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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! ,

We are delighted to welcome Ebony Onwubolu to United St Saviour's

HAPPY ANNIVERSARY TO US!

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.

We held a fabulous Easter tea party at Hopton’s Almhouses, bringing together our residents with Blackfriars settlement's residents and members ☕️?

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

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.

United St Saviour’s Charity is excited to announce the launch of two grant programmes, opening today!