Cornish charity honoured in national homelessness Excellence Awards
St Petrocs won the Workforce Development award for its dedication to creating a thriving, skilled and supported workforce
Cornish charity St Petrocs have been honoured in the national homelessness Excellence Awards.
The independent charity working to end homelessness has won one of five coveted awards at Homeless Link’s national Excellence Awards 2025.
Homeless Link is the national membership charity for frontline homelessness organisations, and its annual awards recognise the innovative and impactful work happening across the sector to support people experiencing homelessness and rough sleeping in England.
St Petrocs won the Workforce Development award for its dedication to creating a thriving, skilled and supported workforce that can deliver effective support for people experiencing homelessness. The organisation has established a workforce strategy that supports people across the whole organisation, including paid staff, volunteers, trustees and people with lived experience of homelessness. It focuses on career progression from entry-level to leadership and offers clinical supervision, reflective practice and leadership coaching, among other initiatives. It has received a Gold Investors in People award for the last two years.
The organisation was selected from 115 entries to the Excellence Awards across the five categories, 29 of which were shortlisted. It will receive support from Homeless Link to raise the profile of its work among key stakeholders and will be able to use the accolade to assist in building partnerships and securing funding.
The judging panel, composed of five experts from across the homelessness sector, commended the organisation for its range of impactful initiatives to support the development and wellbeing of its entire workforce.
Their Director of People and Culture, Tom Beaumont and Amanda Wright, Director of Service Development, attended the evening where they received the award on behalf of the charity.
Henry Meacock, Chief Executive, shared: “We are thrilled that our values-led approach to building a positive working culture has been recognised by this national award. Ending homelessness will take determined and collective effort from all parts of society. Developing a compassionate, purpose-driven and resilient organisation that supports its people to make a beneficial impact is how we believe we can play our part in this bold ambition.”
Tom Beaumont, Director of People and Culture shared: “We are thrilled that our values-led approach to building a positive working culture has been recognised by this national award. Ending homelessness will take determined and collective effort from all parts of society. Developing a compassionate, purpose-driven and resilient organisation that supports its people to make a beneficial impact is how we believe we can play our part in this bold ambition.”
Rick Henderson, Chief Executive of Homeless Link, added: “Homeless Link’s annual Excellence Awards highlight the innovative, impactful and dedicated work happening across the country to ensure that people have a place to call home and the support they need to keep it. Homelessness organisations are managing extremely high levels of demand from people with increasingly complex support needs, while continuing to face significant financial pressures, and it’s important to recognise these exceptional efforts.
“St Petrocs has understood that investing in the development and wellbeing of their workforce is essential for providing effective services that are able to support people to move on from homelessness. We congratulate them on receiving this award.”