Working to end homelessness in Cornwall. We have a diverse range of services for anyone facing homelessness. Please don't use Twitter to discuss clients.
Today, we were invited to meet
@KensingtonRoyal
and the Duchy of Cornwall in Nansleden. We were represented by our Chief Executive, Henry Meacock, alongside our Homeless Support Coordinator, Faye Hookins and one of our residents.
📢We are absolutely delighted to be part of a truly remarkable collaboration between
@KensingtonRoyal
, The Duchy Of Cornwall,
@HomewardsUK
, and ourselves.
Together, we've embarked on this truly impactful work to address homelessness in Cornwall.
🏠 Excited to announce the first Duchy of Cornwall housing project to tackle homelessness, in Nansledan, Newquay, delivered alongside
@stpetrocs
.
With 24 homes and wrap-around support, this innovative project will tackle homelessness head-on. The Duchy of Cornwall is proud to
We were honoured to spend time in conversation with Their Royal Highnesses The Duke and Duchess of Cornwall
@KensingtonRoyal
during their visit to
#Falmouth
today, discussing homelessness in Cornwall, our work and possible solutions. Read more :
We are delighted to be included in the royal visit to Cornwall and have the opportunity to meet with Prince William at the Nansledan development.
We are pleased to be represented by our Chief Executive, Henry Meacock and one of our residents.
We are delighted to announce
@donna_birrell
broadcaster, journalist and long time supporter of St Petrocs has joined our board as a new trustee. Welcome Donna 💛
Read more here 👉
Snow has arrived in Cornwall. We are working as hard as we can to ensure no one sleeps outside tonight. If you see someone sleeping rough please tell us using
@Tell_StreetLink
or by calling 0300 500 0914 and someone will be out to see them as soon as possible. Please retweet.
✨We're proud to announce we have been nominated for the prestigious King's Award for Voluntary Service.
We are deeply grateful to all our volunteers over the years who have been instrumental in helping us achieve this recognition.
Read more 👉
We're delighted to have been chosen to receive a massive grant award of £25,000!! thanks to the
@Tesco
#bagsofhelp
voting in stores across Cornwall.
We feel incredibly proud to be so well thought of and supported locally. Thank you to everyone who voted for us. 💛💛💛
We’ve had some amazing news this week! One of our residents Paul, who has been working with the Vocational Development Programme, has reached an amazing milestone in his journey. Paul had expressed an interest in pursuing a career as a commercial fisherman..
@HitsCornwall
Thanks for sharing. We are delighted to be included in the royal visit to Cornwall, and be represented by one of our residents, alongside our Chief Executive, Henry Meacock.
We are honoured to have been chosen by
@cornwallchamber
as their Charity of the Year!! 🥳This is a huge lift to our spirits as we prepare for a very busy winter period. We're really looking forward to working together on events, promotions and activities in the year ahead 💛👍
📢 CHARITY OF THE YEAR 📢
Kim Conchie, Chief Executive of Cornwall Chamber of Commerce, said ‘Cornwall Chamber of Commerce is delighted to have appointed
@stpetrocs
as our Charity of the Year 2020-21...’
Read the full press release here 👇👇👇
Thank you
@MBarnecutts
bakery who delivered a tasty selection of baked foods to share around our residents! Very gratefully received!
#community
#cornwall
We've got a new house!🔑we now have a total of 122 beds in multiple houses across Cornwall providing supported accommodation for our clients. Read about how we support our residents towards longer term housing solutions here 🏡
Wow, what a night, thank you to everyone who came and packed out
@TruroCathedral
last night to launch our vital Christmas Appeal.
There was gospel singing, bagpipes, donkeys... and very importantly, the voices and stories from St Petrocs clients to share what this work is about
We have opened our doors overnight in Truro and Penzance providing night shelter to people otherwise sleeping rough throughout the winter.
If you see someone sleeping on the streets over this festive period please let us know through
@Tell_StreetLink
It is with great sadness that we announce the death of Steve Ellis. Whilst Steve had been very unwell, his passing has come as a shock to us all.
From all of us at St Petrocs (and in his own words), ‘go steady’ Steve. 🤍
Read full statement here:
A big thank you to everyone that supported our charity lunches for Cornish homeless charity,
@stpetrocs
. You helped to raise a fantastic £5,500 to aid their important work across the county.
Welcome to all our new followers who have joined our page in the last few months, and thank you once again to all our existing supporters for your ongoing support, it means so much to the St Petrocs team and clients 💛
SO pleased with our award for Best Business with a Purpose at the
@cbizawards
sponsored by the
@edenproject
.
It comes after a year of hard work and determination where we re-housed 581 people and the rough sleeping figures for Cornwall saw a reduction for the 2nd year! ❤️🏆
We are celebrating the 35th Anniversary of St Petrocs. It is our birthday TODAY!! 🥳
We'll be looking back at history, facts, stories, memories, images and more from the last 35 years for the next 35 days.
Watch this space for ways to celebrate with us throughout the year💛
From the bottom of our hearts, thank you to the anonymous lady who donated these flasks and sleeping bags (that Angie is modelling), and to every single person who has dropped in items from toothbrushes to razors, sandwiches to tinned foods, knitted gloves to pairs of socks 🙏
We are so delighted to be
@CornwallCouncil
Chairman’s charity of the year - what an honour. There’s been an outpouring of support of our work here at New County Hall today - thank you!
@SmileyHil
Steve Ellis has been awarded a Civic Award for ‘Services to the Cornish Community’
Steve accepted this award on behalf of the entire St Petrocs family and would like to express his gratitude and thanks to Councillor Hilary Frank, Chair of
@CornwallCouncil
and Councillor Gammon.
We are proud to be one of the forty charities who are standing together to urge the government to pass an emergency law to help the homeless during this pandemic.
The new series of
#DocMartin
starts tonight on
@ITV
, excited? We are!
The Executive Producer Mark Crowdy is a great supporter of ours. Remember when he said he may include a
#homelessness
storyline inspired by St Petrocs? Well let’s see…
@CornwallLive
Government figures released today show Cornwall with the largest reduction of street homeless in England, 31% down on last year's figure. Thank you to everyone who contributed to the reduction for their hard work. There's still more hard work to do.
#ItsTimeToAct
The absolutely inspirational Olympic gold medallist
@Helenglovergb
came to say "hello" to St Petrocs🥇
Here she is with Marie Tate, our Chairman's wife who's been very involved with helping us address homelessness in Cornwall for many years. Special moments ❤
#CornwallBizAwards
The High Sheriff of Cornwall, presented two Unsung Hero Awards on Porthcurnick beach yesterday.
Simon Stallard of the
@hiddenhut
and Lois Wild, St Petrocs, were both recognised for their efforts during the pandemic.
Read the article in full here:
The High Sheriff of Cornwall, Kate Holborow visited earlier this week and Justin Day, company secretary, accepted the ‘un-sung hero award’ on behalf of the St Petrocs team, especially for his work in bringing empty properties back into use as St Petrocs homes. 💛
Tonight, our cold weather provision starts. Funded purely by donations, our Resource Centre in Truro will open for street homeless to sleep in until mid-February. Our operational staff will work around the clock to keep people warm and safe.
#ItsTimeToAct
#homeless
#Cornwall
Set up done! Come and see us on Stand 278 at the
@RoyalCornwall
Show and find out all about our work to end homelessness in Cornwall. Looking forward to the RCS after two years away! 💛
This is Jenny Osborne who's just arrived back in Cornwall after running the
#LondonMarathon2019
to support our work.
Jenny will be 72 next month & completed it in an amazing 5 hours 58 minutes.🥇
This was her 9th Marathon, despite never running before she was 50!
#inspiration
Wow,
#DocMartin
episode tonight focused on the stigma of
#homelessness
and highlighted the lived realities of the experience.
And... this was inspired by St Petrocs!! Read and hear more here...
🌟 Happy St. Piran's Day 🌟
Whether you're celebrating the Feast of Saint Piran, the national day of Cornwall, by indulging in a classic Cornish pasty or savouring a Cornish cream tea. Let's honour the spirit of Cornwall in style! 🎉
#StPiransDay
#Cornwall
#GoolPeran
Cornwall is supported by funds from
@crisis_uk
for the work at the sharp end with people on the streets during this
#COVID19
crisis.
It is fantastic to be represented by an organisation who cares as much as Crisis.
A big shout out to Bimini Love on
#internationalwomensday2018
for developing the amazing
@StreetCramps
providing homeless women with sanitary products & dignity. We're inspired by her sense of responsibility. And encouraged by her determination and commitment.
#IWD2018
Here at St Petrocs we are saying a big
#ThanksToYou
to
#NationalLottery
players, for funding our work.
This support meant that we were able to stay fully open and operational throughout the Covid19 pandemic, supporting homeless people in Cornwall safely 💛💛💛💛💛
@TNLUK
The ‘St Petrocs Pasty’, baked by our Lois Wild was awarded silver in the Open Savoury Amateur category at the World Pasty Championships at
@edenproject
this afternoon! 🏆😮🥳
Thanks to
@Rick_Stein
’s Paul Tippett for the pasty workshop yesterday with our residents
#pastychamps
WOW! We asked for your help at the end of last week via our Amazon wishlist, and we are absolutely blown away by the support we have received so far. On Monday alone we had 48 parcels delivered to our resource centre! thank you, thank you, thank you 💛
We are delighted to announce
@jon_sparkes
has joined our board as a new trustee.
Jon has long been a supporter of St Petrocs, contributing to campaigns and enabling the charity’s work to feed into national projects. Welcome Jon 💛
Read more here 👉
St Petrocs is delighted to receive £100,000 of funding from the
@Barclays
100x100 Community Aid Fund, to enable us to continue to deliver quality support and services for people who find themselves with no home.
Read more here 👉
#Barclays100x100
Woooo! Really enjoyed attending the launch party for the newly named Arts and Homelessness International beautifully curated event with poetry, singing, theatre and joy!
@With1V
🥳🎉
A big thank you to everyone who took part in our big Eden Sleep Out last week with
@stpetrocs
and the
@AmberFoundation
. You're all truly inspirational!
This last year we've all had to adapt. In our case it's been ensuring our services can best support people who are pushed into homelessness. We have supported 1,013 individuals this calendar year across the charity, this includes assisting 424 people into housing solutions.
We're launching our poetry book
#StonesinOurHands
today, written by clients, staff, volunteers and supporters with refreshments and poetry readings at 11am, 1.30pm and 3pm. Join us at stand 272
@RoyalCornwall
#RCS19
Really pleased that homeless link have secured funding for vital services in Cornwall including ourselves,
@ymcacornwall
and
@HarbourHousing
– all working to end street homeless in Cornwall
This is extremely exciting news! We are so pleased to tell you that Rick Stein's amazing
@stpetrocsbistro
in
#Padstow
are supporting us this winter with their Charity Lunches - 4th November to 5th December, raising vital finds for our winter night shelters - book now!!
Great news. Our charity lunches
@stpetrocsbistro
are back again, supporting
@stpetrocs
. Join us 4th November - 5th December to enjoy a three course lunch for £15.95 plus a £2 donation that goes straight to the charity. View the menu and book here:
We are so excited that St Petrocs has been shortlisted for ‘Best Business with a Purpose’ in the Cornwall Business Awards 2019 along with
@cornwallairamb
Ambulance and
@CoastlineHouse
.
Winners will be announced 27th June, so watch this space!
@cbizawards
#cornwallbizawards
Cornwall has over 50% fewer people sleeping rough compared to last year according to latest figures:
We’re committed to ensuring that no one is forced to sleep rough in Cornwall.
More information about the prestigious Trelawny Plate presented to Steve Ellis at a special service in recognition of his work in the Cornish community is available on our website💛
St Petrocs raises awareness of homelessness in Cornwall on a local & national level in partnership with organisations such as
@crisis_uk
,
@centrepointuk
&
@HomelessLink
. Ending homelessness will require changes in our society, changes in policy & collective, co-ordinated action.
What a night to be at the
@edenproject
tonight! Its wonderful to be welcoming such an amazing group of people to the Emmaus
@Eden
event to support this work to end street homelessness in Cornwall
#ItsTimeToAct
We’re launching a podcast! We’re going to talk to people in Cornwall and around the country, discussing the challenges of living in Cornwall, our work and celebrating the positivity and resilience of the Cornish community.
Thank you!!! We’ve been staggered at the outstanding community support being shown to us, and we are totally amazed to have reached our initial £10,000 target! To help us support even more people, please donate here:
A big grateful Christmas THANK YOU to all those individuals and support agencies who've provided presents and Christmas food for all those who are homeless in Cornwall. You've brought joy to many :-)
With the second lockdown due to come into action on Thursday this is a note of reassurance that all our services will remain open and operational throughout, as they did during the first lockdown earlier this year.
Good to be with wonderful Cornish businesses and to share breakfast with the
@cornwallchamber
at the
@AlvertonHotel
this morning.
Always great to get together and share ideas to help us end street homelessness in Cornwall. Thank you for all your support!
Thank you
@Boardmasters
Foundation for kindly supporting us!
We're putting the money toward running our winter night shelter, providing emergency accommodation for up to 18 people per night in Truro.
Urgent need for donations of bedding! Please help and please share...
Our cupboard of bedding donations is almost empty from the sudden drop in temperature. We are in urgent need of duvets, pillows & sleeping bags to deal with the demand as we head into the winter
#ItsTimeToAct
Delighted to have been joined by Jon Sparkes, CEO of
@crisis_uk
this afternoon.
Crisis have been so supportive of our work, especially during the pandemic.
Thank you for Joining us today
@jon_sparkes
Wow! We're delighted to reach say that, thanks to YOUR generosity, we passed £20,000 raised in our
@crowdfunderuk
appeal this weekend. Your donations will go back into our work supporting people throughout the
#COVID19
crisis and beyond. Thank you!
Wishing you all a very happy St Pirans day today!
Will you be marking the annual national day of St Piran's with a traditional Cornish pasty, or perhaps a nice cream tea, jam first ofcourse! 😉
#StPirans
#StPiransDay
#Cornwall
#Cornish
We had the most fabulous time at Scorrier House with our friends, volunteers and supporters - a time to celebrate the contribution of all these people in our work to end street homelessness in Cornwall.
To all our supporters, a heartfelt "thank you" from all of us at St Petrocs
We are so delighted to be the
@PenzanceMayor
's charity of the year this year!
Thank you for coming to see us, it means so much to us that you are supporting our work in
#Penzance
😃
@JackStein
@Taylor_Luke
Such a HUGE THANK YOU to you and your team for being some of the most generous and thoughtful supporters we could ever imagine. Your selflessness has touched us all and brought a lightness to our days recently! 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟
Have a happy Bank Holiday Weekend everyone, it's set to be a scorcher! 🌞🌞🌞
Please don't forget people who are sleeping rough in this weather - here's some top tips from
@centrepointuk
Centrepoint on how to help - it could save a life!
We are opening another house to cope with the demand for our services, and we need a fridge for each of the residents. If you have an under the counter fridge, in good clean condition, that you'd like to re-home, get in touch with our supporter care team on 01872260948. Thanks!💛
Both our night shelters were open and full last night. We're really feeling the love from the Cornish community, always so kind and generous and we're feeling very humbled. Thank you everyone ❤️
Stay safe and keep warm!
#snowday
#uksnow
#CornwallSnow
#homeless
St Petrocs is delighted to announce that the Garfield Weston Foundation has awarded a grant of £40,000 towards our work supporting people experiencing homelessness in Cornwall.
Please follow the link to our website for the full story.
“We provide emergency overnight accommodation so that people don’t have to sleep outside in the winter weather. During the time that people stay with us, we work intensively with people .. and try to find them more permanent accommodation.”
Great to see all our supporters at our AGM. The amazing
@GillPipkin
delivered a very insightful and engaging presentation about
@CABCornwall
and causes of
#homelessness
in
#Cornwall
. A fantastic time to reflect on our work this year and set the scene for the year going forward
How can you help someone sleeping rough during the coronavirus pandemic?
@HomelessLink
and
@Tell_StreetLink
have put together a list of 6 things you can do to make a difference:
This week marks 20 years since Russell joined St Petrocs. He's held a vareity of roles since starting as a Hostel Manager and is now Director of Non-Residential Services. A big thank you for his hard work to make sure thousands of people in Cornwall have somewhere to call home 💛
Good to meet everyone at the
@CornwallCouncil
#Bodmin
Community Network Panel Meeting yesterday. And a big "thank you" to the Councillors who funded the well-being project for our residents in our properties in Bodmin -
@CllrJacqGammon
Cllr Leigh Frost and Cllr Pat Rogerson
We’re pleased to announce the launch of a new mobile app which offers remote support to people experiencing homelessness in Cornwall.
The app was developed as a response to the restrictions enforced by the pandemic.
Read more about it here
We'd especially like to thank our wonderful staff team, volunteers and supporters for all the efforts made throughout the year - and particularly over this Christmas period.
Kayleigh's initial thoughts about working for a homeless charity as part of her social work degree placement were of trepidation, but Kayleigh spoke to us about her time working in the Resource Centre and how her views changed..
Read the article here 👉
A very happy Christmas to our supporters! We've been truly touched by how many of you have contacted us with donations and offers of help and support. True Christmas spirit!
Our services are running continually to help people who have nowhere to call home this Christmas.
Benjamin Zephaniah reads an An Askel poem. All of us are just trying to raise awareness of the St Petrocs campaign to end street homelessness. St Petrocs saw 1,038 clients last year. That's just in beautiful Cornwall.
#ItsTimeToAct
@stpetrocs
We’re over the moon to announce that St Petrocs has won the Investors in People award for Third Sector Employer of the Year! Tom & Amanda represented us on the evening, a great event. Thanks to
@IIP
and to everyone who works at St Petrocs making it the special workplace it is 💛
We are so delighted to have been shortlisted for the category of Best Business with a Purpose in the
@cbizawards
.
Have you voted yet? Please help us win the overall Business of the Year by clicking this link, it only takes 2 clicks 👇
A sudden increase in pressure – like losing work – can force people into homelessness. This
@Channel4
vid is a powerful account of how our economy locks people into poverty, and demonstrates just how unexpectedly people are being pushed into homelessness.