(Last update: January 21 2011)

Please help us

There are many ways in which you can help our work: by giving a gift of money, by supplying us with gifts of equipment/consumables/etc, or by working with us.

Financial donations - a big thank you to all those who have helped us - this lifts our hearts as well as our finances.

Our grateful thanks to the following donors:

Bristol Rotary Club, Burges Salmon, Hilden Charitable Fund, Hope Chapel Bristol, Individual donations, John James Bristol Foundation, J & M Britton Charitable Trust, Lloyds TSB Foundation, Radley Trust, Redland (Bristol) Quaker Meeting, Southall Trust, Van Neste Foundation.

Download our gift pack: New Friends (printable PDF version) or New Friends (emailable Microsoft Word version).

We are still asking people to donate £6 pcm, using gift aid, where appropriate.  A big ”thank you” to all those who have helped us so far. 

Housing Benefit pays towards our basic costs, but it is staff who offer human contact and warmth that makes all the difference and this cost is met by donations.

Our clients come to us damaged, chaotic, unmanageable and afraid. Learning to trust (sometimes again, and sometimes for the first time) is vital. This takes dedicated staff who are qualified and able to support clients. We help each other heal.

We have many, wonderful volunteers. Our Trustees are unpaid, we have volunteer counsellors, mentors,  support workers, DIY men. Without these generous people we could not offer the high level of support that we do, but we must have paid staff, too.

Residents arriving straight from prison rarely have their benefits sorted out. This means waiting for weeks before benefits arrive, and we aim to offer an interest free loan to cover this very stressful period. 

We pledge to

• keep our website uptodate so you know what is going on.
• use all donated money to help our residents to achieve the best possible lives for themselves, knowing that this will help everyone in our community.
• make every £1 donated really work – not to waste money.

We will not…

• waste money on glossy reports which we then post to you.
• send you begging letters when you already donate

Please do contact us if you would like to comment on our work or on the website: stvincentshousing@btconnect. com  

St Vincent’s really works. We are in Bristol. We welcome visitors. We are an independent charity.

Other gifts

We always need mugs, teaspoons and forks. (Mysteriously knives, plates etc don’t seem to vanish like forks and teaspoons.)

Work with us

We are currently seeking new Trustees and female volunteers to join us. We would especially welcome people with experience of the drug and alcohol field.  If you feel able to offer us your time and skills in one of these roles, please complete an application form.