Welcome
“Charity is the cement which binds Communities to God and persons to one another” – St Vincent de Paul, SSVP Patron
Scotland’s 2000 SSVP volunteer members provide support and assistance to people across the country on a daily basis. Working in 300 groups, they assist people in need in the best way that they can.
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Annual Report 2024 – 2025
The annual reporting period of 1 April 2024 to 31 March 2025 was a time of considerable change and challenge for the Society of St Vincent de Paul in Scotland. In particular, this period saw a number of comings and goings at trustee, national council and national office level. Danny Collins stepped down as national president in June 2024 and James Heneaghan, the national treasurer, followed in August 2024. Following a relatively short period of illness, Haydn Carr-Pollock, Archdiocesan President for St Andrews and Edinburgh, sadly passed away in January 2025. He was our youngest Trustee / Diocesan President with so much to give to the Society. He is greatly missed. Our thoughts and prayers remain with Haydn’s family. Due to reaching the end of their terms of office other Trustees / Diocesan Presidents stood down. Only one of the original group of Trustees / Diocesan Presidents that started in the reporting year of 2024 continued in office by end of 31 March 2025. The dioceses of Argyll & Isles and Galloway remain without Presidents.
Latest News
SSVP Youth – Advent and Christmas Reflections 2025
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4th Sunday of Advent
Getting ready for Christmas can be quite a pressure. Trying
Festive Spirit Shines at St Ninian’s Primary School, Livingston
This advent, SSVP Conferences, Mini Vinnies, and Senior Vinnies are
Business Plan
Society of St Vincent de Paul Scotland
Business Plan: 2025/26
Published: 9th August 2025
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“As committed members of the Society of St Vincent de Paul, we seek to identify and combat all forms of poverty, by promoting social justice and actively working with those in need, acknowledging that, by freely giving of ourselves, we become more aware of the power of love in all our relationships.”
National Meeting 2025
What we do
A community of friends
Since being founded in 1833 by Frederic Ozanam and a group of friends, home visits have been at the core and heart of the work of SSVP members. The SSVP always works hard to respond to changing needs and has now established ‘Special works’, which provide one particular service.
