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The ‘bun run’ is just one a tiny act of kindness which makes the world a better place

'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 Ozanam would...

Published on 13/09/2021

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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 kindness.September...

Published on 09/09/2021

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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...

Published on 03/09/2021

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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 feel ‘free’. In...

Published on 18/08/2021

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The SVP is calling for more members and volunteers to join its mission to tackle poverty in all its forms through a million gestures of kindness. The need has never been greater.

September takes on added significance with the launch of the most vital Awareness Month campaign, as we celebrate the feast days of Bl. Frédéric Ozanam and St Vincent de Paul on September 9 and 27.

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