SCT therapist Steve Marshall visits Arizona’s premier rehab In October, a member of our counselling team set off to one of the USA’s top drug and alcohol residential treatment centre, Sierra Tucson in the state of Arizona. The idea was to learn about the treatments they offer their clients…
Read MoreWe marked World Homeless Day last Friday with an all-night fundraiser at Christ Church Spitalfields for people facing homelessness and addiction in East London. Our first ever Sleep Out raised over £8,000 – which will go towards the vital services we…
Read MoreSpitalfields Crypt Trust (SCT) is seeking the services of a consultant or consultancy to evaluate SCT’s Primary Programme services. The consultant or consultancy is expected to evaluate the impact and effectiveness of the Primary Programme services – producing detailed, specific and impartial findings and recommendations. SCT is welcoming Expressions of…
Read MoreSocial enterprise Hackney Arts delivers creative arts sessions to SCT’s Choices recovery community. Over the past year, SCT has teamed up with Hackney Arts, to run a series of creative sessions for our recovery community. From life drawing and abstract painting to 3D printing, members of Choices got their hands…
Read MoreSCT’s Head Office has moved down the road to the Kingsland Hub in Haggerston. Spitalfields Crypt Trust (SCT), a charity working with people facing homelessness and addiction, has moved its headquarters to a new office space in Haggerston. “We have greatly enjoyed all of our years at The Tab Centre…
Read MoreSCT has contributed to specialist charity, One in Four’s report on childhood sexual abuse and addiction, launched 27th March. The charity’s new report, Numbing the Pain: Survivors’ voices of childhood sexual abuse and addiction, calls for greater awareness about the underlying trauma of childhood sexual abuse in people facing addiction.
Read MoreSCT launches permanent Women’s Group at our Homeless Drop-in. A few years ago, we noticed a spike in the number of women visiting our drop-in. We quickly realised that this was a wider trend – with St Mungo’s reporting that more women were sleeping rough across the UK. In 2017,…
Read MorePrevious SCT student launches her memoir last week at East London bookshop. Michele Kirsch introduced her book, ‘Clean’, last Thursday night to a room full of family, friends and fans at Stoke Newington Bookshop. A former student of SCT’s Training and Development Centre, Michele tells the story of her struggle…
Read MoreFor over 30 years, Alison Lloyd of Ally Capellino has been designing classic satchels, totes and rucksacks. Based only a few minutes from SCT, Alison has been supporting us for more than six years. We sat down with her to talk about some of her contributions. SCT: How did you…
Read MoreFor over 30 years, Ron and Jeanne Ower have been collecting heaps of donations for our charity shops.
Read MoreSCT's gardening course for people in recovery from addictions has been selected for the Tesco Bags of Help scheme. Make your vote count at local stores shown on our map.
Read MoreGrace's inspiring story: a young care leaver now in recovery, she's just beat 100s of other students to win a midwifery placement at a leading London hospital.
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