The members of our Young Persons SVP group had a bake sale today after mass, raising funds to buy Christmas gifts for the residents of the Brackenbridge care home. The sale was a great success, with £500 collected. Thanks to all who baked and those who helped outside the church today.
A great day and a job well done!
The clocks have fallen back and the nights are drawing in. This is the time of year when the SVP team ask you to please keep an extra eye out for any vulnerable neighbours in the community. Awareness is the key watchword. You never know: It could be that one phone call, or that one wave through the window, that makes all the difference to a lonely person. Loneliness claims too many people each year in the U.K. so let’s try and do our little bit to help address the issue.
Our Young SVP Team have had an uphill struggle, having being launched a short few weeks before the pandemic and lockdown arrived. But, wow, have they ‘Risen to the Challenge’!! From the outset of lockdown, they have been a core part of our food bank team each and every Saturday and their second initiative included a major clean up of the lane way between The Croft and Victoria Road in August.
In this SVP Awareness month, and indeed since the pandemic started, the SVP has tried to ‘Rise to the Challenge’ and keep its activities going. Our food bank and home deliveries are some visible examples of this, but our Bereavement Care group have also been very busy. So much so, that we now have a dedicated phone number for this group, 07562 412 986.
Please share this number among your friends and family, as you can never be sure where the need exists. Thank you in advance.
Around this time each year, the SVP conferences in the Westminster diocese work on a common project known as ‘Vinnie Packs’. A ‘Vinnie Pack’ is basically a small bag that contains essential items for a homeless person in winter time. It contains such things as a thermal hat, thermal gloves, 2 pairs of thermal socks, toothbrush and paste, wetwipes, copy of Pavement magazine, a pen and an information sheet with useful numbers. 11,500 Vinnie packs need to be assembled ahead of winter.