Homelessness

Pret to open store run by ex-homeless staff

11-Jul-2018 By Sophie Witts

Pret A Manger is planning to open a store run entirely by members of staff who used to be homeless.

The Big Issue partners with coffee chain to train homeless people as baristas

23-Nov-2015 By Sophie Witts

The Big Issue has partnered with a new coffee chain to train homeless people as baristas around London.

Restaurants and hotels raise £551k for homeless charity StreetSmart

09-Jun-2015 By Emma Eversham

Restaurants and hotels involved in last year's StreetSmart campaign have raised £551k for the homeless charity. 

House of St Barnabas partners with Benugo for 'not-for-profit' members' club

04-Mar-2013 By Luke Nicholls

Charity venue The House of St Barnabas has partnered with café-deli chain Benugo for the opening of The Club – a new, not-for-profit members’ club – in autumn 2013.

Park Plaza raises over £60,000 in two months

24-Jan-2012 By Luke Nicholls

Park Plaza Hotels & Resorts has raised £60,550 over the past two months for testicular health and local charities which help the homeless under the Sleepsmart/Streetsmart initiative.

Blumenthal and Ramsay sign up to help homeless

03-Nov-2011 By Luke Nicholls

Heston Blumenthal’s Dinner and Gordon Ramsay’s Bread Street Kitchen are among the big-hitting newcomers to join over 500 UK restaurants signed up for a campaign to help raise money for the homeless in the build up to Christmas.