The housing crisis is pushing people into homelessness and preventing people from leaving homelessness. Our Emergency Shelter is overflowing with an average of 57 people per night relying on a Cork Simon emergency bed. People are staying for longer and longer in emergency accommodation because they have no other options. Rents in Cork City increased 13.7% last year; Rent Supplement and Housing Assistance Payments do not come near asking rents.
Our Emergency Shelter is located on Anderson’s Quay, in the heart of Cork city centre. The Shelter provides care, accommodation and one-to-one support for 47 people around-the-clock, every day of the year. Demand for emergency beds is high – throughout 2018 the Shelter accommodated an average of 57 people per night – the need for emergency accommodation is so great that we try to accommodate as many people as is safe to do so.
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If you know Cork, you know that we live in a caring community. And that sense of belonging, that feeling of community, was here before all of us – and will be here long after us.
Here at Cork Simon, we are blessed that our supporters have enriched our organisation – and our community – with their generous gifts.
What we’ve achieved, with the amazing support of our donors, represents our community at its very best. Read More
July 17th, 12:53 pm
A recent BBQ, held in Roberts Cove Inn and attended by over 160 people, helped to raise an amazing €3,050 in support of Cork Simon! 👏
Steve Cotter, organiser of this event, will head to Russia on Saturday 27 July, to climb Mount Elbrus with this fantastic support behind him. ⛰
Thanks very much to everyone involved – your help to fight homelessness in Cork is much appreciated.
We wish Steve the very best of luck with his climb! 👍
Well done seven fantastic day, good luck wuth you adventure
Brilliant day!
Very proud of you Steve👍😜😎 x
Great day 😀🙌🏻
A brilliant day and atmosphere, hope you will do it next year again! Well done Steve Cotter
Well done Steve Cotter
July 12th, 2:38 pm
Will you be rolling out your yoga mat with us tomorrow?
An incredible €1,261.29 was raised in support of Cork Simon at last Saturday’s Yoga in the Park with Himalaya Yoga Valley Centre Cork. 🧘♂️🧘♀️
Thank you all so much for helping us to keep our doors open for every person turning to us for help!
Note: Follow Himalaya Yoga Valley Centre Cork on social media to keep up to date on weather updates each Saturday morning from 8.00am to 9.00am.
July 10th, 9:53 am
An amazing €1,285 was raised, in support of Cork Simon, at a coffee morning held in Kearney’s Centra, Ballydesmond recently. 🍰☕️
Many thanks to Marie Watters, who organised the coffee morning, and to Eileen and Seamus Kearney, who supplied the tea and coffee free of charge. 👍
Thank you to all involved for your support in helping to fight homelessness in Cork.
Well done xxxx
Well Done
July 3rd, 3:47 pm
May 2019 saw a record number of children in Emergency Accommodation in the South West (Cork and Kerry) – 318 children; a small month-on-month increase of 1%; however, it represents an increase of 29% compared to last year.
Figures released by the Housing Department also show there were 870 men, women and children in Emergency Accommodation in the South West with the number of women increasing from 170 to 230 women – up 35% from May 2018.
407 adults were in Emergency Accommodation in Cork during the last calendar week in May - a small (but welcome) decrease of 0.5% compared to April 2019; however, it represents an increase of 30% compared to May 2018.
www.housing.gov.ie/sites/default/files/publications/files/homeless_report_-_may_2019.pdf
June 28th, 2:55 pm
To date, yogis have raised an amazing €2048 in support of Cork Simon at Yoga in the Park. Thank you – your support is terrific! 👏🧘♀️🧘♂️
Yoga resumes TOMORROW in Fitzgerald’s Park at 10am. See you all at the Bandstand.
Note: Follow Himalaya Yoga Valley Centre Cork on social media to keep up to date on weather updates each Saturday morning from 8.00am to 9.00am.
