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Welcome to Zoe!

Posted on 24th May 2024

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. 

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Hopfest 2023

Posted on 24th May 2024

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!

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Celebrating Refugee Week 2023 – Our Community Hero, Eltayeb Hassan

Posted on 24th May 2024

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.

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Almshouse residents may live up to two and half years longer, study finds

Posted on 24th May 2024

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.

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United St Saviour’s Charity is Recruiting a Community Investment and Grants Officer

Posted on 24th May 2024

We are recruiting a Community Investment and Grants Officer following an internal promotion.  Join our small but amazing team and help us make Southwark a great place for everyone.  It’s a great job – you will be building relationships, working with a range of local groups, and helping to change lives through providing grants and support to local groups.

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Meet our 4 New Trustees

Posted on 24th May 2024

We are delighted to announce that we have recruited 4 new fantastic trustees to join the United St Saviour’s Board

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Our first community partner event since lockdown, and this is how it went.

Posted on 24th May 2024

Last week we hosted a networking event, our first since the national lockdown, at One Blackfriars viewing platform– what a remarkable venue! We realised how valuable it was to bring all of the community partners we have funded together, and it was clear that we should not assume people know each other just because they work in the same area.

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