# SVP
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Last month
March 2024
too poor to die
Families are going into debt to cover funerals costs, then struggling to pay for essentials
16 Mar
15.6k
36
This year
2024
energy poverty
Surge in calls to SVP over last three years as people struggle with energy bills
17 Jan
7.6k
7
Last year
2023
St Vincent de Paul
Over 250 parents contacted SVP every day last week about back-to-school costs
31 Aug 2023
8.0k
30
SVP
Parents cutting back or delaying other spending in order to pay voluntary charges to schools
30 May 2023
17.6k
22
energy poverty
Cost-of-living pressures led 230,000 people to seek help from St Vincent de Paul last year
3 May 2023
6.1k
17
energy poverty
SVP report shows number of people unable to heat their homes more than doubled last year
1 Mar 2023
4.5k
4
All time
Back To School
St Vincent de Paul received 30 calls an hour from parents unable to meet back to school costs
31 Aug 2022
10.7k
4
increase
Almost one in ten people struggled with food poverty in 2021, according to government
18 Jul 2022
5.8k
5
SVP
St Vincent de Paul forecasts record number of calls for support this December
22 Nov 2021
8.5k
13
St Vincent de Paul
Hundreds of struggling parents call SVP everyday as back-to-school costs bite
26 Aug 2021
20.1k
48
Voices
Opinion: Bogus clothes collecting denying legitimate charities access to much needed funds
Dermot McGilloway
19 Jun 2021
28.4k
37
The Daily Poll
Poll: Should moneylenders include 'tobacco-style' warnings in ads for high-cost loans?
30 Jul 2019
18.3k
42
family poverty
Poverty has doubled among working parents over five-year period, SVP report finds
5 Mar 2019
14.5k
63
struggling families
'The stress makes me sick': New report highlights stark financial burden faced by Irish families
27 Sep 2018
22.7k
78
hidden homelessness
'We come across kids who are exhausted... situations where toilet training has been almost impossible'
30 May 2018
21.1k
28
Struggles
Extra €60,000 given to St Vincent de Paul to deal with post-Christmas poverty
31 Dec 2017
12.5k
57
bin bags
Charities warn that donations left outside shops 'could be stolen or deliberately destroyed'
7 Sep 2017
9.8k
5
tis the season
Brendan O'Carroll makes sure 2,800 families will have Christmas dinner
22 Dec 2016
21.4k
27
give a fiver
New campaign asks people to give up the price of a pint for homeless families
14 Dec 2016
10.0k
75
please help
'We distributed €35 million last year. Demand is not slowing': SVP faces unrelenting demand
12 Dec 2016
9.8k
62
callous and violent
'Just vile': St Vincent de Paul on €1,500 Dublin charity shop robbery
9 Dec 2016
25.2k
39
calls to action
Here are 15 PRACTICAL ways to help homeless people this Christmas and New Year
19 Dec 2015
22.2k
7
sponsored by svp
"I was desperate, broke, homeless and unable to break the downward spiral of poverty"
14 Dec 2015
17.4k
18
shipshape
The shipping container house that was built in three days over the weekend
1 Dec 2014
114k
99
Vulnerable
Many one parent families struggle to cover the basics of food, housing and energy costs
23 Sep 2014
6.6k
72
LGBT
Galway senator responds to criticism after branding SVP donations to gay rights groups "unwise"
11 Sep 2014
18.8k
119
second hand
Sales aren't a problem for charity shops... it's a lack of donations
25 May 2014
10.6k
21
Good Morning
The 9 at 9
The weekend is about to begin, but here are the nine things you want to know as you start your Friday.
4 Oct 2013
9.3k
9
energy costs
People approaching St Vincent de Paul 'because they cannot afford the basics'
3 Oct 2013
5.0k
39