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We offer daily services and a creative programme of talks, events and concerts. We seek to be a welcoming space for people to reflect, create and debate.
We are delighted to announce that from 6 Jan until early Apr 2025, work will take place to reinstate the church’s South Door onto Jermyn Street, part of Sir Christopher Wren’s original design.
St James’s hosts inclusive services and a cultural programme. We seek to be a welcoming space for people to reflect, create and debate.
St James’s is a place to explore, reflect, pray, and support all who are in need. We are a Church of England parish in the Anglican Communion.
We host a year-round creative programme encompassing music, visual art and spoken word.
We offer hospitality to people going through homelessness and speak out on issues of injustice, especially concerning refugees, asylum, racial justice, and LGBTQ+ issues.
St James’s strives to advocate for earth justice and to develop deeper connections with nature.
We aspire to be a home where everyone can belong. We’re known locally and globally for our unique history and beauty, as well as faith in action, creativity and the arts, and a commitment to social and environmental justice.
We strive to be a Eucharist-centred, diverse and inclusive Christian community promoting life in abundance, wellbeing and dignity for all.
St James’s Piccadilly has been at the heart of its community since 1684. We invite you to play your part in securing this historic place for generations to come.
The work of St James’s, it costs us £5,000 per day to enable us to keep our doors open to all who need us.
New walkways, a restored courtyard and re-landscaped gardens will provide fully accessible, beautiful spaces for everyone to enjoy as well as improving our environmental performance.
St James's Church 197 Piccadilly London W1J 9LL
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A free drop-in and counselling service in the St James’s courtyard
The Caravan is a free drop and counselling service run by the CCPE (Centre for Counselling & Psychotherapy Education) in partnership with St James’s Church, which has provided a home for the Caravan since 1982.
The Caravan is open seven-days-a-week, offering a core service of listening and emotional support, which can – by arrangement – evolve into counselling.
Monday and Tuesday 10am-7pm
Wednesday to Sunday 10am-5pm (Saturday until 4pm)
This is a drop-in service, with no need to book in advance.
For some people, just a little human warmth and a chat can hit the spot. Others may wish to talk more deeply about what is troubling them.
Sessions are 20-50 minutes long, at the discretion of the volunteer. If they are already with someone, they will tell clients when they will be free or when the next volunteer’s slot begins.
Clients are free to continue using the drop-in, seeing whoever is on duty at the time. Or they may choose to see a particular volunteer again. Volunteers work at the same time each week.
A client who has been seeing a volunteer regularly can apply for a counselling relationship with that volunteer, entailing agreements as to the focus and commitment to the sessions.
The volunteers adhere to the BACP Code of Ethics and Practice in all aspects of the work, including confidentiality.
The Centre for Counselling & Psychotherapy Education in partnership with St James’s Church. Counselling is offered by volunteers undergoing professional accredited training.
The Caravan Phone Counselling Service can be reached on 020 7183 1802, every day 10am-7pm.
The ‘International Group’ of refugees and asylum-seekers – offers support, solidarity and community and is at the heart of our work and ethos.
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We are a member of West London Citizens. Together we develop local leaders, strengthen local organisations and create change.
Wardrobe is our clothing service for people going through homelessness or living on low incomes. Donations of clean & good quality clothing are always welcome.
Every Sunday morning we serve a hot sit-down breakfast in our church hall to people going through homelessness or living on low incomes.
