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St Vincent De Paul, Christchurch City Area

  • Where your kindness is going 💙

      24 September 2026

    We are so incredibly grateful for the amazing support on our Givealittle page. To every single person who has donated, commented, or shared: thank you for being the heart of Vinnies. We wanted to give you a quick update on the difference your generosity is making right now in our community. The demand for food and emergency support has been incredibly high lately. Because of you, our volunteers have been able to keep our food bank stocked with fresh essentials and deliver warmth directly to the doorsteps of those doing it tough. Every single dollar helps us say "yes" to someone turning to Vinnies for a lifeline. If you’re able to share our page with friends or family, we would be so incredibly grateful. Thank you for standing with us!

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  • 923 Requests completed! Thank you for Your support!

      2 June 2026

    We are thrilled to share the impact of your kindness over the past month. Because of your donations, 923 requests from our community received the essential help they desperately needed. From putting fresh food on tables to ensuring warm beds for children, your support has been a lifeline. Every dollar you give directly transforms a family's reality. On behalf of our team and the families we serve—thank you for your continued trust and generosity!

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  • Update 2026

      7 May 2026

    Thank you for your incredible support throughout the start of this year. We’ve seen a rapid increase in the need for our services; by the end of April 2026, we had already assisted 3,757 families with food, clothing, household items, and budgeting advice. Reaching this many people would simply not have been possible without your generosity. As the colder weather approaches, we are seeing a steady rise in requests for help, and your continued support is more vital than ever.

    Help us to help those in need.

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  • Thank you!

      3 November 2025

    Thank you so much for your generosity and kindness in donating to Vinnies! We were able to assist 1544 people in September 2025 and October 2025, all thanks to you. Thank you for your support and for helping us help those in need. Every little bit helps. To all our supporters- we couldn't do this without you!

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  • Thank you

      29 August 2025

    Thank you so much for your generous donations and for bringing us closer to our goal of a new truck! We would not be able to achieve any of these stats without you: in June 2025 we assisted 693 cases of people in need of assistance with food, clothing, household items/ furniture, firewood, budgeting advice, and in July 2025 we assisted 806 people in need. With a new truck we aim to reach many more in need. Thank you to each and every one of you for your support.

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  • May 2025 Update

      30 May 2025

    Your generosity and support has allowed Vinnies to close 750 requests for assistance with food, firewood, furniture, clothing, budgeting advice- and we still have one more day to go to finish off the month of May 2025! Thank you so much for making this possible and for being a part of our Vinnies family.

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  • Thank you

      29 April 2025

    We're almost at the end of April 2025, and the amount of families/ individuals we've reached has been purely down to your generosity and kindness shown in donating. We thank you with humble hearts for helping us help those around us. Many blessings!

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  • Update

      3 April 2025

    Wow! This past March 2025 we managed to reach 733 people in need! Thank you so much for your generous donations and for helping Vinnies help those in need. We honestly could not do this without you. Thank you!

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  • Thank You

      3 March 2025

    Thank you to each and every person who donated to Vinnies in the month of February 2025. With your donations we were able to reach 828 people in need with not just food assistance, but household requirements, budgeting advice and clothing needs. This could only ever be possible with your contributions, so we thank you. Let's see if we can assist even more people in March 2025, together!

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  • 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.

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  • 2025 New Year Update

      16 January 2025

    Thank you for all the support we had for 2024, all the funds allotted went into the food bank and into the welfare arm of St Vincent de Paul. For the month of December we helped 828 people in need. This year, as we open, the demand certainly has not reduced as people face the Christmas hangover and then getting children back to school with uniforms and textbooks. Your continued support is vital and so much appreciated.

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  • Update 28/11/2024

      28 November 2024

    What an achievement! With your help we've managed to assist 736 people so far this month (November 2024) with food parcels, supply of clothing and furniture items, such as beds, tables and chairs, dressers and white ware. Thank you to all our donors- without you we couldn't do what we do.

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  • A fortnightly Update.

      17 October 2024

    Over the last fortnight we have helped 327 households from the 1st of October until the 15th of October 2024 with food parcels, supply of clothing and furniture items, such as beds, tables and chairs, dressers and white ware. Thank you to all our donors without you we couldn't do what we do.

    New supporters are always welcome.

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  • Celebrate The feast Day for St Vincent de Paul 27 September

      27 September 2024
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    Vincent de Paul's History

    St Vincent de Paul (1581 – 1660) was the third child in a poor peasant farming family at Pouy, France. Although a talented student, family priorities meant that he was required to help on the family plot.

    At 15, St Vincent de Paul went to Seminary College and then studied at Toulouse University receiving a Bachelor of Theology. He part-paid for his studies by tutoring other students.

    At 19, St Vincent de Paul was ordained a priest and appointed Parish Priest a few years later. However, he resigned his Parish Priest role to avoid legal appeals against his appointment because of his young age.

    On a return boat trip to Marseilles, St Vincent de Paul was taken captive and, for the next two years, he was sold and passed on as a slave from one master to another. When he was finally released from slavery, he returned to France and went to Rome to resume his studies. On his return to France, he ministered as Chaplain and Priest.

    St Vincent de Paul founded, “The Ladies of Charity”, a group of wealthy women, to collect funds for missionary projects, hospitals, victims of war and to pay ransoms for the release of gallery-slaves in Paris.

    St Vincent de Paul was well known by his flock for his compassion, humility and generosity. He was referred to as, “The Great Apostle of Charity”.

    St Vincent de Paul’s Feast Day is the 27th September. He is the Patron Saint of Charities including the St Vincent de Paul Society.

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  • End of Year Update

      29 August 2024

    At the end of our last year December 2023, we had completed and closed 8689 client cases ranging from food, bedding, furniture, clothing and firewood assistance. Thank you to all those that have helped us.

    This year to date we have helped a record number of people already as the cost-of-living crisis continues to hurt.

    Any donation is greatly appreciated and goes towards our welfare system - for food and bedding.

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  • Key Figures

      31 January 2020
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    St Vincent de Paul has been around for 152 years in Christchurch and as of September 2019 had 355 volunteers.

    In December of 2019 we were able to assist 888 households in Canterbury and give out over 465 gifts to those we support during the Christmas period. Thank you to everyone who helped to make this possible.

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  • Update for 08/07/2014

      8 July 2014

    Our Latest phone line audit shows that we are helping an average of 400 individuals per week with food and other necessities of life. Over 800 bags of firewood have already been delivered this winter season in the Christchurch City Area. Many thanks to our young volunteers from the Young Vinnies groups who helped put many of these bags together. We are currently working on getting ""Street Swags"" from Australia for those who are sleeping rough in our city. These are waterproof, high quality bedding units that can be carried around like a back pack. These will be distributed to the most needy through our colleagues who are working with the homeless in the city. Many thanks for your ongoing support.

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