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
By Sheena Eastwood, manager, St Vincent Centres in Leeds and Bradford. Original article appeared in the Friday 13th November issue of the Catholic Universe. It is impossible to ignore the tidal media...
Published on 19/11/2020
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
The Covid-19 pandemic has added a host of dreaded words to our everyday vocabulary; furlough, antibody test, social distancing, and self-isolation being the most frequently used. However, there is to...
Published on 12/10/2020
Pope Francis’s latest encyclical, ‘Fratelli Tutti’, has been welcomed by the SVP as “a powerful and passionate declaration to all Christians that they should work in solidarity for the those 4...
Published on 06/10/2020
A series of special Masses were streamed live from the magnificent St Chad’s Cathedral in Birmingham to mark the feast day of St Vincent de Paul, and to celebrate the launch of the St Vincent Rise a...
Published on 29/09/2020
To mark the feast of St Vincent de Paul this weekend, special livestreamed Masses will take place from St Chad’s Cathedral, Birmingham, at 12 noon and 2pm on Saturday 26 September and 10am and on 27...
Published on 22/09/2020
In India, one of the most populous and economically diverse countries in the world, the SVP has helped thousands of young people go to school through the SVP Student Sponsorship Scheme. During student...
Published on 01/07/2020