Clothing prepared for tomorrows showers by @royalmail and @dentons
Clothing prepared for tomorrows showers by @royalmail and @dentons
Easter bonnet making
A fabulous productive day here at the Whitechapel Mission today. BNY Mellon volunteers did a sterling job, Rob and his team keeping up, serving breakfast on a very busy morning. Victoria …
TB Screening
The Mayor of London, Boris Johnson MP is urging more people to get tested for TB as part of his campaign to raise awareness of the disease, which is more …
Barclays MasterChef evening
After years of getting piped at the post by Jonathan Beebe, Eric was finally on the winning team in an Equities HCP event. With help from Jon and Henry the venison and …
Restroom Refurbishment
As the shower refurbishment is now complete, we start on the restrooms. Funding for these works is now secured and work begins on Monday morning The toilet facilities are an important …
Shower Refurbishment
Men’s showers are available Monday to Friday from 7:30am until 9:30am, with an opportunity to choose replacement clothing after taking a shower. We always ensure a sufficient amount of clothing …
26th December – Boxing Day
Another fantastic group of volunteers , Zoe with family and friends. A huge thank you for giving up your Boxing day to help us make a difference. More at https://www.youtube.com/user/WhitechapelMission
Christmas Day 2014
Photos taken on 25th December 2014 with a fantastic group of volunteers in this morning attempting to make Christmas Day a little more special for those sleeping rough. Over 150 …
December 24th – Christmas Eve
A slight mix up this morning and volunteers were not able to make for our 6am start or aid us serving the homeless. Luckily, the younger Miller family came to …
23rd December 2014
Photos taken on 23rd December 2014 with volunteers from Dentons and Vubiquity in the kitchens, preparing, cooking and serving Breakfast. A well as sorting a mountain of gifts, donated by …
Volunteer with The Whitechapel Mission
We want volunteering at Whitechapel to be fun, rewarding and challenging. The skills, opinions and experiences of each volunteer are valued and we want them to be an integral part …
Breakfast Challenge
Dear Tony, Thanks so much for the fantastic opportunity you gave to my colleagues and I from RBS yesterday at the Mission for the “breakfast challenge”. We all throughly enjoyed …
The homelessness crisis in England: a perfect storm
Last year, 112,070 people declared themselves homeless in England – a 26% increase in four years. At the same time, the number of people sleeping rough in London grew by …
Black clouds, busy times
New group into today – Advantage Resources, great team with loads of enthusiasm. Thank you to a great team; glad to hear you enjoyed it and want to come back …
Poignant stories
At some point when walking through the streets in London, you will no doubt be accosted by someone asking for a “bit of change please”. It is a personal choice …
Whitechapel Lads
First published at Spitalfields Life by the gentle author Seen for the first time in over a century, these are a series of portraits taken around 1900 at the …
What Tube Strike?
Was there any disruption caused by the tube strike? Not here at Whitechapel there wasn’t! Northern Trust battled any transport trauma’s and 7 hardy volunteers got here to serve and smile. Not that …
At the Whitechapel Mission
by the gentle author At dawn on Easter Tuesday, while most of the world was still sleeping, Contributing Photographer Colin O’Brien & I paid a visit to the Whitechapel Mission …
It’s that Friday Feeling
Wow! Fridays… It’s a full on day here. 6am to 11am as normal with Eversheds LLP volunteering in the kitchens. Brilliant job guys. Then straight into Ladies Day at 12 …