text messaging service is now available for our service users and staff in Supported Housing, Floating Support and Aimhi.
19th July 2006
St Christopher’s took over the management of Guildford HOST this month. HOST, which stands for Homeless Outreach and Support Team, is an early intervention service for rough sleepers in Guildford.
6th July 2006
Mandy, Phuong and Kayleigh of the St Christopher's fostering team braved the blistering heat of Blackheath on Sunday to take part in the sponsored Race for Life.
6th June 2006
St Christopher's recently unveiled the first in a series of themed forums for service users: enjoyable and informative events bringing together St Christopher's service users, friends, staff and voluntary contributions form experts in areas of interest such as health, art and music.
23rd May 2006
St Christopher's has just been awarded the contract to provide a Homeless Outreach and Support Service for the benefit of rough sleepers in Guildford.
11th May 2006
St Christopher's fostering consultant, Karen Irving has been invited to join both the working group and advisory body for a new study: Linking and Matching in Adoption.
24th April 2006
St Christopher's first lunchtime fashion show was organised on behalf of and open to all the users of St Christopher's children's services projects.
It isn't every day that Milton Keynes gets to host a film premiere, but it recently did just that, thanks to St Christopher's.
21st April 2006
An event to mark the launch of the Young Runaways Project took place in the grand surroundings of the Bishopsgate Institute in Central London last month.
14th April 2006
The results of this year's supported housing tenant satisfaction survey shows that the majority of service users are satisfied with their homes, support service and other services provided by St Christopher's.
27th March 2006
We are delighted to welcome Mark Reeves, formerly of Tribal Consulting, to our senior management team. He will be responsible for risk management, contracts, internal auditing and the quality assurance of our internal services.
Press release - 18th January 2006
The merger, announced this week, of Elite Fostering Limited with St Christopher's Fellowship, means that St Christopher's now provides a comprehensive fostering and family placement service.
Celebrity guests, including Rhino from Gladiators and Romeo from So Solid Crew, made moving speeches in support of the work done by St Christopher's, and presented awards to some of our outstanding service users.
Six months ago we introduced bike maintenance classes at Limegrove hostel, and they are already a great success, winning the runner up award in the London Cycling Campaign annual awards for Best Community Cycling Initiative 2005.
In 2005 we piloted an innovative email-text messaging system that enables young people in our supported housing to contact their housing support officers through text messages.
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