Blog - The Winchester Beacon

A foundation of hope

21st October 2024

A foundation of hope

Supporters come together on World Homeless Day

15th October 2024

Supporters come together on World Homeless Day

Live music fundraiser

24th June 2024

Live music fundraiser

Volunteers' Week Celebration

12th June 2024

Volunteers’ Week Celebration

Aliayah's story

13th May 2024

Aliayah’s story

Winchester Ladies Circle to support The Beacon

13th May 2024

Winchester Ladies Circle to support The Beacon

Creating change with Bear Face Theatre

10th May 2024

Creating change with Bear Face Theatre

Running the Isle of Wight

1st May 2024

Running the Isle of Wight

Spare Change for Lasting Change

26th April 2024

Spare Change for Lasting Change

Sad news about Debby Hughson

24th April 2024

Sad news about Debby Hughson

Proposed cuts to homelessness services

7th March 2024

Proposed cuts to homelessness services

Shaking up some fun!

22nd February 2024

Shaking up some fun!

19th February 2024

“I felt safe”

28th January 2024

“My time at The Winchester Beacon has definitely bolstered me”

Thank You For Your Support

8th January 2024

Thank You For Your Support

Homeless at Seventy

19th December 2023

Homeless at Seventy

Annual Review 2023

12th December 2023

Annual Review 2023

Appointment of a new CEO

29th November 2023

Appointment of a new CEO

23rd November 2023

Make Advent Count

23rd November 2023

Secret Santa

Winchester Community Choir's Christmas Concert

20th November 2023

Winchester Community Choir’s Christmas Concert

Feed People Experiencing Homelessness this Christmas

16th November 2023

Feed People Experiencing Homelessness this Christmas

Trustees' Week - Spotlight on Vicky

9th November 2023

Trustees’ Week – Spotlight on Vicky

2nd November 2023

Larry’s Story

A Harvest Thank You

23rd October 2023

A Harvest Thank You

Supporters' Evening

26th September 2023

Supporters’ Evening

26th September 2023

Jo’s Story

CEO Michele Price

31st July 2023

CEO of The Winchester Beacon to hand over role

Be a Summer Superhero

26th July 2023

Be a Summer Superhero

Weekend Support

25th July 2023

Weekend Support

Supporters' Evening

24th July 2023

Supporters’ Evening – Thursday 21st September 2023

Introducing Our New Operations Manager

5th May 2023

Introducing Our New Operations Manager

The Big Help Out for The Winchester Beacon

25th April 2023

The Big Help Out for The Winchester Beacon

One Big Thank You

20th April 2023

One Big Thank You

30th March 2023

Cutting Costs

Spare Change for Lasting Change

27th March 2023

Spare Change for Lasting Change

Winchester Boxing Show

23rd February 2023

Winchester Boxing Show – Saturday 13th May

BBC Solent's Life Stories

17th January 2023

BBC Solent’s Life Stories

4th January 2023

“I am so relieved to make the first step back in life again”

6th December 2022

Secret Santa

Ways to help this Christmas

5th December 2022

Ways You Can Help this Christmas

28th November 2022

Giving Tuesday

Saturday 17th December - Christmas with Southern Voices

18th November 2022

Saturday 17th December – Christmas with Southern Voices

16th November 2022

Make Advent Count

Jonathan Chapman Christmas Card

1st November 2022

Christmas Card 2022

The Winchester Beacon Project Worker

19th October 2022

Building Futures

World Homeless Day

4th October 2022

Evensong to mark World Homeless Day

Saturday 1st October: Harvest Festival at The White Horse

14th September 2022

Saturday 1st October: Harvest Festival at The White Horse

Sunday 9th October: Recital by The Thomas Weelkes Singers

12th September 2022

Sunday 9th October: Recital by The Thomas Weelkes Singers

Winchester Beacon Supporters Evening

22nd August 2022

Supporters’ Evening

Harvest for homeless

11th August 2022

Support Homelessness this Harvest

supporters evening

25th July 2022

Save the Date

Donate for Dignity

18th July 2022

Donate for Dignity

7th July 2022

Animal Adventures

Volunteers Week

1st June 2022

Thank You To Our Volunteers

Winchester Beacon board of directors

30th May 2022

Meet Our Volunteer Board of Directors

Easyfundraising

27th May 2022

An Easy Way to Help

25th May 2022

Thank You From Ryan

25th May 2022

Visit to Winchester Cathedral

The Big Sleep Out 2022

18th May 2022

The Big Sleep Out 2022

Winchester School of Art

8th April 2022

Repurposing with Winchester School of Art

Gentian Developments Gives Support

6th April 2022

Gentian Developments Gives Support

Drop Your Drawers

31st March 2022

Drop Your Drawers

Sunflowers for Ukraine

14th March 2022

High Hopes Sunflowers To Help Ukraine

HCC consultation on homelessness

10th March 2022

We Need Your Help

Spotlight on staff

12th January 2022

Spotlight On Our Staff

Lockdown Locks Raise £6,000

11th January 2022

Lockdown Locks Raise £6,000

Sofa surfing in Hampshire

16th December 2021

“You really feel like there’s a support network here”

Dean Catherine supports homelessness

15th December 2021

Dean of Winchester Appointed As New Patron For The Winchester Beacon

John's story of homelessness

2nd December 2021

“I find it very hard to ask for help”

2nd December 2021

Secret Santa

12 Days of Christmas Giving

1st December 2021

12 Days of Christmas Giving

11th November 2021

Let’s Walk Together and Light a Way Out of Homelessness

Winchester Nightshelter Christmas Cards

10th November 2021

Christmas Cards 2021

World Homeless Day

14th October 2021

A Beacon of Hope on World Homeless Day

World Homeless Day

8th October 2021

Be Part Of Our Beacon Of Hope

The Winchester Beacon

30th September 2021

The Winchester Beacon

Harvest for homeless

7th September 2021

Help this Harvest

Ooooby Hampshire

3rd September 2021

A Healthy Partnership

Winchester Business Excellence Awards

3rd September 2021

Charity Award Winners

12th August 2021

Supporters’ Evening & AGM

Winchester Fashion Week 2021

15th July 2021

Winchester Fashion Week 2021

19th May 2021

Riding for Wellbeing

Job opportunity

27th April 2021

Make a difference

Scott's story of homelessness

19th April 2021

“I couldn’t help but wonder what I had done to deserve this”

Nightshelter in lockdown

23rd March 2021

Reflecting on a year of the pandemic

Hop for the Homeless

16th March 2021

Hop for the Homeless

Nightshelter volunteer

7th March 2021

International Women’s Day

Bedroom at Winchester Nightshelter

26th February 2021

Peek inside the Nightshelter

Homeless to housed

24th February 2021

From homeless to housed – Phil’s story

Letter from a former resident

8th February 2021

Letter from a former resident

26th January 2021

“I am feeling optimistic about the future”

21st January 2021

Send a Hug of Hope this Valentine’s

Homeless in lockdown

11th January 2021

Homeless in lockdown

7th January 2021

Ways you can help during the pandemic

7th January 2021

Pandemic poetry

Nightshelter Christmas tree

6th January 2021

Christmas at the Nightshelter

Photo competition

30th December 2020

Photo competition

23rd December 2020

Let’s do the Turkey Trot!

15th December 2020

Volunteer creates lockdown calendar

7th December 2020

Be a Secret Helper rather than a Secret Santa

Winchester virtual quiz

17th November 2020

Virtual quiz

Macrame guardian angel

13th November 2020

Be someone’s Guardian Angel this Christmas

Winchester Nightshelter Christmas Cards

26th October 2020

Winchester Churches Nightshelter Christmas Cards 2020

Supporters' Evening and AGM

26th October 2020

How do I join the online Supporters’ Evening?

World Homeless Day

10th October 2020

World Homeless Day

National Poetry Day

1st October 2020

Celebrating National Poetry Day 2020

Winchester Nightshelter AGM and Supporters' Evening

24th September 2020

A Year of Change – Tackling Homelessness in a Pandemic

Bishop Tim Dakin visits the Nightshelter

15th September 2020

Bishop Tim Dakin visits the Nightshelter

16th July 2020

Be a Home Hero

3rd July 2020

Superstar siblings!

Stay 24/7 Appeal

24th June 2020

Stay 24/7 Appeal

Nightshelter fundraiser

24th June 2020

Bouncing for the Nightshelter

Nightshelter bedroom

17th June 2020

Seven ways you can help

6th June 2020

Furloughed with expertise to share?

Bedroom at Winchester Nightshelter

5th June 2020

My experience of volunteering

Angela, Operations Manager

3rd June 2020

Volunteering at the Nightshelter

Volunteering at the Nightshelter

1st June 2020

Thank you to our volunteers

Nightshelter resident

22nd May 2020

Homeless during lockdown

Leek and potato soup

11th May 2020

Recipe: Leek and Potato Soup

Lockdown creativity

6th May 2020

Lockdown creativity

4th May 2020

#GivingTuesdayNow

One to one support

4th May 2020

Supporting our residents

The 2.6 Challenge

20th April 2020

The 2.6 Challenge

Gianluca Nightshelter resident

15th April 2020

“We are all affected”

Hop for the Homeless

13th April 2020

Let’s get hopping!

Hop for the homeless

6th April 2020

Hop for the Homeless

Hampshire Heroes

6th April 2020

Nominate your Hampshire Hero

3rd April 2020

Nightshelter residents break into song

Coronavirus and Nightshelter

24th March 2020

Nightshelter expands service during Coronavirus pandemic

Winchester Beer Festival

2nd March 2020

Festival’s nominated charity

Kingsgate Voices

2nd March 2020

Kingsgate Voices to sing for the Nightshelter

SWEP for homeless

26th February 2020

Emergency help for homeless in cold weather

Love at the Nightshelter

14th February 2020

Love at the Nightshelter

Spare Change for Lasting Change

29th January 2020

Winchester’s spare change raises £4,985

Conversations about homelessness

24th January 2020

Conversations about homelessness

Christmas at the Nightshelter

8th January 2020

A Nightshelter Christmas

Nightshelter volunteer

3rd December 2019

#GivingTuesday

21st November 2019

Reverse Advent Calendar Challenge

Life after homelessness

15th November 2019

Life after experiencing homelessness

30th October 2019

Meet Jennie Maizels

World homeless day

10th October 2019

World Homeless Day: A way you can help

Harvest Festival

26th September 2019

A time to give thanks

“You've got to want to make a change”

4th August 2019

“You’ve got to want to make a change”

A story of how quickly life can change

23rd July 2019

A story of how quickly life can change

How the Nightshelter helped

26th April 2019

How the Nightshelter helped

26th April 2019

“I’m looking forward to the future now”

Nightshelter supporter attempts World Record sleeping bag marathon run

7th February 2019

Nightshelter supporter attempts World Record sleeping bag marathon run

Annual Review 2018

20th November 2018

Annual Review 2018

Nightshelter celebrates 30 years in style at garden party

11th September 2018

Nightshelter celebrates 30 years in style at garden party

Your Harvest donation could make all the difference to the Nightshelter

4th September 2018

Your Harvest donation could make all the difference to the Nightshelter

GDPR consent - have you opted-in yet?

11th May 2018

GDPR consent – have you opted-in yet?

Nightshelter team takes part in The Big Issue Big Step Challenge

16th March 2018

Nightshelter team takes part in The Big Issue Big Step Challenge

Nightshelter inundated by offers of support during recent snow

9th March 2018

Nightshelter inundated by offers of support during recent snow

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