St Giles Trust In The News

20 July - we welcomed Civil Society Minister Nick Hurd to St Giles Trust.  You can read about his visit here in the South London Press:

http://www.southlondonpress.co.uk/tn/news.cfm?id=25670&headline=Camberwell+charity+praised+by+Government

and on Nick Hurd's website

http://www.nickhurd.com/content/nick-hurd-visits-st-giles-trust-camberwell

12 July - BBC London's Robert Elms did a piece on the 36 bus route as part of his Top Deck Tales on Radio 4. He caught up with our SOS Project's Junior Smart who explained how the route - which goes past our head office in Camberwell - is relevant to his work.  Listen here to this excellent piece:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00szxzc/Top_Deck_Tales/

5 July - Junior Smart speaks about his work with the SOS Project, plus wider issues around youth offending in Frost Magazine.  Read the full article here:

http://frostmagazine.com/?p=1639&preview=true

30 June - Our Team Leader Colin Lambert appeared on Radio 4's World at One to discuss the proposals put forward by Ken Clarke.  Listen again here:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00stc80

30 June - Colin Lambert also appeared live on BBC News 24 to discuss Ken Clarke's proposals.

30 June -Rob Owen, our Chief Executive, appeared on Radio 4 Today on the back of today's announcement by Justice Minister Ken Clarke on the rehabilitation revolution. He appeared with Civitas Director David Green. Listen again here:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/today/hi/today/newsid_8775000/8775222.stm

Junior Smart, who heads up our SOS Gangs Project, was interviewed live on Radio 4 Today on Wednesday 23 June in reponse to a report launched by Her Majesty's Inspectorate on services to tackle gang culture.  Listen again here:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/today/hi/today/newsid_8755000/8755383.stm

Our Chief Executive Rob Owen is interviewed in June's New Statesman magazine as part of an article on measuring charity effectiveness.

We were mentioned in an article in Society Guardian written by Martin Brookes, Chief Executive of New Philanthropy Capital.  It looks at the challenges charities face in measuring their impact and providing evidence that their work can be scaled up.  Our Through the Gates project is mentioned.  Read the full article here: http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2010/may/26/charities-big-society-impact-evidence

Our Chief Executive Rob Owen appeared on Radio 4's World at One to comment on the new Government's Big Society proposals http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006qptc

Our work resettling prison leavers is highlighted in a double page feature in The Independent on 28 April http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/a-big-issue-what-should-we-do-about-kenneth-1956157.html

We get a mention in an article in Third Sector Magazine on The Impetus Trust: http://www.thirdsector.co.uk/news/Article/997340/new-method-funding/

St Giles Trust was on the Radio 4 Today programme on Friday 9 April. Listen again here: http://news.bbc.co.uk/today/hi/today/newsid_8610000/8610804.stm

On 25 March, we were on Radio 4 PM as part of a piece to highlighting the new Social Impact Bonds which will fund new work St Giles Trust will be doing with men leaving Peterborough Prison.

Also on 25 March, our local newspaper Southwark News, highlighted our win in The Sunday Times Top 100. Read it here: http://www.southwarknews.co.uk/home/00,news,18873,11009,00.htm

On 23 March, The Economist also picked up the Social Impact Bonds story, also making the connection to the relevance of the recent research from Pro Bono Economic. Read it here: http://www.economist.com/business-finance/displaystory.cfm?story_id=15763214

On 22 March, Community Care Magazine highlighted the SOS Project as part of a feature they were doing in young offenders. Read it here: http://www.communitycare.co.uk/Articles/2010/03/22/114111/resettlement-for-young-offenders-must-be-planned-early.htm

St Giles Trust's role in the Social Impact Bonds was also highlighted on 22 March in Regeneration and Renewal.  Read it here: http://www.regen.net/news/ByDiscipline/Business/login/991890/

And it also ran in the Financial News on 19 March. Read it here: http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/543161b0-32be-11df-a767-00144feabdc0.html

and the story was carried in The Guardian http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2010/mar/19/investors-pay-for-prisoner-rehabilitation

and in the Financial Times http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/543161b0-32be-11df-a767-00144feabdc0.html

and in Third Sector Magazine http://thirdsector.co.uk/Channels/Finance/Article/991310/Government-pilot-scheme-tests-social-impact-bond/

On 15 March, Radio 4 Today highlighted the launch of The Economic Impact of Through the Gates, the research initiated by Pro Bono Economics and carried out by Frontier Economics.

The research was also highlighted in The Observer and The People on 16 March.

On 16 February, the Guardian carried an interview with Maria McNicholl from St Giles Trust on prisoner learning. Read it here:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/education/2010/feb/16/short-sentence-prisoner-education