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
SVP launches Giving Tuesday campaign
A generous donor has promised to match, pound-for-pound, any donation made to the SVP on Giving Tuesday.Giving Tuesday, which this year takes place on 1 December, has become a worldwide since its in...
Published on 01/12/2020
Let's celebrate the act of kindness
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