Victoria's new 2024-2025 Impact Report is now available.

Last year, $18.3 million was provided to assist people in need through:

• $10.3 million in Food Insecurity services
• $5.8 million in Cost of Living services
• $1.6 million in Homelessness services 
• $0.6 million in Education services

Read about the impact of VincentCare and VincentCare Community Services and how they are facilitating real change.

A 'New Line of Defence Against Hunger’ as demand for food explodes in Melbourne's south east

The St Vincent de Paul Society Victoria has today (21 November) opened the South Eastern Soup Van Hub in Hallam, a critical new facility responding to the catastrophic surge in demand for food relief across Melbourne's south east.

The South Eastern Soup Van Hub was officially opened by Belinda Wilson, MP for Narre Warren North; Michael Quinn, Victorian State President, St Vincent de Paul Society Victoria (pictured); Dr Jennifer Fitzgerald AM, Group CEO of St Vincent de Paul Society Victoria and the Mayor of Casey Stefan Koomen. 

On Tuesday 11 November, St Vincent de Paul Society Victoria’s annual Thanksgiving Mass was celebrated by Archbishop Peter A Comensoli at St Francis’ Church in Melbourne. 

More than 200 people gathered to honour and pray for members, volunteers, employees, donors and bequestors who have passed away over the past year.

Family, friends and colleagues carried 138 candles in the Procession of Light in honour of their loved one.

Make your Christmas shop feel good – for your wallet, the people on your list and the planet.

Christmas should feel good – not rushed, wasteful or expensive. This year, skip the stress and discover unique, pre-loved gifts that feel just as good to give as they do to get.

Keep an eye out for Gift Good tags on second-hand treasures, handpicked by our Vinnies Vollies with care for the season – and for those hard-to-buy-for people on your list.

This Christmas help stop poverty becoming the new normal for people like Sarah.

“I honestly didn’t know how we’d survive,” Sarah says. “From where we were standing, the future was looking very dark.”

The support from Vinnies changed everything. 

“Having Vinnies is almost like having another family. They’ve restored my faith in humanity and given me hope for the future,” said Sarah. 

 

Steve Palmer, Ozanam House volunteer

At the heart of all he does, Ozanam House community volunteer, Steve Palmer, has always reflected on what his faith in action needs to look like. In his thirty-six years as a volunteer, he still often asks himself, ‘Am I doing enough? Can I do more?’

Steve was one of the honouree at this year's A Call to Serve.

VincentCare Community Housing opens new 92 new homes in Footscray as part of their social housing project tackling Victoria’s housing crisis.

The Footscray development is officially opened and includes 92 brand-new safe, modern and energy-efficient apartments that will be home to more than 160 Victorians currently experiencing or at risk of homelessness, including families.