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SVP in Leeds
The SVP is very active in Leeds. As well as the person-to-person befriending carried out by the conferences, the SVP runs St Jude's Furniture Store as well as a network of community shops. St Vincent Support Centre enjoys a good working relationship with these projects. St Jude'sSt Jude's Furniture Store is based in Holbeck and provides practical help to hundreds of families in need every year. Furniture stores are just one way in which the SVP provides practical help to those in need. The SVP runs 16 furniture projects across England and Wales, providing free furniture to disadvantaged individuals and families. During 2005-6, over 15,000 collections and deliveries were made to 10,800 individuals and families who would otherwise have gone without. St Jude's also provides valuable training and work experience to unemployed
and vulnerable people through its structured and supportive training and
volunteering programme.
For more information contact:Andrew Winfield Project Director St Jude's Furniture Store Marshall Street Holbeck, Leeds LS11 9EH 0113 245 0800 Email Andrew SVP Community Shops SVP community shops are similar to other charity
shops in that they raise funds for the charity. However, SVP shops are different
in that you will not find them on the high street - but within the heart of
deprived communities where they are needed most. As well as selling good
quality, low cost clothing, furniture and household essentials, the shops have
become meeting places for the socially excluded.
Tony Nolan
St Vincent Support Centre delivers debt advice sessions from some community shops in Leeds. For more information about the SVP community shops please contact: Regional Retail Manager SVP Shops' Depot 2-3 Swinnow Court Stanningley Road Leeds LS13 4ER Tel: 0113 2363152 Email Tony The shops can be found at the following locations: • Armley 40 Heights Drive Armley Leeds LS12 3SU Tel: 0113 231 9631 • Tinshill 8 Silk Mill Drive Tinshill Leeds LS16 6DX Tel: 0113 267 5257 • Seacroft 41/43 Ramshead Hill Seacroft Leeds LS14 1BT Tel: 0113 265 1963 • Moortown 61 Cranmer Bank Moortown Leeds LS17 5JD Tel: 0113 393 0350 • Middleton 20 Town Street Middleton Leeds LS10 3PN Tel: 0113 276 0576 • Lidgett Lane 227 Lidgett Lane Gledhow Leeds LS8 1RB Tel: 0113 288 8874 • Dudley Hill 114 Tong Street Dudley Hill Brad ford BD4 6HD • Butcher Hill 183 Butcher Hill West Park Leeds LS16 5BQ Tel: 0113 274 5839 • Lincoln Green 88 Lincoln Green Road Leeds LS9 7SU |
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