Mini Vinnies is a programme designed for groups of primary school students who are interested in social justice and living faith through action. St Vincent de Paul (24 April 1581 – 27 September 1660) was a priest of the Catholic Church who dedicated himself to serving the poor. He is venerated as a saint in the Catholic Church and the Anglican Communion. He was canonized in 1737. Vincent de Paul was renowned for his compassion, humanity and generosity, and is known as the “Great Apostle of Charity”.
Our Mini Vinnie group is led by Mr Edwards and meetings are held fortnightly in our school Chapel.
If you would like to find out more about the Mini Vinnies, then please take a look at their website http://www.minivinnies.org.uk/
Our Mini Vinnies meet regularly to discuss any opportunities they can turn their concern into action, following the motto ‘See, Think, Do’. Here are some of the things we have been up to:
- We celebrated our commissioning with a special presentation with the adult SVP members in our school chapel.
- Organised collections of Harvest food items and helped to take them to the Foodbank.
- We made Christmas cards for parishioners who may be lonely or finding it hard to get out of the house.
- Raised more money during Lent by selling raffle tickets for Easter Eggs.
- We took part in a retreat day with other schools from the cluster to Shrewsbury Cathedral.
- We took part in The Big Lent Walk, raising £500 for CAFOD.
- We took part in the NSPCC Kindness Challenge.
- We wrote to prisoners as part of the SVP programme, Working with Prisons.
Meeting Minutes – 2026 / 2027