St Vincent De Paul exists to help people in need throughout our community.
Canterbury
St Vincent de Paul has been in New Zealand for 157 years starting in Christchurch. We are a charity that exists to assist our community. We are volunteer based, with a few paid roles. Our members and volunteers make regular visits and give assistance to; individuals and families in need, the elderly and sick, those in our local prisons, and the homeless in our local communities. we have a welfare line that supports the providing of food, clothing, bedding, firewood, budgeting, advocacy and furniture. We support our community and refugees in need.
In Christchurch, we have hundreds of members and volunteers both young and old, doing good works throughout our community every day. We rely on donations of goods and money. There is no government funding presently and we receive some limited grant funding, but rely heavily on cash donations. In the current economic environment donation funding is hard to come by, but demand has grown, as have our expenses despite tight management of costs.
Our members and volunteers make regular visits and give assistance to needy individuals and families, the elderly, the sick, or the homeless in our local communities. We operate a food bank and provide clothing, furniture and bedding.
Huge Demand 3 February 2025
Last week we helped 203 households with mainly food requests, but we also provided assistance by way of furniture, bedding and clothes. As our biggest expense presently is for food - all cash donations are welcome and truly appreciated.
Thank you for your generous donation. This is so much appreciated. The donation is directly spent on food for our foodbank or welfare items like bedding. Again thank you for your support.
Thank you for your donation - 2025 has started off with very high demand, these funds are going towards the food we need to purchase for the foodbank, so thank you much appreciated.
Thank you for your donation - 2025 has started off with very high demand, these funds are going towards the food we need to purchase for the foodbank, so thank you much appreciated.
Thank you for your donation - 2025 has started off with very high demand, these funds are going towards the food we need to purchase for the foodbank, so thank you much appreciated.
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