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‘Homelessness is a very real issue in Jersey… It is a problem that is hidden’
The Big Read published in the Jersey Evening Post on Saturday 14th January 2023. Tom Ogg spoke to Sanctuary Trust trustee Tim Ringsdore. – Picture by David Ferguson. Tim Ringsdore will be sleeping rough for 12 nights in 12 parishes over

The Shelter Trust ‘soup kitchen’ 2022
The Shelter Trust Jersey winter fundraiser returned to the Royal Square today with the annual soup kitchen. 35 different establishments offered up 35 different soups to whet the appetite of locals. Contributors ranged from Government House to popular restaurants such

The art world supports Homelessness Jersey
Local artist Charlie Haydn-Taylor and the Private and Public Art Gallery in St Helier have generously come together to help raise funds to support Homelessness Jersey. Charlie has produced a limited edition print – ‘Home Away From Home’ – which is

BBC Children in Need in Jersey
BBC Children in Need were in the Island on Wednesday 7th December to visit / meet members of two charities that they are currently supporting in the Island, namely Jersey Childcare Trust and Brighter Futures, and to then host an

Sanctuary Trust open new facility
On Monday, #WorldHomelessDay2022, Sanctuary Trust opened their third and newest facility, providing accommodation for six more men in town. This addition has come about thanks to the help and support of Andium homes who own the building and have leased

Minister’s homelessness definition not enough.
On World Homeless Day, the Jersey Homelessness Strategic Board welcomes the small but important step taken by Minister for Housing and Communities, Deputy David Warr in publishing a formal definition of homelessness. But there is still so much more to be done.