stories Meet Sarah: the single mum who overcame addiction at 40 Having been born into addiction, Sarah faced an unsettling childhood taking drugs from as young as 12, leading to a life full of addiction, abuse, and trauma.
Meet Anna: the Ukrainian refugee who found new beginnings in the UK On 24th February 2022, Anna woke up to the sounds of bombs in her native city, Kharkiv. In that moment, her and her son's lives changed forever.
Meet Ryan: the homeless veteran who turned his life around Meet Ryan, an army veteran. From a stable life in America to being street homeless in the UK. We caught up with Ryan who used Beam back in 2018 to see how life has been over the past 5 years...
news Beam becomes a B Corp At Beam, we care about social impact. Together, we’ve been able to transform the lives of homeless people and refugees, using innovation to break down barriers. Which is why we’re absolutely thrilled to be certified as a B Corp™.
news Beam named one of UK’s Top 15 startups by LinkedIn Beam has been named one of the UK's Top 15 startups by LinkedIn, alongside Monzo, Revolut and Octopus Energy.
interviews An interview with Gasconi: Operations Executive Gasconi Lingomba, Operations Executive at Beam, talks about how his lived experience of homelessness enables him to connect with Beam's beneficiaries.
interviews An interview with Alex Rudall: Senior Full-Stack Developer Alex Rudall, Senior Full-Stack Developer at Beam, reveals some of the cool projects he's working on and what it's like working as a developer for one of the UK's top social impact startups.
interviews An interview with Davide: Operations Executive at Beam Davide Bertone, an Operations Executive at Beam, talks more about his role and what life at Beam has been like so far.
news 130 homeless Londoners crowdfund £500k to meet the country’s skills gap London’s homeless have crowdfunded more than £500k to train up and get into full-time work, thanks to Beam.
behind the scenes Behind the scenes at Beamfest 2019 To give our growing team a chance to get to know each other, we decided to escape London and head to the countryside for our annual retreat - Beamfest 2019.
fundraising 12 Simple Charity Fundraising Ideas Getting donations will be simple with these charity fundraising ideas!
behind the scenes Where Do Your Donations Go? Learn more about our brand new Transparency Dashboard - a one-stop resource where you can learn all about Beam!
Seb Barker joins as Beam Cofounder Every day I am grateful that I get to work with the Beam Team - as smart, empathetic and passionate a group as I could ever imagine. I’m thrilled to announce that
homeless charities Beam partners with Shelter! Everyone has a part to playOne of our deeply held beliefs at Beam is that homelessness will be solved when everyone works together. That includes charities, the government, tech startups and - last
fundraising Thank you John! 🏃♂️ John ran the 2018 London marathon, raising a fantastic £1,700 for Beam's members.
monthly donations We've changed how monthly donations work Monthly donations now go towards a new Beam member each month. This allows supporters a more personal way to connect with the members they support.
fundraising Thank you Tide! Tide raised money for Beam recently by running a Bake Off at their offices.
fundraising Thank you Ollie! Ollie played 31 consecutive gigs across London to raise awareness and funds for Beam.
awards Beam wins first place at London Homelessness Awards! Beam won first place at the prestigious London Homelessness Awards at City Hall.
How Beam got started I’ve lived most of my life in London and have always been troubled by homelessness – and how it can be as huge a problem in a city as wealthy as ours. I’
Featuring: childcare, updates & monthly giving As an innovative social impact business, Beam is continually looking for new ways to help our members and engage our supporters.Here are just a few things we have added after learning more
Beam in the news We are delighted with all the positive press coverage Beam has received following the launch.As well as Sky and BBC, you may have seen Beam on Reuters, or in The Times, The