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Radio 4 St Martin-in-the-Fields Christmas Appeal
The Revd Dr Sam Wells
The Vicar of St Martin-in-the-Fields writes about the Radio 4 Christmas Appeal.
Thank you: A record year for the R4 St Martin-in-the-Fields Christmas Appeal
Sally Flatman
Ed's note: This is another amazing record year for the Christmas Appeal. Here's the latest news from Radio 4's Sally Flatman and Sophie Balaam from the Connection at St Martin's. Find out more about the appeal and you can still make a donation on the Radio 4 website - PM. Alison, one of th...
Women and homelessness: Radio 4 St Martin-in-the-Fields Christmas Appeal
Anna McNamee
The morning after I had visited The Connection at St Martins, I woke up at 5 am and wasn't able to fall back asleep. It was dark and cold - the timer on the central heating not yet having kicked in - and outside icy raindrops were pinging off the bedroom window. I pulled the duvet up to my chin ...
Radio 4 Christmas Appeal - our photographers around the UK
Sally Flatman
I had this slightly mad idea. I knew our slideshow A Step Away from Homelessness made for the Radio 4 St Martin-in-the-Fields Christmas Appeal would be showing on BBC Big Screens all round the UK. The slide show is about life on the streets, how you become invisible and how it's often difficult ...
A day with the Radio 4 Christmas Appeal
Denis Nowlan
As I emerge from the Tube at Embankment, I step over a pile of crushed cardboard boxes, surrounded by a scatter of tins. Somebody's bed last night. It's after 9am but the cold still strikes through my fleece and I'm glad to get indoors at the building opposite St Martin-in-the-Fields which house...
Making the invisible visible - The Radio 4 Christmas Appeal starts this Sunday
Sally Flatman
Ed's note: The Radio 4 Christmas Appeal starts this Sunday. You can hear from people helped by previous appeals in Sally's last blog post. Details of how to donate can be found here - PM If you phone us to give a donation on Sunday - we promise we won't play you music whilst you wait...
The Radio 4 Christmas Appeal 2011
Sally Flatman
One young homeless woman tells me, when you are on the streets, it is as if the world is going on normally on the other side of the glass and if you could just take one step you could step back into that world. Another man who was homeless for over 20 years smiles: "That glass looks so thin ...
Standing on the shoulders - the Radio 4 Christmas Appeal passes £1 Million
Sally Flatman
Editor's note. We've published several photographs from the homeless photographers group at St Martin-in-the-Fields since the Christmas Appeal started. This snowy scene by Blodeuwed really emphasises how hard this Winter has been for homeless people. If you haven't made a donation yet, you can d...
Your donations to the Radio 4 Christmas Appeal
Sally Flatman
We were planning to update you on the Christmas Appeal as we did last year on the 12th day of Christmas but we couldn't resist sharing our news. We are almost at last year's record total of £900,000 and it is not yet even christmas and as you will see from the picture - there is still a lot of p...
Counting your donations at St Martin's
Sally Flatman
Editor's note: Sally Flatman, producer of all the Radio 4 Appeal programmes, brings us news from St Martin's. Make your own donation to the appeal on the Radio 4 web site - SB. We've had an amazing start to this year's appeal - on Sunday, taking calls in London and Belfast from 8am till 10pm we...
