FiA & Merton Winter Night Shelter join forces
Merton Winter Night Shelter (MWNS) has merged with Faith in Action Merton Homelessness Project, after 10 years under the guardianship of YMCA St Paul’s Group. FiA’s Trustees will assume overall responsibility for the Night Shelter, with its day-to-day...
Merton Civic Award for FiA Hero
Tony Lobo, long-standing Faith in Action Drop-in volunteer, has been awarded a Merton Civic Award. At a ceremony on 29 April 2022, Tony was presented with the Award by the Mayor of Merton, Cllr Michael Brunt. The Award recognises Tony’s many years of unfailingly...
Christmas Greetings from Faith in Action
The Christmas spirit has been very much in evidence at the Drop-in. Our service users enjoyed Christmas lunch on 15 December, with roast turkey and all the trimmings followed by Christmas pudding and custard (in the picture, right, served by volunteer Cathy). The same...Drop-in Update
Our Homeless Drop-in is now open from 10.30am to 2.30pm every Wednesday and Friday. The increased opening hours help us to spread individual appointments over a longer time, while being able to offer more of our services to rough sleepers, including showers, laundry,...
SWR Shoe Box Appeal a huge success
Nearly 200 shoe boxes filled with presents have been delivered to the Drop-in, in response to South Western Railway’s Christmas Shoe Box Appeal. Now Christmas will be a little brighter for local homeless people. We’re very grateful to South Western...
Mayor of Merton’s Charity Appeal
Last Saturday, 25 April, should have seen the prestigious Mayor of Merton’s Charity Ball at the All England Club, Faith in Action being one of the two beneficiary charities adopted by outgoing Mayor of Merton, Cllr Janice Howard, in 2019/20. Unfortunately the...Message from Chair of Trustees
Update to supporters on the Drop-in during the COVID-19 emergency. Very reluctantly, we have had to close our Homeless Drop-In, following government instructions about social distancing. We will re-open as soon as we can. Meanwhile, we are continuing to work with our...Our Drop-in during the Corona emergency
Regrettably, our Drop-in will be open for PEOPLE WITHOUT ACCOMMODATION ONLY from Friday 20 March until further notice. This is a tremendously challenging time for us all, however we are endeavouring to keep the Drop-in open as long as we possibly can. We will post...Precautions against Corona Virus
We have shared with our volunteers plans on what we can do to protect ourselves against the Corona virus. These will be discussed in briefings each morning we are open, and we have prepared a simpler sheet for service users in both English and Polish. This...
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