Foodbank Opening Times - Wednesday 2pm to 3:30pm and Saturday 9:30am to 11am

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Find us at St Thomas Catholic Church, Val Plaisant, St Helier

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Foodbank Opening Times - Wednesday 2pm to 3:30pm and Saturday 9:30am to 11am 〰️ Find us at St Thomas Catholic Church, Val Plaisant, St Helier 〰️

Welcome to St Vincent de Paul (Jersey)

Pope Francis 

The Society of St Vincent De Paul Jersey offers its prayers for the peaceful repose of his soul.

Throughout his papacy Pope Francis constantly reaffirmed the importance of Saint Vincent de Paul for our own time. In his words:

“St Vincent was always on the move, ever open to the discovery of God and himself. Grace entered into this constant quest: in his priestly ministry, he encountered Jesus the Good Shepherd in a striking way in the poor. On one occasion in particular, he was deeply touched by meeting the gaze of a man pleading for mercy and by the faces of a destitute family. There he saw Jesus himself looking at him, unsettling his heart and asking him no longer to live for himself, but to serve him unreservedly in the poor. St Vincent would later call the poor “our lords and masters” (Correspondance, entretiens, documents XI, 349). His life then became one of unflagging service, even to his dying breath. A verse from Scripture showed him the meaning of his mission: “The Lord has sent me to bring the Good News to the poor” (cf. Lk 4:18).”

St Vincent de Paul (Jersey), known as SVP, is the local face of the worldwide charity whose aim is to help those most in need in our society.
Founded in Paris in 1833, the organisation spread quickly to Jersey and spurred by the French Catholic community in Jersey, became part of the caring face within the Island to ease poverty and suffering and promote human dignity.

Jersey Foodbank Partnership

The SVP Events

Throughout the year SVP and our partner organisations are involved with many initiatives, events and services aimed at making Islander’s lives better. Please regularly check our calendar for events that might interest you. You can click on the calendar or upcoming events below for more information:

Our Services

We are here to help the community as best we can and we provide certain key service to support local people through short time crisis.

  • This is our traditional service and clients can recieve essential food items once a week at our office at the back of St Thomas’ Church Hall

  • We offer limited support to help people to afford their electricity bills during the winter for those on PAYG Electricity Meters

  • This service helps parents with small children to afford essential food and hygiene products for babies.

  • In association with out sister charity “Caritas” we offer practical help and advice on how to cope with food and utility costs, avoid poverty and promote Social Inclusion