# St Giles' Trust wins prestigious award

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2007/11/22/st-giles039-trust-wins-prestigious-award/
- Published: 2007-11-22T00:00:00+00:00
- Author: Howard Lake

The St Giles Trust, a Southwark-based charity working to support ex-prisoners, has
today been named winners of the 2007 Andy Ludlow Homelessness Award – making it 
the first organisation to win the award for a second time. 
The charity’s Straight
to Work (S2W) programme received the award from broadcaster Jon Snow at a special
ceremony at BFI Southbank organised by London Councils. Communities Minister Iain
Wright MP was a special guest at the ceremony.

 

 

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St Giles Trust saw off the challenge of five other shortlisted projects to collect
the £10,000 top prize. It becomes the ninth winner of the awards which are organised
by London Councils to highlight good practice and innovative ways of tackling and
reducing homelessness across the capital. The awards are sponsored by Communities
and Local Government (CLG), the London Housing Foundation and Shelter.

 

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