How gardening can be the best therapy. It was last autumn that we first welcomed our gardening tutor, Julia Durbin, to SCT. The trees in our gardens had just started turning a burnt orange and people were still lounging in the grass enjoying the last of the year’s warmth. St…
Read MoreSCT has published its 2019 Annual Report highlighting the impact of our work with people tackling homelessness and addiction. Our annual report is a review of the year and includes a summary of our financial statements. This year we’ve had so many wonderful highlights. Our Drop-in saw over 590…
Read MoreGary Davidge, our Homeless Drop-in manager, talks to us about the state of homelessness, the increase in homeless deaths and the people we have lost this year. How long have you been with SCT? What changes have you seen over this period? I have been working at SCT in…
Read MoreA few Thursdays ago, I attended a service of commemoration for those who have died homeless in the last year. SCT CEO Steve Coles The service, organised by the central London church St Martin-in-the-Fields, takes place every November for those struggling…
Read MoreSCT therapist Steve Marshall visits Arizona’s premier rehab In October, a member of our counselling team set off to one of the USA’s top drug and alcohol residential treatment centre, Sierra Tucson in the state of Arizona. The idea was to learn about the treatments they offer their clients…
Read MoreWe marked World Homeless Day last Friday with an all-night fundraiser at Christ Church Spitalfields for people facing homelessness and addiction in East London. Our first ever Sleep Out raised over £8,000 – which will go towards the vital services we…
Read MoreSpitalfields Crypt Trust (SCT) is seeking the services of a consultant or consultancy to evaluate SCT’s Primary Programme services. The consultant or consultancy is expected to evaluate the impact and effectiveness of the Primary Programme services – producing detailed, specific and impartial findings and recommendations. SCT is welcoming Expressions of…
Read MoreSocial enterprise Hackney Arts delivers creative arts sessions to SCT’s Choices recovery community. Over the past year, SCT has teamed up with Hackney Arts, to run a series of creative sessions for our recovery community. From life drawing and abstract painting to 3D printing, members of Choices got their hands…
Read MoreSCT’s Head Office has moved down the road to the Kingsland Hub in Haggerston. Spitalfields Crypt Trust (SCT), a charity working with people facing homelessness and addiction, has moved its headquarters to a new office space in Haggerston. “We have greatly enjoyed all of our years at The Tab Centre…
Read MoreSCT has contributed to specialist charity, One in Four’s report on childhood sexual abuse and addiction, launched 27th March. The charity’s new report, Numbing the Pain: Survivors’ voices of childhood sexual abuse and addiction, calls for greater awareness about the underlying trauma of childhood sexual abuse in people facing addiction.
Read MoreSCT launches permanent Women’s Group at our Homeless Drop-in. A few years ago, we noticed a spike in the number of women visiting our drop-in. We quickly realised that this was a wider trend – with St Mungo’s reporting that more women were sleeping rough across the UK. In 2017,…
Read MorePrevious SCT student launches her memoir last week at East London bookshop. Michele Kirsch introduced her book, ‘Clean’, last Thursday night to a room full of family, friends and fans at Stoke Newington Bookshop. A former student of SCT’s Training and Development Centre, Michele tells the story of her struggle…
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