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Society of St Vincent de Paul Annual Appeal
Next week, the Castlebar conference of the Society of St Vincent de Paul (SVP) will be posting blue envelopes to houses in the Castlebar area as part of the SVP Annual Appeal. Demand for help increased by more than 20 per cent throughout the year, and with their annual church gate collection cancelled for a second year due to the pandemic, local SVP volunteers are asking for the support of the community to continue their work of assisting people in need.
Castlebar SVP cancels church gate collection but meets increased demand for help
The year began with a 20 per cent increase in calls to the Society of St Vincent de Paul (SVP) for help. This demand has continued, and despite the SVP being at a loss itself due to the pandemic (the Society had to cancel their church gate collection for a second year), Castlebar SVP volunteers have gladly met this increased demand for help.
Local charitable organisations to receive court poor box donations
A number of local charitable and volunteer groups will share €50,500 as the calendar year reaches its conclusion, the proceeds from defendant contributions to the district courts ‘poor box’ during 2020.
'Government has ability to end consistent child poverty,' says Hanley
“No child or family chooses to live in poverty, that choice is made for them. The State has allowed more and more children, decade after decade, to fall into poverty."
Galway couple wins wedding competition for frontline health workers
A Galway couple have won a once-in-a-lifetime prize of a luxury wedding at the Virginia Park Lodge in County Cavan.
Athlone Support Group afforded grant support from beneficial fund
New Horizon, the Athlone Refugee and Asylum Seeker Support Group, is among the 116 projects to receive support from Bank of Ireland’s Begin Together Fund.
Local community groups encouraged to apply for project funding
Local community groups in Athlone and its environs are being encouraged to apply for Bank of Ireland’s new ‘Begin Together Fund’.
O’Connell bequest to SVP has helped thousands
A total of 95 projects in Galway City and County have received more than €9.6million from the bequest to the Society of St Vincent de Paul (SVP) from the will of the late Maureen O’Connell former owner of O’Connell’s pub in Eyre Square.
SVP expect no slow-down in calls for help in 2019
Based on greater than anticipated calls in the lead-up to Christmas, the Society of St Vincent de Paul (SVP) is expecting no slowdown in the calls for help it will receive in 2019.
