Coles Solicitors raise £19,500 for SASH
Thanks to our local business supporters we’ve had a great start to the year Coles Solicitors in York chose SASH as their Charity of the Year in 2018 and have raised £19,500 to help us prevent youth homelessness. The firm’s creative approach to fundraising included a ‘virtual ball’, where people stayed at home and instead …
Lady Lumley’s Sleepout for SASH
Students at Lady Lumley’s school in Pickering slept out in freezing conditions for SASH last Friday. Head of House Oliver Reynolds organised the sponsored sleepout (in tents!) and 12 students took part on Friday 18 January. Our colleague Nicky Taylor-Olsson gave a talk on the evening about our work, before the students put their heads …
Your Change, Their Future
The Queens Hotel in York has raised over £2,880 for SASH, enough to cover the expenses for 155 nights of emergency accommodation. This impressive amount has been raised because the hotel is taking part in Your Change, Their Future. The campaign works by inviting hotel guests to donate their spare change in a specially printed …
The scale of youth homelessness
84,000 young people in England asked their local council for help as they were homeless in 2017-18 Last year, Centrepoint published ‘Making Homeless Young People Count’, a report that uses the new Youth Homelessness Databank to analyse the scale of youth homelessness across the UK. The Databank collects this information from individual Local Authorities and …
A Christmas Thank You
As we approach the Christmas break, we want to say a special thank you to everyone who has donated Christmas gifts for our young people and hosts. To our supporters at Menwith Hill, Benenden Health, the University of York, Northern Rail, York Dungeons, the Helmsley Group, Sainsbury’s and The Lodge, and to our friends Carol …
Grow your tenner
“When I turned 16 my Mum kicked me out. It was Christmas Eve.” Abi* When Abi had to leave home she didn’t know what to do or who to turn to. We gave her a safe place to live with one of our hosts, and the support she needed so that after two years she …
Crafty young people!
Our young people in Scarborough did us proud last week when they got crafting for Christmas with residents at The Lodge care home. We arranged the session as part of our SASH Active programme, which helps our young people in Supported Lodgings learn new skills, build self-confidence and make connections with their local communities. Callum, …
Sing for SASH
Thank you to everyone who supported Sing for SASH 2018! We had a fantastic weekend of music in York thanks to our cast of star performers who played and sang their hearts out: Chechelele Clash City Rockers York Glee Singers Janette and Colin Davies Johnathan Harrop Lucy’s Pop Choir Thomo 123 band Ross Bennett Acomb …
SASH Host Conference
It was wonderful to see such a great turn-out for our first ever SASH Host Conference last Saturday! Over 50 of our fantastic hosts from all over North and East Yorkshire joined us at the Principal Hotel in York for a packed agenda of workshops, networking and presentations. On offer were sessions on a range …
A new website for SASH!
We are delighted to announce that after many months of hard work, our new website is now live! Our website was long overdue an update. The old one was not mobile friendly and no longer met our needs. The new site allows us to better explain our work and how to get involved with SASH, …
