Memory Tree at St Vincent's Centre, Brighton (Tower House)

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...

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Screenwriter and novelist, Frank Cottrell-Boyce

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),...

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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...

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Helen Voyce, Head of Retail at St Vincent de Paul Society (England and Wales)

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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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