Seeing Christ in the poor and serving Christ in the poor has helped Helen O’Shea sustain her volunteering since she began with the St Vincent de Paul Society (SVP) as a local parish conference member 20 years ago.

Her Christ-centred approach to volunteering has sustained a vocation that has led her to become chair of trustees for Depaul International – the parent charity of the Depaul Group, a network of charities that works across the world with a mission to end homelessness and change the lives of those affected by it – as well as a trustee of SVP too.