Ending homelessness shouldn’t be a radical idea. We know it can be done — and you can help make it happen. 👉 Help someone begin a life out of homelessness this Christmas: bit.ly/4qKGyIg

Last chance to enter our prize draw to win tickets see comedy legends Tom Allen, Jo Brand, Kyla Cobbler, Jack Dee, Harry Hill, Nish Kumar and Romesh Ranganathan at The Pleasance Theatre on 24 November. Draw closes on Monday - just a few days left! Enter: https://bit.ly/47Bc9TX

Lucy volunteered for #CrisisatChristmas for the first time last year. And this year she's back again! She was delighted to make this video for us explaining why she thinks it's such an amazing and worthwhile experience. Join Lucy and the rest of us volunteering this year - https://bit.ly/47F3eAZ

Good news! Welsh Politicians just agreed to press ahead with a new homelessness Bill in Wales. At Crisis, we’ll be following this closely to ensure its as strong as possible & that key changes which could transform lives are given the go-ahead. Share to spread the good news.

Jonny and Chris from Coldplay will be playing a special show at London's Hackney Church on 3 December for @crisis-uk.bsky.social and @warchilduk.bsky.social. Enter now to win tickets: crowdfunder.co.uk/p/coldplay-h... Prize draw closes 11.59pm (GMT) Monday 17 November. UK/European residents only.

Abel’s experience is too common among the people we support. He experienced homelessness for five months. Because housing benefit did not cover the cost of rent, he couldn’t find anywhere he could afford. His message to the Chancellor: fix housing benefit on 26 November. [1/5]

As the number of people living on London's streets increases by 11%, it's clear that the barriers to moving away from the streets are becoming more difficult to overcome. https://bit.ly/49sREv4

Special delivery! ✉️ The UK Government has responded to our open letter calling on the PM to build a future free from homelessness. Your voices are being heard. Watch the video to hear what they said and what it means ▶️ Check out the letter: https://bit.ly/3LD1kJx

Drivers! Hairdressers! Chefs! Entertainers! Pharmacists! We need you! In fact, we need a load of different skills to make #CrisisatChristmas happen around Britain. This Christmas use your talent to help someone begin their life beyond homelessness. https://bit.ly/4ol9ZyU

Have you entered to win tickets to Comedy for Crisis yet? An unmissable line up – including Tom Allen, Jo Brand, Harry Hill, Nish Kumar and Romesh Ranganathan, plus host Kyla Cobbler. All at The Pleasance on 24 November! Enter 🤞https://bit.ly/47vWa9D

After a year sleeping rough, Thomas came to Crisis at Christmas - and turned his life around. With support, housing advice & a new pair of glasses from Specsavers, he’s now in his own home. You can help someone start a life out of homelessness this Christmas: https://bit.ly/43sEQB1

🏠 Breaking: The Renters’ Rights Bill has passed! A landmark moment for tenants in England — stronger protections and fairer rights are on the way. This is a big step toward safe, secure homes for everyone.

It started with a game of Connect 4. It ended with Gabriel finding a home. Our Crisis at Christmas services provide hot food, warmth, and access to support - and maybe a game of Connect 4 too. Make this someone’s first day of a life out of homelessness: https://bit.ly/47gdRK9

🎅 Held since 1971, Crisis carol concerts are a chance for supporters, volunteers and guests around the country to celebrate the season together before being swept up by all of our Christmas activities. Everyone is welcome. Find one near you: https://bit.ly/47pSfv3

Our chief exec, Matt Downie, spoke to BBC Breakfast this morning about the dangers of homelessness as the cold weather approaches. It’s the first story here ➡️ https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m002lg6c

📢Wales - you're up next!🐉 This month, we celebrated a new law to prevent homelessness in Scotland... and in the coming months, we'll be calling on politicians in the Senedd to give the go-ahead to ambitious plans for a new homelessness bill in Wales too. Find out more: https://bit.ly/3WnfmBk

Aisha wants you to know that the £800 she raised was enough to pay for a deposit to help someone secure a new place to live. All she had to do was walk. Help someone take their first steps towards a life out of homelessness & fundraise this Christmas: https://bit.ly/49gqAPy

Over the years we've seen how fiddling with targets and putting faith in market forces leads to nowhere near enough social rent homes being built. The stark and shameful truth of this is record levels of homelessness.

See that tiny slice of the pie? That’s all that’s affordable for people needing housing benefit. The rest? Completely out of reach. This isn't right. Help us change it. Email Chancellor Rachel Reeves: unfreeze housing benefit now. bit.ly/3V1d76a

What does a #CrisisatChristmas volunteer do? Turn people's lives around. Serving food, cutting hair or just playing a game of chess; every interaction shows our guests that they matter & they can build a life out of homelessness. Join us this Christmas: https://bit.ly/47vqmTm

We need Crisis at Christmas volunteers for all kinds of roles: 🍽️ Serving food? Well obviously! ♟️ Chess player? We need you! 🔢 Bingo caller? Yup! 🪮 Hairdresser? You bet! 🦸 Good listener? the most important job of all. Join us this Christmas: https://bit.ly/479O3PU

New research from the TDS Charitable Foundation shows the worrying impact of the housing benefit freeze on people on low incomes. This is unacceptable and it’s harming people’s health. But we can change this. Email Rachel Reeves to unfreeze housing benefit: bit.ly/3V1d76a

Growing up, Isra experienced homeless. Now she's studying medicine. Writing in @theguardian.com on the day we learn 172,000 children are growing up in temporary accommodation, she makes an impassioned plea for ministers to build the affordable homes Britain needs. https://bit.ly/48z47gC

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas! 🎅 Organised by our Skylight centres, our carol concerts are a chance for Crisis members, supporters & volunteers to celebrate the season together before being swept up by activities for Crisis at Christmas. Everyone is welcome: https://bit.ly/3W96xuP

Our CEO @mattdownie.bsky.social spoke to @theipaper.com on what led to Britain’s housing crisis - and how we can fix it to end homelessness for good. You can read more in Vicky Spratt's newsletter below ⬇️ https://inews.co.uk/news/why-housing-britain-broken-how-fix-renting-mortgages-3978163

We couldn’t have put it better – thank you Jo Brand! Join us for an unforgettable night of comedy on 24 Nov, ft. host Kyla Cobbler with Tom Allen, Jo Brand, Jack Dee, Fatiha El-Ghorri, Harry Hill, Nish Kumar and Romesh Ranganathan. 🤞 Enter to win: https://bit.ly/46TEFkI

Feeling powerless? 💭 Our amazing supporters are proving that together, we can make a difference. [1/2]

Dear UK Government: Unfreeze housing benefit to lift 200,000 adults and children out of poverty and prevent homelessness. We and 40+ organisations have come together to call on the Chancellor to boost housing benefit in the November Budget. bit.ly/3IVkFoy

We've launched our new campaign in Scotland ahead of the Scottish Parliament elections, with a call for a cross-party commitment to end all forms of homelessness by 2040. Join us! https://www.crisis.org.uk/get-involved/campaign/end-homelessness-in-scotland/

New funding announced today by the UK Govt is welcome. As winter approaches, more people face sleeping on cold streets or raising children in draughty temporary homes. We’re hopeful this marks another step towards an ambitious homelessness strategy. https://t.co/IbBiWetZha https://t.co/FHRzaXN68A

On #GiftAidAwarenessDay, we want to say a BIG THANK YOU to all our donors who #TickTheBox & add a whopping 25% to the value of their donation at no extra cost. Ticking the Gift Aid box is easy but can make a lifetime of difference to others. Try it now? https://bit.ly/3pjjZgi

REGISTRATION FOR CHRISTMAS VOLUNTEERING IS OPEN!! We need your help in all kinds of roles - chefs, drivers or even just being a good listener over a cuppa. Make a difference this Christmas, be part of someone’s journey to a life out of homelessness. https://bit.ly/3Wrsfu6

✨Comedy for Crisis!✨ Enter our prize draw to win tickets to an amazing night of comedy. Host Kyla Cobbler ft Tom Allen, Jo Brand, Jack Dee, Fatiha El-Ghorri, Harry Hill, Nish Kumar & Romesh Ranganathan 📆24 Nov, Pleasance Theatre Islington 🎫Enter to win 2 tickets! Enter now: https://bit.ly/42YUbJs

"This is people dying of poverty...without the support that they need" Our CEO @mattdownie.bsky.social talks to @bbc5live.bsky.social about the record number of deaths of people facing homelessness & calls for a comprehensive strategy to tackle it, now. Starts at 4:05pm - https://bbc.in/47gFh3G

How could decisions made by the Chancellor at the Autumn budget prevent homelessness? Find out ▶️ Call on Rachel Reeves to make the right choice. Email her today: bit.ly/3V1d76a. This campaign is supported by @healthequals.bsky.social.

It's heartbreaking that homeless deaths are at a record high. These are human beings, including children, who had their lives cut short & potential unrealised. None of us should ever be in a situation where our lives are at risk because we don't have a home. https://bit.ly/4qf9YOu

We're often approached by people who want to donate practical gifts such as warm clothing, food or treats for our Christmas guests. So our warehouse in London has drawn up a list of items that can help. The full list & their address is here https://bit.ly/3INbbvu

"Jack, I may be going out on a limb here, but you don't seem like a happy camper." 📢 THIS FRIDAY Regent St Cinema is hosting a screening of The Fisher King to mark World Homeless Day + a Q&A session to support our work https://bit.ly/4o5HmVU

This is a milestone for us. Support from players of People's Postcode Lottery to help #EndHomelessness has reached £20 million. As demand for our services grows; the players' compassion is having a life-changing impact. https://www.crisis.org.uk/get-involved/peoples-postcode-lottery-for-charity/

Chefs! Drivers! Hairdressers! Entertainers! We need you all and the countdown has begun! Every Christmas we rely on thousands of volunteers around the country to make Crisis at Christmas happen for our guests. Only 1 week until registration for Christmas volunteering opens!

It's time🎄🎅❄️ If you're anything like us, you're already thinking about Christmas. So this year, why not make it even more special and fundraise to help end homelessness? Sign up and get your free fundraising pack for more ideas and help to get started: https://bit.ly/48stZuz

We did it!🥳 After years of hard work, last night, Scottish Parliament voted to back our campaign & introduce new laws to prevent people from becoming homeless in Scotland. This is a huge win! Here's Eilidh to explain how we did it 👇 We couldn't have achieved this without your support. Thank you!

"It's important to think. It's what separates us from lentils" 📢 ROBIN WILLIAMS FANS!! Regent St Cinema is screening The Fisher King to mark World Homeless Day (Oct 10) + a Q&A session. https://www.regentstreetcinema.com/movie/world-homeless-day-a-special-charity-screening-of-the-fisher-king-qa

🚩Do you know what UK Government decision is forcing many of us into homelessness? It’s the housing benefit freeze. It’s driving people deeper into poverty, pushing them towards homelessness and ill health.

More than 20,000 of you signed our open letter, and today we delivered it to Downing Street. All of you called on Keir Starmer and the UK Government to build a future free from homelessness. Thank you ❤️ Together, we’ve made our message louder than ever.

Our friends at Regent Street Cinema are hosting a special screening of Robin William's 1991 classic, The Fisher King + a panel discussion and fundraiser for World Homeless Day - Oct 10th. https://www.regentstreetcinema.com/movie/world-homeless-day-a-special-charity-screening-of-the-fisher-king-qa

We often share news from our fundraisers who have dreamed up novel ways to support our work. We always hope others will be inspired to follow them. However today we have two amazing stories that fall squarely in the #DontTryThisAtHome category.

Avast me hearties! Today be #TalkLikeAPirateDay! We be sure that even pirates would be on board with ending homelessness. No specific reason, we just ARRRRRRR!

2 days to go! The Rye Lane Record Fair is a weekend of curated, new & second-hand records going dirt cheap with an epic soundtrack from local DJs who'll be spinning tunes in our Peckham shop, Sept 20-21. 160 Rye Lane London SE15 4NB Open 10:30-18:30 https://t.co/e7oz8N7p34

Here’s Abel’s story – showing how being let down by support systems, combined with inadequate housing benefit, traps people in homelessness and makes it hard to find a home It doesn’t have to be this way. Email the Chancellor to unfreeze housing benefit: bit.ly/3V1d76a