Higher Education Scheme (HES)
Higher Education Scheme (HES)
Designed for undergraduate students, a limited number of medical students are sponsored each year but the majority of Higher Education Scheme students are BSc nurses or engineers.
By sponsoring a Higher Education student, you will help open up their job opportunities, which in turn will benefit their family and wider community.
Food for thought: How the SVP is fighting food poverty
Winston Waller is worried. The families he visits every week with his group of fellow volunteers are hungry and the pressures on them are growing worse.Winston, and his wife Joanna have been the SVP a...
Published on 28/02/2020
Letter to our Prime Minister
SVP National President Helen O’Shea has written to Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, calling on him to help those on the margins of society and make Britain a fairer place. Her letter MinisterI am the...
Published on 13/12/2019
A Christmas message from SVP National President
A special Christmas message from SVP National President, Helen O'Shea, to all SVP members and staff who are busy at this time of year helping those in need across England and Wales. ...
Published on 09/12/2019
Building God's Kingdom
On Friday 21 and Saturday 22 June 2019, “Building the Kingdom”, the title of the SVP’s National Meeting, took place at Loughborough University in the diocese of Nottingham.Members from the last...
Published on 26/06/2019
Tower House Support Centre Celebrating Volunteers
This June National Volunteers' Week saw the SVP's Tower House Community Centre celebrating its many volunteers. The SVP's latest Community Support Centre, based in Brighton, flung open its doors who...
Published on 14/06/2019
Mini Vinnies come to Westminster Cathedral
Over 800 Mini Vinnies from around the country descended on Westminster Cathedral for a Mass celebrated by Bishop Paul McAleenan and Fr Ged Walsh, Young Vincentian Spiritual Adviser. The Mini the of A...
Published on 12/06/2019
Youth Programmes of the SVP can build peace
When Cardinal Vincent Nichols spoke out against knife crime at a recent Rally in Trafalgar Square, he suggested that young people needed a healthy way to channel their energy. An article published do...
Published on 07/06/2019
The Heart of the Local Community
SVP St Vincent's shops are 'at the heart of their local community' according to a feature published by The Catholic Universe. Kate Nightingale who heads up the SVP's Community Support Projects the a...
Published on 24/05/2019
Giving children their childhood: SVP partnership work with India
A feature on the SVP's vital Twinnage partership work in India has been published by the Catholic Times.The SVPÂ Indian Student Sponsorship Scheme is helping thousands of children and young and an an...
Published on 24/05/2019