24 HOURS ON THE STREETS!

On October the 10th 2015 it is world homeless day.

To highlight the plight of millions of people on the planet surviving without homes or shelter and to raise funds for the Pilion Trusts young persons winter shelter, myself and my partner Owen are going to spend 24 hours living on the streets of London without any money or food.

We are trying to raise as much money as possible for The Crash Pad. Our minimum target is £1000 – but we would love to raise more. We will also be running a stall giving out information to the public and hopefully raising even more funds with a charity bucket.

SO PLEASE DONATE NOW AND HELP SAVE YOUNG PEOPLE FROM THE STREETS.

Please go to the link below and watch the video

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jcx2DvHkETg

Some facts and figures about the crash pad. Please read.

The Crash Pad is a winter shelter which is open from 1st December to the end of April. It supports homeless young people in crisis and at risk and provides a friendly family orientated place that they can rest and feel safe. During their stay at the shelter, the young people are given a bed with clean bedding, towels, dinner and breakfast, access to hot water and bathroom facilities, somewhere to wash and dry their clothes and someone to listen to them and support them throughout their stay.

As well as providing a safe shelter, the staff at the Crash Pad support the young people with:

Finding accommodation and tenancy rights
Education and employment
Life skills
Benefits and Budgeting
Their mental and physical health
Their self esteem
Workshops including music, writing, art and cookery classes
In the winter of 2014/15, 116 young people stayed at the Crash Pad. Most of the young people accessing the shelter had emotional and psychological needs. They were not just asking for housing. Their complex needs included:

Self Harming
Attempted suicides
Eating Disorders
Violence by partners
Abuse in the home
Issues with Sexuality and Gender
Addictions
Trauma and Torture
Parental neglect and violence
Mental Health and Wellbeing
Cultural issues

Based on the 116 young people who accessed the shelter, all have been found support, housing, family connections and more.
100% of young people were supported to move into safe and secure accommodation.
82 young people attended and completed all workshops.
100% of young people left the project with the ability to cook and remain healthy during the winter.
100% accessed support packs for winter warmth.
5% of the young people returned to the streets after 01.05.2015 but support for them was continued until they were housed.

PLEASE HELP THE PILION TRUST TO CONTINUE THEIR AMAZING WORK….THANKYOU

Sam Parrington and Owen Cochrane-Milne

The Pilion Trust are #PoweredByPride!

The Pilion Trust are pleased to announce that you can now help us continue our vital work & all it will cost is a little of your battery power!

In celebration of Pride Month, fitness brand Equinox have created #POWEREDBYPRIDE, an interactive artwork and social media campaign that raises money for LGBTQA supporting charities. Equinox have commissioned LA-based artist David Flores to create street murals with a message of universal love in London, New York and San Francisco, and every time you snap a selfie in front of one and use the hashtag #POWEREDBYPRIDE, Equinox will donate £1 or $1 to an LGBTQA supporting charity with the London one benefiting The Pilion Trust.

In the UK, you can take your Instagram or Twitter pic at 34-35 Berwick Street in Soho between now and 7 July. Share your snap on Instagram and Twitter, making sure to use the #POWEREDBYPRIDE hashtag, and Equinox will donate £1 per post to The Pilion Trust.

 

#POWEREDBYPRIDE

IMPORTANT SEASONAL NOTICE.

It’s that time of year again & I’m looking for volunteers & paid staff for the shelter we provide outreach for over the Xmas period.

If you have experience of outreach/assessing clients or similar or if you just want to volunteer in other ways for when we run the shelter entirely on our own please message me on Facebook page or via our Twitter account or better still drop me an email at paul.eco@piliontrust.org.uk & we’ll take it from there!

Cheers, I look forward to hearing from you all. Paul.

World Homelessness Day 2014

 

10.10.2014 – We ask for everyone around the world to take a moment out their day, troubles, woes, fears etc., and think of the millions of people around the world who are homeless and rough sleeping tonight.

London Homelessness has risen by over 6%. The October rains have arrived and the winter cold is coming. How many people will die this winter on the streets of London?

No matter how hard life seems at the moment, there is still hope as you are not homeless. Escalating house prices, inflated rentals, no council stock, zero Local Authority help and the Government talks about Affordable Housing?

 

What does that look like in reality?

Help us to support the vulnerable: https://justgiving.com/piliontrust/

Unveiling Of Amy Winehouse Statue In Camden

Sunday 14th September 2014

Camden Stables – Unveiling of the Amy Winehouse Statue.

Pilion Trust is one of the charities supported by the Amy Winehouse Foundation. Pilion’s Crash Pad Shelters support under 23 year old young people in crisis to find emergency housing, employment and education to change their lives. AWF have supported them for the past 3 years to continue having the shelter open.

Pilion’s Crash Pad Youth Shelter is the first and only young person’s provision in London offering 15 young people a safe space every night of the year.

Photographed with the Amy Winehouse Statue were, (L to R): Marvyn Marques (Pilion Trust Trustee), Savvas Panas (CEO The Pilion Trust) and Jerone Hipplewith ( Coordinator – Crash Pad Youth Shelter)

 

STOPTOBER 2014

Join the Stoptober challenge today!

https://stoptober.smokefree.nhs.uk/registration-c

Stop smoking for 28 days and you’re 5 times more likely to stop for good. There are lots of free support tools from apps to packs – we have all the help you need.

If you’d like to try with our CEO Savvas Panas to give up this Stoptober we have a selection of smoking cessation aids such as nicotine replacement patches, nicotine inhalators, nicotine gum & nicotine mouth sprays.

Good luck everyone!

 

http://www.smokefreeislington.nhs.uk/

Fuck The Poor?

 

Fuck The Poor?

 

 

Charity asks Londoners to put their money where their mouths are in controversial ‘Fuck The Poor’ campaign

 

7/04/13 – The Pilion Trust, a charity which helps some of the poorest and most vulnerable,has conducted a social experiment on the people of London to see if we really do care about those who are less fortunate.

 

A man wearing a sign saying “Fuck the poor” was sent out to the streets of the capital as part of a campaign for the charity by advertising agency Publicis. Londoners were secretly filmed taking the man to task for the offensive statement.

 

Afterwards, the man flipped his sign over so that it read “Help the poor” and he proceeded to ask for donations – but this time people completely ignored him.

 

The film of the social experiment is being posted on youtube on 7^th Apriland will be released in cinemaslater in the month.

 

The campaign message is: “We know you care. Please care enough to give.”

 

Savvas Panas, the Chief Executive of the Pilion Trust, said: “As a charity that has been severely affected by the nationwide decrease in charitable donations (20%) and Government cuts (60%).

 

“We understand that some may be shocked by this footage. We are more offended however, that people across the United Kingdom are living in adverse poverty.”

 

Andy Bird, Executive Creative Director of Publicis said, “The Pilion Trust is a small front line charity without the budget to make itself heard in paid-for media, and also loses out on high street donations, so we helped them to make a film that highlighted the discrepancy between peoples attitude when confronted with injustice and bigotry about poverty, and then their apathy when asked directly to help do something about it – donate.’

 

8,001 homeless people housed

Pilion’s Outreach Service has welcomed their 8,001 client since starting in 2006. Support us to continue our work with vulnerbale people with mutiple needs.

Splash Pilion Community Paint Service launch event this Thursday!

Low cost quaility recycled paint available at low cost.

Thanks to our partners at Forest Recycling Project we have a new stock of quality recycled paint available at our shop in Islington. Many colours, matt, gloss, varnishes and much more available to Community Groups and individuals with a history of Homelessness, Drug/Alcohol, Mental Health or any other complex need at just £1 per litre.

Unit 8 Clarendon Buildings
25 Horsell Road
Islington
London N5 1XL
020 7700 2498

Open: Monday to Friday 10am to 5pm – contact Darnell on 020 7700 2498 to arrange an appointment
Closed: Saturday and Sunday

We stock:

• Emulsion paint for walls and ceilings (vinyl matt and silk)
• Kitchen and bathroom paint
• Paint for interior and exterior wood and metal (gloss, satinwood and eggshell)
• Undercoats and primers
• Masonry paint for exterior brickwork
• Varnishes and woodstains
• Floor and tile paint

Reclaimed paint is available in a wide range of colours and sizes – from 750ml to 10 litres.  A range of ‘as new’ paint donated from commercial sources is also available.

We have a high demand for white and magnolia emulsion paint so occasionally have a limited supply of these types of paint. However, we always have a stock of emulsions, glosses, satinwoods and eggshells in a wide range of colours for up to 80% cheaper when compared to buying new paint from commercial DIY stores.

A membership scheme is available for not-for-profit organisations requiring a large volume of reclaimed paint, offering further savings.

We hope to meet you at our project but should you not be able to make it to us below is a list of other recycled paint outlets.

Reclaimed paint is available from the following locations for a suggested donation of £1 per litre:

FRP -The Paint Place

Unit 7 The Sidings (Off Hainault Road)
Leytonstone
London E11 1HD
020 8539 9076 (please leave a message)

Open: Monday, Wednesday and Thursday 10am to 4pm
Closed: Tuesday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday

In addition to our normal weekday opening hours FRP The Paint Place will be holding another fantastic free selected paint giveaway on the last Saturday of the summer months:

Saturday 27th April – 10am and 1pm
Saturday 25th May – 10am and 1pm
Saturday 29th June – 10am and 1pm

FRP ReUse Centre

2c Bakers Avenue
Walthamstow
London E17 9AW
020 8539 3856

Open: Monday to Thursday 10 am to 4 pm.
Closed: Friday, Saturday and Sunday.

FRP also supply reclaimed paint to the following organisations where it is available to buy:

Bright Sparks ReUse Centre (Turnell Park)

153 Fortess Road
Tufnell Park
London NW5 1AD

Open: Tuesday to Saturday 12:30pm to 5:30pm, Thursday 12:30pm to 7pm
Closed: Sunday and Monday

Enfield ReUse Centre

Units E4-6 Harbet Road (near Costco)
Stonehill Business Park
Edmonton
London N18 3QP
020 7324 4627

Open: Tuesday to Saturday 10am to 5pm
Closed: Sunday and Monday

Homestore (Referral Only – registration required)

Units 2 Maryland Industrial Estate
26 Maryland Road
Stratford
London E15 1JW
020 8519 6264 (weekdays)

Open: Weekdays – if you are on low income or benefits, call to register as a Homestore customer
Closed: Weekends

Petit Miracles ***Coming Soon***

West 12 Shopping Centre
Shepherds Bush
London W12 8PP

Open: Tuesday to Saturday 10am to 5pm
Closed: Sunday and Monday

It’s a Crash Pad Party!

The Crash Pad Party will be held at The Good Intent Pub on Friday 19th April .

Mostly the event is for current guests, ex-guests, staff, volunteers, students,community groups, donors and friends that have been involved this year.

We are naturally allowing the ‘kidz’ to organise this event with some helpful steering from others involved will help this become an memorable ending to our time at the Cally Methodist Church this winter.

Crash Pad/Urban Edge Art Event

http://londoneer.org/2012/11/urban-edge-art-eventbrixton-london-december.html

Help the Homeless This Christmas…(& the next & next & next e.t.c)

There’s a ‘Pledgie’ page linked to the video for donations, it’s: https://pledgie.com/campaigns/18741 should this link not work for you it’s also on the YouTube page for the video, you can get there by clicking the YouTube symbol on the right hand side of the play bar at the bottom of the video.

Amy Winehouse Foundation/Pilion Trust/Radio 1xtra & Big Issue Media Coverage!

Here’s a couple of examples of our recent media coverage, one is an extract from a Radio 1xtra show that was recently broadcast and the other is a piece from the Big Issue about the wonderful Amy Winehouse Foundation.

Just click on the orange writing below then click play to listen to the radio extract.

AmyWinehouseFoundation-PilionTrust-1xtra

You can download a PDF of the Big Issue article for easier reading by clicking the download link at the bottom of the article.

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World Homeless Action!

*Screening at our Shelter Me! Young Persons Crash Pad Project on Saturday 13th October from 1.00pm*

We will be serving *Twisted Soup* all day!

Donations on the door please!

We will be livestreaming this event tomorrow, Saturday 13th October here: http://www.ustream.tv/channel/knuckle-soup for those that cannot make it in person…..but if you can, well…..

And afterwards why not pop along to: https://www.facebook.com/events/505468186134733/?ref=ts&fref=ts

Undercurrent new monthly fundraising night at The Enkel Arms

We’ve got an amazing line up to start our new regular night at The Enkel Arms in conjunction with Knuckle Soup Records, so why not pop along?

Finsbury Square Report

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PilionRoxxx presents…

If you’re in London, (or near for that matter, public transport ain’t that bad despite what the Daily Fail etc say!) on the 24th May 2012 come along to The Enkel Arms for another wonderful Pilion Roxxx/Knuckle Soup presentation and help keep our wonderful myriad of projects going!

Pilion Trust – The Crashpad Shelter Appeal

We at The Pilion Trust would like to let everyone know that The Caledonian Road Methodist Church are NOT throwing The Shelter Me! Young Person’s Crash Pad out…
They kindly let us use the basement of their church during the winter months December  – April.

The Crash Pad fits in around the churches life and we would like to categorically state THEY ARE NOT THROWING US OUT and take this opportunity to send them a very warm thank them you for their generosity; help and partnership work.

Due to the government’s hard line policies on young people and charities creating hardship and increased homelessness which we foresee as becoming a long term all year round issue.

We have found that there is an urgent need to continue the work we have been doing and so are looking for another more permanent and suitable building.

It’s not the churches job to have to house young people all year around.

The Caledonian Methodist Church were the only people who came to help The Pilion Trust and these young people during the freezing spell of 2010/11 and our CEO spoke to a lot of people and our relationship has been built up since then and we are pained that people have misunderstood the serious and primary reason for the video, which is to highlight the plight of the young people and not to malign the very kind hearted actions of The Caledonian Road Methodist Church and their congregation.

Not 4 Good

Short animation about living in a homeless hostel released by Number Eighteen Films in 2008.

Sadly very little for the good has changed since then.