Walkers taking part in The Big Mile.

Walk a meaningful mile for charity

From mid-June to July, people young and old will join together in 15 towns and cities around the country for ‘The Big Mile’, a joint initiative by the SVP and CSAN to raise awareness of poverty to...

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SVP 'Dementia Companions' expanding across the country

Caring for a person with dementia can be challenging both physically and emotionally. It can be a round-the-clock job with little support; finding time for yourself can be a struggle, and carers with...

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SVP Volunteers: Charity Begins at Home

During this Jubilee Year of Mercy, Pope Francis is calling upon Catholics to reach out to those on the margins of Society – something the SVP in England & Wales has been doing since 1844.The of the...

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Dedicated SVP team help keep family together during dark times

A dedicated team of SVP volunteer drivers have helped to keep a mum and her son together through the dark times.When, back in 2012, a mother from Wallasey heard that her adult son had suffered brain a...

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Winston Waller, meeting the challenge of food poverty with the SVP

Meeting the challenge of food poverty with the SVP

For most people, hunger is just a hypothetical concept. But for SVP member Winston Waller, working to prevent hunger for millions of adults and children in this country is top of his agenda.  In for...

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SVP volunteers 'give £11m a year back to the economy'

Visiting isolated and lonely people is of economic benefit to society, according to a study carried out for the SVP.Half a million visits to vulnerable people are carried out by the SVP’s each out...

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