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UStSC has teamed up with Active Communities Network (ACN) to run a new kind of grants programme. Normally, decisions around grant allocation are made by our trustees. This time we are shifting this decision-making to a locally embedded charity, and people closest to the issues.

With ‘Southwark Change-Makers’ due to start early 2024, we’re looking for a Learning Partner to work with us for the duration.  They will capture the lessons and measure the impact – working with the team in an iterative way across the two years.

A new joint research project led by Bournemouth University and United St Saviour’s Charity will explore how co-creating communal activities around food can support health, wellbeing and social connectedness as we age.

Following the first round of the pilot where £55,000 was distributed to VCS groups in Southwark in August 2023, we’re pleased to share the 2nd round is now open.  Grants of £5,000 will be awarded to 10 VCS groups in Southwark 

Felicia Boshorin – Our Community Hero

The theme of this year’s #BlackHistoryMonth is ‘Saluting our Sisters’ and we’d like to celebrate the amazing Felicia Boshorin, CEO of @SpringCommunityHub.

Russell Dryden, a Bermondsey native, entrepreneur and our community hero for September. His efforts are helping to revitalise The Blue market and revive the Bermondsey Carnival. His story inspires action and highlights the importance of preserving community values for future generations.

We're pleased to announce that United St. Saviours is expanding our partnership with ClearCommunityWeb to include our new almshouse, Appleby Blue.

Through our Community Investment programme we change lives, promote equality, provide opportunities for under-represented groups, and help to foster strong, inclusive communities. We work with hundreds of amazing local groups and have awarded nearly £5m in grants over the past 5 years. We're looking for an enthusiastic and committed Community Investment and Grants Officer to join our team and help us do even more!

United St Saviours is excited to announce the opening of its Large and Small grants programmes

We are absolutely delighted to welcome Zoe to the United St Saviour’s team for the summer. Zoe is one of the young people taking part in One Southwark and will be working in the Community Investment team as Grants Administrator for the next few months. 

United St Saviour’s Charity is delighted to share a few highlights from yesterday’s Hopfest, our annual summer social event that brought together the wonderful residents across our United St Saviour’s Almshouses and our vibrant local community in Southwark. This year's fete-themed extravaganza was a day filled with joy, laughter and heartwarming moments, and luckily - sunshine, based in the lovely setting of our Hopton's Almshouse!

This year’s Refugee Week is 19-25 June. In recognition of this, our next Community Hero is the amazing Eltayeb Hassan of the Southwark Refugees Community Forum.

Eltayeb’s experiences echo those of many others forced to flee their homes and establish new lives for themselves.  Fleeing from political violence in Sudan, Eltayeb arrived to the UK in 1999 with no English, no family, connections, job or friends. Now ‘expert by experience’ he uses his knowledge, skills & energy to support new arrivals in Southwark.

The Guardian newspaper published two articles today highlighting a new report from the research team from United St Saviour’s Charity and Bayes Business School says that the longevity of those who move into an almshouse – the oldest form of social housing – is boosted by as much as two and a half years.

Are you fed up of complicated application forms, waiting a long time for a decision and not getting enough helpful feedback?  Our newwith grant opportunity seeks to address these challenges and more! ,