
Vinnies WA is a Catholic charity that provides food assistance, material aid, budget advice, shelter, advocacy, friendship and support.
The St Vincent de Paul Society, or Vinnies, was founded in France by a 20-year-old student named Frederic Ozanam in the 1830s. The society began work in Australia in 1854. St Vincent de Paul Society (WA) was established in 1910 from local parish based volunteer groups that had been active in Western Australia since 1865.