Current News

We've moved!

6th of May 2024

By January of this year, we were certain the time had come to find a new base location for our offices and main storage unit. With 474 requests to store received throughout 2023, we knew we simply no longer had capacity to sustain the service at our Hackney location.

After an extensive search, we finally found the perfect fit for us in King's Cross. In just two short days in April, we successfully moved over 900 items belonging to around 175 people, as well as our office furniture. Fortunately, we didn't undertake this endeavour alone; we had the amazing help of the Aspen volunteer team, including Zivanayi, Natasha, Paul, Elsie, Debra, Frank, Ellie, Helen, and George, along with other other volunteers who generously gave their time: Geordie, Gary, Seth, and Ric.

Street Storage is immensely grateful for the time and effort everyone has put in to make this transition as smooth (and enjoyable!) as possible.

Some key features of our new unit include:

• a larger storage space, supporting up to 400 people

• a private room for one-on-one sessions

• a relaxation area equipped for charging phones and sorting through belongings. 

• a better office space for our growing staff team 

• better facilities all round!

Thanks to the support of our brilliant funders and people who have encouraged us along the way, we are excited to now offer all the above and settle down into our new home. 
If you'd like to support us further as we embark on this new phase in our journey, please see our Fundraising or Donate page. Thank you :)

Mandip and Aspen Insurance’s Charity Fast

1st May 2024

During last month's Ramadan, Mandip Baga organised a charity fast at her workplace, Aspen Insurance, one of our corporate supporters. Colleagues were given the option to participate in the fast or contribute through donations.

Mandip and her colleagues raised an amazing £225 over March/April. Aspen Insurance has generously matched this amount, bringing the total to £550.

We thought this was such a creative way to fundraise as well as build a sense of community by bringing people together. This has really inspired us, and we hope it inspires others too. 

A heartfelt thank you to Mandip and the Aspen Insurance Group for organising this effort; we are immensely grateful.

Coming on Board in Spring 2024…

17th April 2024

We're thrilled to announce that Kiran Mistry and Faizaan Sami have recently joined our Trustee Board, expanding our team to seven members with a diverse set of professional backgrounds and great experience.

Kiran has over a decade of professional work in Data and Compliance, making his advice and guidance around GDPR invaluable. Not only does he have extensive knowledge, but he also has a passion for running - and lucky for us, he’ll be running the Berlin marathon in September and raising funds for Street Storage. Amazing!

Faizaan is an Evaluations Specialist and focuses on working to support inclusive and equitable development - he is a perfect fit for Street Storage as we grow and focus more on our Monitoring and Evaluation.  Working at the Education Endowment Foundation, he carries out thorough evaluations of projects that the Foundation invests in. 

Welcome aboard, Kiran and Faizaan! We're excited to work with you both and thank you so much for wanting to be part of our ongoing journey.

Penny Ran the Cambridge Half

25th March 2024

Penny Streatfeild started the fundraising year off with a bang, running the Cambridge Half Marathon on 3rd March for Street Storage!

She got a Personal Best and raised nearly £700!

There is still time to donate if you want to via her JustGiving Page here⭐🏃

Welcome Lilian!

19th Feb 2024

Lilian joined the team as our new Frontline Administrator and will be managing everything behind the scenes to make sure the service runs as smoothly as possible. She’ll be looking at improving our social media and website updates too…so watch this space!

Find out more about Lilian and the rest of the Street Storage team on our ‘Who We Are’ page.