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08 October 2019
Improvements in targeted supports for vulnerable groups in Budget 2020 are very positive but that overall the social welfare measures are insufficient.
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25 September 2019
In a submission made to the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action today (25th of September) the Society of St. Vincent de Paul (SVP) stated that significantly more investment is required to tackle energy poverty and that the cost of climate action...
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13 September 2019
Through the SVP WordPower scheme brand new children’s books are distributed to encourage children in the families we visit to begin enjoying books early and all the benefits that brings, including supporting children to be school ready.
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27 August 2019
Analysis of calls to the Society of St. Vincent de Paul (SVP) this summer show a 4% increase in requests for help from families struggling with the cost of education.
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19 August 2019
The story of the Ozanam Pilgrimage of 1939 is recalled in a new book written by authors Colm Keane and Una O’Hagan. An Irish pilgrimage to Lourdes, organised by the St. Vincent de Paul Society, was lucky to escape from France before hostilities commenced at the outbreak of World War II.
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09 August 2019
Traditionally fundraising in Ireland is associated with volunteers on the streets, coin buckets in-hand. Yet in an increasingly cashless society that may be about to change.