DC’s in Britain Join Religious Lobby in Parliament

On the 18th May Daughters of Charity from the British Province joined 1,000 Religious men and women in lobbying Parliament as part of the British MAKE POVERTY HISTORY campaign. They came from the four corners of Britain to emphasise the moral imperative which the UK...

Report on the Work of the CM at the UN

In this first report I tried to communicate the scope of the work of an NGO Representative and to give something of a “feel” for the work itself. Advocacy work happens most effectively when it is done in committed working groups that produce products that...

SVDP Calls for Socially Inclusive Budget

SYDNEY, May 6, 2005 (catholicweekly.com.au): The St Vincent de Paul Society calls on the Federal Treasurer to make this year’s budget an inclusive social document. In his column in The Catholic Weekly, Owen Rogers, chief executive officer of the St Vincent de Paul...

Cap On Charitable Deduction will Hurt SVDP

The “$500 cap on tax deductions for donations of clothing and household goods is arbitrary and unfair” and threatens the 350+ charitable thrift shops the Society of St. Vincent de Paul operates in the United States to help fund soup kitchens, social...
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