By Elizabeth Palmer, CEO of the St Vincent de Paul Society (England and Wales)Today’s Budget delivered by Chancellor Rishi Sunak represents one of the most important political statements of and at a...
Published on 03/03/2021
The SVP is encouraging people to make Lent extra meaningful this year by giving up a little of their time to help others during the Covid-19 pandemic.It’s traditional for many to give up some other...
Published on 17/02/2021
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
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
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 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
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
By Helen O'Shea, SVP National President.We are a world of 7.8 billion and we have more in common than you might imagine.We all need the same things; food, shelter, warmth and love, but sadly there who...
Published on 29/11/2020
The Chancellor delivered his Spending Review yesterday. Here is our official response:The St Vincent de Paul Society (England & Wales) welcomes the announcement of increased spending to inequalities a...
Published on 26/11/2020
Covid-19 has devastated lives, but it has also demonstrated the unflinching ‘neighbourliness’ of communities, who have risen to the challenges trailing in the wake of the pandemic, friendship and...
Published on 15/10/2020