Kick starting a new career
The government’s Kickstart scheme is proving to be a popular way for young people to gain experience in the world of work, but the SVP has taken the initiative to another level.Kickstart is work for...
Published on 15/11/2021
SVP responds to the Chancellor’s Budget, October 27, 2021
Our social security system remains key to lifting people out of poverty. The £20 cut to Universal Credit has been a major blow to the millions of people across the country who are facing and food and...
Published on 28/10/2021
St Vincent’s Wirral opening offers hope to the community
A new community support centre has been officially opened in Birkenhead to help those affected by poverty, isolation, addiction and homelessness. St Vincent’s Wirral, run and managed by the de Paul...
Published on 25/10/2021
Royal visit celebrates amazing foodbank project
The Princess Royal has visited members of a unique group of charities who collectively provided over 400,000 meals to people in need on Canvey Island, Essex, during the pandemic. The St Vincent (SVP)...
Published on 28/09/2021
Love and hatred of motivational posters
SVP Director for Membership Jon Cornwall shines a theological torch at the often misguided use of quotes.I spend more time on social media than I care to admit, and occasionally in my 3am efforts the...
Published on 22/09/2021
'Plugging into Frederic’s network' by Frank Cottrell-Boyce
Award-winning author and screenwriter Frank Cottrell-Boyce explains the significance of tiny acts of kindness and why Blessed Frédéric Ozanam would have loved WhatsApp…Blessed Frédéric have have...
Published on 13/09/2021
A perfect circle
Awareness Month provides a timely opportunity to celebrate and reflect on the SVP’s achievements, the wonderful people associated with the Society, and the transformative power of also a time to and...
Published on 09/09/2021
In-work poverty and the SVP
Former Leeds West MP and staunch SVP member and patron John Battle examines the hidden scourge of in-work poverty.Roy, in his forties, has spent long periods trying to get work as he has no The for up...
Published on 03/09/2021
Freedom Day, but why are we not free?
SVP President Helen O’Shea reflects on the significance of small gestures of kindness and why September is so important this year…It was billed as ‘Freedom Day’ but July 19 didn’t In fact, a...
Published on 18/08/2021