"When I consider the foundations of the relationship with Cork Simon, we both have a shared understanding of community and respect for people." Read more
“It was just my place. It was like a job made for me.” Read more
“You see, Cork people have a heart and there was a heart in Simon.” Read more
“The way I see Cork Simon is they saved my life really, with all the opportunities that I was given.” Read more
“It’s a human face, it’s a hot meal, it’s a listening ear.” Read more
“It’s a place where people can come to heal if they’ve been really hurt.” Read more
“I think a key aspect of community, for all of us, is that sense of having people in your life.” Read more
“It's a celebration of women; women helping other women.” Read more
“I don’t think you can get involved in touching the face of humanity without being transformed by it.” Read more
“The need to recognise a person's entitlement and basic need for adequate and secure housing has to be brought into the 21st century in this country.” Read more
We believe in them and they can believe in us - we’re reliable, we’re there, we don’t let them down. Read more
“You need hobbies. It’s just to get up to do it. Your head won’t be racing then.” Read more
“I felt a kind of an instant rapport. I'm not looking back with rose-tinted glasses because I still feel that today.” Read more
"Cork Simon builds respect for people who are challenged in many ways and they work really hard to turn things around." Read more
“With Simon and with Ireland in general, I felt I came home.” Read more
"We’re all there for one thing and that's to help people." Read more
“There's an infectious enthusiasm in Simon. There’s a sense of everyone being in this together.” Read more
“We have a small community with a huge heart and the success of this whole event really is the work of many hands.” Read more
“We don’t fix people; we help people to better their lives in whatever way they chose for us to help them.” Read more
“I hear their pure gift. I hear their genuineness. I hear their wonderful compassion.” Read more
“Everybody is working together to make something amazing happen." Read more
"The support available through Cork Simon has made a huge difference to the lives of the individuals but also to their families." Read more
“Homelessness is not inevitable, and it can be solved.” Read more
“It is very important that we are able to offer a safe place where people can be treated with dignity and respect.” Read more
“They show me that I’m important in some way; I’m a person and I have some value.” Read more
“They gain a sense of pride and self-esteem, that original worry and anxiety is lifted from them and they shine.” Read more
“I feel like Cork Simon is a part of me and I’m delighted to be able to help in a small way.” Read more
"By our work we help to transform lives and to transform society." Read more
"We all want to help vulnerable people, we all want to grow from the experience." Read more
“Colleagues now feel they’re a part of Simon; they understand what Simon are doing.” Read more
“After all them years I went through, through my eyes, I’m happy enough.” Read more
“Homelessness is only an identifiable component of a person, it's not the whole person, and where we need to be is looking at the whole person.” Read more
“The most important thing is just to stay hopeful for people and take things day-by-day and in small steps.” Read more
"Simon was always picking up the pieces; Simon was always trying to deal with the consequences of our history." Read more
"Accept yourself. It gives you confidence, gratitude, hope, strength, self-worth. It gives you a shield around you." Read more
“Time; I suppose that’s the most precious thing we can give anyone.” Read more
"It’s nice to be courteous, to take the time out and talk to someone. And sometimes that means an awful lot to people." Read more
“You’re the hand that people reach for when they have nobody else, and my role is to give you a hand to provide that service.” Read more
"I grew up in Simon; it's been my life's work. Cork Simon has been there for me, but I also feel like I’ve been part of Cork Simon’s story." Read more
"The most wonderful example of caring chaos you could meet. Limitless patience with people...but not as well organised as today" Read more
"Without them, people like me would have neither direction nor hope. We all fall. We all make mistakes." Read more