# SVP aims for €5 million this Christmas

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2006/12/01/svp-aims-e5-million-christmas/
- Published: 2006-12-01T00:00:00+00:00
- Author: Howard Lake

**Irish charity St Vincent de Paul is aiming to raise €5 million before Christmas
to fund its work with the poor. SVP Week runs from next Sunday culminating in a 
nationwide mass collection on December 10th.**

SVP reported an increase in donations from €23.5 million in 2004 to €30.8 million
in 2005. Much of this increase was down to a particularly sharp increase in legacies,
from €5.7 million to €11.47 million. The society is one of the biggest recipients
of charitable legacies in Ireland and earlier this year made the news when a legacy
worth €10 million was left to a Galway SVP branch.

In total, SVP spent €41 million in 2005, with the balance of money coming from the
government.

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