Every donation is an intervention

THE MISSION

Although the St Vincent de Paul (SVP) is the largest charity in Ireland, they get only 1% of their funding from the government. Despite this, 16% of the population are still in constant poverty in Ireland today and calls to SVP for assistance have doubled since 2008.

In 2015, when we began working with SVP, charities were facing additional challenges, not least a growing distrust driven by a number of scandals in the sector. A survey that year found that 57% of people “did not trust that all the money goes to the cause”. Yet SVP still had to put food on the table in 150,000 Irish houses.

The solution

Our strategy was to reconnect the donor by showing every donation was an intervention.

THE IMPACT

The campaign changed the fortunes of SVP, arresting a decline of -3% in donations to deliver an increase of +28% in four years, winning two Silvers for Long Term Effectiveness at ADFX in 2018. And due to continued success, winning three silvers in the international Effie 2021 by achieving a +175% in donations during the pandemic and securing our future donor base with +1795% (yes, that figure is correct) growth in donations from 18-24’s.