September marked the SVP’s annual awareness month, the theme this year asking “Who Cares?”With a focus on loneliness, hunger, material poverty and sickness, the campaign highlighted the work who...
Published on 01/09/2016
Green fingered SVP members from St Anthony of Padua parish on the Isle of Man, have put their skills to good use taking part in the island’s annual flower festival.Highlighting core aspects of of -...
Published on 01/08/2016
A group of Mini Vinnies participated in a world record breaking attempt to create the longest line of shoes around Hull’s KC Stadium, in aid of Hull Homeless Outreach.The pupils from Endsleigh and a...
Published on 29/07/2016
The Young Vincentian Schools Programme offers a framework for young people to get involved with needy and disadvantaged groups, providing invaluable formative experiences on the road to recently a on...
Published on 23/07/2016
Bishop of Leeds, Marcus Stock, has opened the symbolic ‘door of mercy’ at two Yorkshire SVP centres.In Leeds, the day marked the official opening of the support centre following a recent move of a...
Published on 08/07/2016
A group of SVP Mini Vinnies from St Mary’s Primary School in Hexham, Northumberland, have received the Speaker’s Award in recognition of their fundraising work for a local the valuable work out...
Published on 01/07/2016
In celebration of Volunteers’ Week, the Yorkshire Evening Post published a series of articles looking at the work of local SVP volunteers:‘Volunteers celebrated by charity’ – an overview SVP...
Published on 02/06/2016
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...
Published on 01/06/2016
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...
Published on 14/05/2016
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...
Published on 22/04/2016