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Society of St Vincent de Paul
Northern Regional Office
196-200 Antrim Road
Belfast
BT15 2AJ
Tel: 02890-351561
Fax: 02890-740522
Email: info@svpni.co.uk
Reg. Charity XN45800
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A Brief History | ||||||||||||||||||
Opened in May 1983, the Society's first purpose built store in Eia Street, north Belfast was to become the spearhead and beacon of our 'Tackling Social Injustice' campaign ever since.
Back then the Society was involved in a wide range of community activities which complimented our main service of collecting and delivering donated furniture to people in need.
More than 500 people have worked on part time government schemes such as ACE, Worktrack and New Deal since 1983 providing much needed employment to one of the north's most impoverished areas.
Other services provided included Upholstery, Minibus Hire, Knitting, Painting & Decorating, Gardening and repairing Electrical Items.
Re-upholstering during the 1980s
Remanufacturing Cookers - 1990s
VariedAs the years went by the Furniture Store also became the focus for the distribution of the butter and beef mountains in 1987 and numerous appeals for aid to Africa in response to famine in Ethiopia and Somalia.
Aid to Somalia
02890-740290 | Adapting to changing needsToday there is as much need out there as there was when we started. However, new laws restrict what we can collect and houses and even families have have gotten smaller. Tastes and fashions change but people still deserve the best they can get.
Furniture Store
Helping those in needPeople approach us for help with furniture for a variety of reasons. Perhaps they are just setting up home or are moving out of sheltered accommodation into the community; or because their existing furniture needs replaced and they cannot afford to pay the exorbitant high street prices and the added interest charges they bring.
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Our shop also allows people on low incomes, who would not normally approach the Society for help, to come in off the street, browse around and get a bargain within their budget.
Where requested, we can deliver the item for a small additional charge to cover running costs of the vans.
All our new electrical items come packaged straight from our suppliers and with a manufacturer's warranty. In the case of cooker's the only added expense to the customer is that a qualified electrician must install the appliance.
Would you like to help?Since the withdrawal of ACE and Worktrack we have been constantly looking for volunteers to give a few hours a day of their time to help out. By helping the SVP in this way you will also be helping to tackle some of the problems in our community.
John Strong (Store Supervisor) presenting volunteer Eamon Hughes with a certificate in Manual Handling techniques gained in March 2006 | |||||||||||||||||
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