SVP England and Wales is currently twinned with the SVP in India, Sudan, South Sudan, Grenada, Guyana and Romania.
Injustice and poverty occurs across the globe. The SVP in each of our twinned countries works hard to support their local communities and achieve our shared mission of eradicating poverty in all its forms - through local volunteer activity, humanitarian aid, and sustainable development projects. Thanks to Twinning, we can connect with the SVP overseas and support their work through donations, prayers and networking.
Visit the Twinning and Overseas Aid website to learn more or download the Twinning General Information leaflet.
For any queries, please contact twinning@svp.org.uk.
TwinTalk - read the quarterly newsletter here
TwinTalk is our quarterly newsletter which celebrates the work of overseas partners, provides key updates, and shares information on current appeals or projects.
If you have any questions, please contact twinning@svp.org.uk.
Click on the relevant date to download TwinTalk.
SVP Disaster Fund - Click here to view the terms of reference
Terms of reference for the SVP Disaster Fund
SVP England and Wales provides funding in the event of national and international emergencies and humanitarian need.
General principles of the fund
- In response to natural disasters and conflict-related humanitarian needs, the National Twinning Committee will discuss potential emergency funding with CGI Paris including how best to support and the potential transfer of funding to international SVP organisations.
- Funding must cover emergency, humanitarian and basic livelihoods and self-sufficiency projects for communities affected by natural disaster or conflict.
- The nature of this funding will be determined by the level of need, the local SVP infrastructure, banking routes and amount available.
- Donor preference with respect to geographical area should be honoured where possible and donations will be distinguished by purpose.
- If the need is determined to be met in a certain geographical area, monies can be transferred into the General SVP Disaster fund with National Twinning Committee approval
- It is not a requirement that SVP E&W must inform specific donors if SVP E&W is unable to honour their preference for use of funds.
You can donate to the SVP Disaster Fund here.