1000th client for homeless initiative

London based homeless charity St Mungo's and charity Tech4All are celebrating the 1000th client to benefit from their service that helps the homeless stay in touch with their family whilst improving their chances of employment.

The Voicemail4All service offers homeless men and women a free personal landline number and voicemail so they can stay in touch with their family and improve their chances of employment with a contact number for potential employers to contact them on.

Giles Keating Chair of Trustees, Tech4All said:

"Voicemail4all is a ground-breaking initiative, which is having a profound impact on the lives of the homeless, empowering them with the key tool they need to connect with mainstream society. It is a simple, easy, cost-free way for people to communicate with potential employers, family, friends, and the key services they depend on for housing, medical care and so on. The freedom to have that option to make contact is always there, and access to a private landline number gives a reassuring sense of stability to the user and to the people they need to interact with. Hence the popularity and growing demand for this service, which is now available via centres serving the homeless across London, with plans for a roll-out across the UK if funding can be obtained."