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SVP responds to new Illegal Migration Bill

The government plans to introduce new legislation which will detain and remove people arriving to the UK to claim asylum. The new Illegal Migration will criminalise and punish people seeking than them...

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Celebrate St David’s Day in Ely Bridge

To celebrate the patron Saint of Wales, St David’s Day, here we explore what’s on offer at our Community Support Centre in the heart of Cardiff.  At the center of the community, providing and St...

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SVP statement in response to the ‘Streamlined Asylum Process’

We welcome moves to address the asylum backlog, which is leaving many in a state of limbo and insecurity. But we are concerned that the new Streamlined Asylum Process will leave many at risk.The will...

Society takes lead of Warm Space in Matlock to help heat hall during Cost of Living Crisis

To help those who need it the most during the toughest, and coldest months of the year, the St Vincent de Paul Society has started a Warm Space initiative at Lady St Joseph’s in in an attempt to the...

Vincentian Charities respond to the Autumn Statement

Standing together, Vincentian charities across the UK are calling on Chancellor Jeremy Hunt to provide an adequate social security system, one that reflects the true cost of living and prevents in our...

The gift of kindness is needed more than ever, says the St Vincent De Paul Society

Kindness has never been more important, says the St Vincent De Paul Society for England and Wales (SVP) who launched their Gift of Kindness Christmas Appeal on 13 November, to coincide with Day.The is...

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St Vincent de Paul Feast Day

Today is Feast Day and as St Vincent de Paul taught, “Love is inventive even to infinity,” and each unique example of need is an opportunity to respond with an equally unique face of love. sums up...

SVP calls on new PM to tackle cost of living crisis

The St Vincent de Paul Society welcomes the appointment of new Prime Minister Liz Truss, and we hope that her government will tackle the cost-of-living challenges such as the rising food and high and...

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A year on Afghans still living in hotels

As 15th August marks one year since the fall of Kabul, an estimated 12,000 Afghan families are still living in UK hotels awaiting resettlement.They were brought here because they and their family to a...

Cost of living payment inadequate to help the millions struggling

The St Vincent de Paul Society (SVP) whose members and staff witness the deprivation and suffering caused by poverty every day in the course of their work, say the government’s £326 cost of this to...