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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Here at Cork Simon, we are blessed that our supporters have enriched our organisation – and our community – with their generous gifts.
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February 22nd, 11:36 am
Are you looking for ways to improve the words and phrases in your poem for our #WriteForHome competition? 📝
Writer Paul Casey explains the difference between abstract and concrete words and how to be more inventive with your language.
▶️Press play: ‘Tips to develop your poem’
⌚️There is still time to get your entries in with four weeks to go to the closing date - Monday 25 March 2019. ⌚️ Sign-up now: www.corksimon.ie/youngwritersawards/
February 20th, 12:16 pm
🏎️🚘 Over 40 Vintage and Classic Cars made the trip to Millstreet to help raise an amazing €1,930.70 in support of Cork Simon Community recently! 🚗🚙
Thanks very much to Millstreet Vintage Club, the Wallis Arms Hotel, club members, volunteers and friends for this outstanding success – your fantastic support and generosity means a lot to people experiencing homelessness in Cork.
The funds raised from the Club’s Cars, Coffee and Chat get together were combined with donations from the Club’s End of Year Car Run which took place in November.
February 19th, 8:03 am
☕️🍰 Cork Simon’s Coffee Morning 2019 campaign is back this March and we need your help to fight homelessness in Cork!
Organise a Coffee Morning anytime during the month of March in your workplace, school or anywhere you wish.
☕️🍰 For more information, ideas and to sign up, visit: www.corksimon.ie/coffeemorning
Thank you very much for your support!
February 18th, 8:06 am
▶️ Watch this striking animation about homelessness ▶️
John Knowles, 5th year student in animation at Ballyfermot College of Further Education, created 'Tents' in response to the growing issue of homelessness in Ireland.
“I had seen several tents and thought that it was such an immediate visual reminder of this issue facing so many people in our country,” said John.
“These tents stick out against the backdrop of the city streets, but unfortunately the same cannot be said for the people forced to inhabit them, who often go overlooked and fade into the backdrop,” he added.
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John Knowles TENTS Cork Simon.mp4
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February 13th, 8:21 am
Kathy D’Arcy, poet and creative writing teacher, shares tips on freestyle writing for Cork Simon’s #WriteForHome competition.
Grab yourself a big notebook and prepare to write without stopping and see how ideas start to come together. 🖊️
💻 *Watch this #WriteForHome vlog for more advice on stream of consciousness writing*
⌚️There is still time to get your entries in with five weeks to go to the closing date - Monday 25 March 2019. ⌚️ Sign-up now: www.corksimon.ie/youngwritersawards/
