We hit a really bad spot a few years ago and SVP gave us a hand. I live with my mam, my mam and dad are split up. No matter how much it would really change our society, our country or the world, it’s just that little bit of happiness at a time where, to be honest, everything is so dark. Shane: It’s just good to have that little sense of feeling that you’re helping somebody. Our teacher got in touch with a homeless hostel in north city centre and delivered the packages there. Shane: We made lists for each package and then we made sure they were quite equal. And all the things in our lives we take for granted. It made us think about what living rough would be like. Niamh: Yeah, it really made you live in the moment. Shane: We chose things that are real needs but aren’t given out for free. We went out and got stuff we thought a homeless person might need. We decided to use the money raised to make care packages for the homeless in Dublin city. Then we did some bake sales and other fundraising events. Niamh: We put together a petition to the Government to end the homeless crisis and got everyone in our school to sign it. What activities has your Conference done? We did the maths and that’s the equivalent of our whole school plus the three other schools in our area put together! We wanted to get this across to our classmates. There’s over 7,000 people homeless in Ireland now and about 2,000 of them are children. Shane: A lot of us felt very strongly about the homeless crisis in Dublin and so we based our activities on this. Vincent de Paul in school and we decided there was no reason why we shouldn’t setup our own Conference. Why did you join Young SVP? Niamh: We were given a talk about the work of St. Amongst the fun and excitement of the day, we got to know the more thoughtful side to these two teenagers. We met Niamh and Shane at the event in Dublin, two secondary school students who run the Conference in their North County Dublin school. Volunteer Stories: Niamh & Shane Every year, Young SVP host a number of exhibitions around the country to celebrate the achievements of local young volunteers. The work of SVP through the words of our young volunteers. It’s just good to have that little sense of feeling that you’re helping somebody.
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