Random acts of kindness matter
By Lindsay MacRae, Centre Coordinator for services at the SVP’s St Vincent’s Centre, Brighton (Tower House).It’s like waiting for a tidal wave to hit. You know what’s out there. You for it as...
Published on 02/02/2021
Screenwriter Frank Cottrell-Boyce voices SVP film project
Acclaimed Merseyside screenwriter and novelist Frank Cottrell-Boyce has added his voice to a new series of films for the St Vincent de Paul Society (SVP).The writer, who penned movies Welcome (1997),...
Published on 01/02/2021
SVP warns over post-Christmas debt 'time bomb'
Millions of families have entered the New Year facing a debt ‘time bomb’, warns the SVP. At a time when household finances are under pressure due to the economic fallout from the pandemic, face an...
Published on 26/01/2021
The recipe for a caring Christmas
By Helen Voyce, Head of Retail, St Vincent de Paul SocietyThis year Christmas will feel different. After a year of Covid anxiety, we need to keep everyone safe as we spend time with our loved ones. at...
Published on 22/12/2020
Don't be lonely this Christmas
There has been an epidemic of loneliness this year driven by pandemic restrictions, but with the festive season around the corner a more poignant isolation looms for many. However, with a vaccine and...
Published on 18/12/2020
A Christmas message from SVP National President, Helen O'Shea
SVP National President, Helen O’Shea, looks back at 2020 and the work of SVP members, volunteers and staff across England and Wales in her Christmas message.Over the past year, we’ve been on in...
Published on 17/12/2020
SVP joins Dame Helen Mirren for Christmas Meal Appeal
The St Vincent de Paul Society (SVP) is partnering with social enterprise Social Bite and online food delivery service Just Eat to provide thousands of meals to feed people this winter.The Appeal aims...
Published on 15/12/2020
SVP hails Giving Tuesday a ‘complete success’
The St Vincent de Paul Society (SVP) has hailed Giving Tuesday a complete success after the volunteering charity smashed its target by 400%.A secret benefactor matched, pound-for-pound, any on to to a...
Published on 11/12/2020