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Covid-19

Covid-19

The Covid-19 pandemic has impacted every aspect of our work. People experiencing homelessness are among those most at risk from coronavirus and we continue to make sure everyone using our services is kept as safe and protected as possible. Read more

Published: 3rd July, 2020

Updated: 12th February, 2021

Author: Paul Sheehan

Outreach team

Outreach team

Our Outreach Team works on the street and from our Day Service, supporting people sleeping rough, surviving in squats or those who have no other option but to stay with friends – people on the very edge of homelessness. Read more

Published: 4th July, 2019

Updated: 25th September, 2020

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Emergency shelter

Emergency shelter

Our Emergency Shelter on Anderson’s Quay, in the heart of Cork’s city centre, provides round-the-clock temporary accommodation and one-to one support. Our emergency shelter supports men and women over 18 years of age. Read more

Published: 2nd July, 2019

Updated: 12th October, 2020

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Location: Cork Simon Emergency Shelter, Anderson's Quay, Cork

Night light

Night light

Our Night Light emergency accommodation service operates each night from our Day Service from 11.00pm. The Night Light consists of mattresses on the floor - while not ideal, it offers people a better alternative to sleeping rough on the streets. Read more

Published: 1st July, 2019

Updated: 12th October, 2020

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Location: Cork Simon Emergency Shelter, Anderson's Quay, Cork

Day service

Day service

Our Day Service on Anderson’s Quay is is use around-the-clock. It is home to a range of services, including a specialist health team, our Rough Sleeper Service, our Night Light emergency accommodation, and our Employment and Training Service. Read more

Published: 30th June, 2019

Updated: 13th October, 2020

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Location: Cork Simon Emergency Shelter, Anderson's Quay, Cork

Health team

Health team

Cork’s Adult Homeless Integrated Health Team of doctors, nurses and other healthcare professionals works specifically with people sleeping rough or staying in emergency accommodation, many of whom experience poor mental and physical health. Read more

Published: 29th June, 2019

Updated: 10th September, 2020

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Soup run

Soup run

Our Soup Run was Cork Simon’s first ever service back in 1971 and, thanks to a dedicated team of volunteers, continues to operate every night of the year. Last year our Soup Run supported 674 men and women and served 11,467 hot meals. Read more

Published: 28th June, 2019

Updated: 18th September, 2020

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Location: Cork Simon Community, Anderson's Street, Cork

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    Cork Simon Community is recruiting for three new positions in our fundraising department and one new position in our management team. The positions in our fundraising department are Donor Engagement Officer, Partnerships Officer and Partnerships Manager. The position in our management team is Property Asset Manager.

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    Online Coffee Morning Appeal 2021

    Will you hold an Online Coffee Morning this March for Cork Simon? Let's end homelessness together.

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    Christmas Jumper Day

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    Factsheets

    View the latest monthly emergency accommodation figures from the Department of Housing, and download the Cork Homeless Forum Directory of Services for people experiencing homelessness and their Guide to Emergency Homeless Services in Cork.

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    Full time volunteering

    Full-Time Volunteers from Ireland and around the world come to Cork Simon to work alongside our skilled staff at all of our services. Full-Time Volunteers typically spend nine to twelve months at Cork Simon and are an integral part of the team, bringing their skills, energy and diversity to the work we do.

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    Cork Simon Community is committed to protecting and respecting your privacy in compliance with the Data Protection Acts 1988 and 2003 (as amended), and GDPR. Our Privacy Statement explains when and why we collect personal information about people, how we use it, the conditions under which we disclose it to others and how we keep it secure. It outlines how users can access the information we hold about them or how they can have it updated or, if they wish, erased.

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Sponsor a Room

Sponsor a Room

As a Room Sponsor you will be helping to save lives. You give a monthly gift, at an amount you can afford, to provide someone who is homeless with a safe room of their own, everything that goes with that, and a pathway to move into independent living. Believing in people. Read more

Published: 26th August, 2020

Updated: 27th November, 2020

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Donate

Donate

Winter is still with us. People who are homeless are vulnerable and still need you. Will you give a Winter gift today? Read more

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Published: 1st February, 2021

Updated: 2nd February, 2021

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50 Faces of Cork Simon

50 Faces of Cork Simon

50 Years in the making, decades in the refining. 50 Faces - one per week, representing the thousands of men and women who make us what we are: people believing in people. These are their words, their stories, our experience. Read more

Published: 11th February, 2021

Updated: 7th April, 2021

Author: Will Rossi

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Cork Simon Community is registered in Ireland as a company limited by guarantee, not having a share capital.
Company Registration Number: 42511
Registered Charity Number: 20022914
Charity Number: CHY 9155

Registered office: St. Nicholas House, Cove Street, Cork. T12 DEH5