News from Thames Reach

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Insider slams drinks industry

02 September: Blowing the lid on the super-strength scandal
New Philanthropy Capital offers Thames Reach endorsement

03 September 2008: New Philanthropy capital offers Thames Reach endorsement.
The secret millionaire

02 September 2008: Thames Reach feature in The Secret Millionaire TV show.
Olympic challenge

28 August 2008: Ending rough sleeping in London by 2012.
Drinkers target high-alcohol hand gels for consumption

13 August 2008: Thames Reach has learned of people stealing sterilising hand gels from hospitals for consumption.
The Government and alcohol watchdog that can't handle its super-strength drink

8 July: Homelessness charity Thames Reach has slammed both the Government and the Portman Group for letting the drinks industry off the hook over the availability of dangerous nine per cent super-strength beers.
Taking the institutional out of a much-loved institution

13 June 2008: Thames Reach has been awarded £250,000 of Government money to revamp its Graham House hostel in Vauxhall.
Budget disappointment for super strength lager campaign

15 May 2008: Big Issue founder John Bird joined with homelessness charity Thames Reach in calling on Chancellor Alastair Darling to increase taxation on super strength lagers in his budget.
The sky's the limit when raising money for the homeless

14 May 2008: Two Thames Reach staff members have taken part in a charity skydiving event to raise money for homeless people.
'Young olds' find a home in Lambeth

14 May 2008: The Government has recognised the plight of 'young olds' in its Places for Change funding programme. The local authority in Lambeth has now been given funding for a project helping these vulnerable men and women.
Ending rough sleeping

8 November 2007: There should be less debate about how how bodies are counted and more action to help men and women move off the streets and forward with their lives, according to Thames Reach Chief Executive Jeremy Swain
Helping homeless people back into work

20 March 2008: Thames Reach is setting up an employment academy in South London to help hundreds of homeless and unemployed men and women back into work
Greenhouse cultivates health and welfare

19 February 2008: A new service providing free health, housing and welfare advice for homeless people has opened in the London borough of Hackney.
Funding work

15 February 2008: A fundraising campaign has been launched at Thames Reach to help formerly homeless people get back into work.
Pressure mounts to curb the sale of super strength lager

6 December 2007: An Early Day Motion (EDM) calling on the Government to curb the sale of superstrength lagers by taxing them at a higher rate has been tabled in Parliament.