St Giles Trust
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| Founded | 1962 |
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| Focus | Uses expertise and 'lived experience' to empower those who are not getting the help they need. |
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St Giles Trust is a charity that works with people facing disadvantages such as homelessness, long-term unemployment, an offending background, addiction, severe poverty and involvement in gangs.
History
The organisation was established in 1962 by Fr. John Nicholls as The Camberwell Samaritans in the crypt of St Giles church in Camberwell, south London, offering relief and support to the large number of destitute people in the parish. This included emergency relief and support for the large number of homeless men in the area - a prevailing feature of the area at that time due to many local hostels and workhouses, including the infamous Camberwell Spike on Gordon Road[1]. The Trust formally dissolved its ties to the church in the 1970s.
In 1995 it moved to its current headquarters in Georgian House, Camberwell Church Street and became known as the Southwark Day Centre. In 1998, St Giles started to offer housing casework in HMP Wandsworth. Over the next decade, the prisons work grew along with a range of other services both in prison and in the community.
Today, it has expanded beyond criminal justice to also address unemployment, homelessness, troubled families and vulnerable young exploited by county lines.[2][3]
In 2019/20, the charity helped 20,671 people through its services. In July 2021 the charity launched a campaign to raise awareness of Child Criminal Exploitation in the UK.[4]
Locations
St Giles Trust's head office is based in Camberwell, South London. Their work is based in prisons and communities across England and Wales. Additional offices are in North London, Leeds, Ipswich and Cardiff.
Awards
St Giles Trust has won The Charity Awards 2009 and 2007,[5] The Third Sector Excellence Awards 2007,[6] The Butler Trust Awards 2009,[7]
Campaigns
Keep Children Safe This Summer
In July 20201 St Giles launched a campaign to raise awareness of child criminal exploitation. Exploitation of children is often used to facilitate county lines drug running, whereby vulnerable children and adults are groomed and coerced into trafficking and dealing drugs on behalf of criminal gangs. Alongside drugs, other illegal economies such as human and sex trafficking are also implicated in county lines. [8]
References
- ^ "The Workhouse in Camberwell (St Giles), London: Surrey". www.workhouses.org.uk. Retrieved 2020-08-04.
- ^ Ltd, Centigen Soft. "What We Do". www.stgilestrust.org.uk. Retrieved 2020-08-04.
- ^ Ltd, Centigen Soft. "Where We Work". www.stgilestrust.org.uk. Retrieved 2020-08-04.
- ^ {{cite web|url=https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/1462769/Gangs-violence-crimes-British-children-wrecked-lives-concerned-parents
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2017-10-24.
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