Factsheets

14,303 men, women and children in emergency accommodation nationally during the week of 24-30 June 2024.

778 men, women and children in emergency accommodation here in the Southwest (Cork & Kerry).

HOMELESS FIGURES

The Department of Housing, Local Government & Heritage publishes figures each month on the number of people depending on emergency accommodation nationally and regionally. A monthly breakdown of the figures for Cork, Kerry and the Southwest (Cork & Kerry) is included in our Homeless Watch.

The most recent set of figures published by the Department cover the week of 24-30 June 2024.

Download June 2024 Figures

GUIDE TO EMERGENCY HOMELESS SERVICES IN CORK

The Cork City Homeless Forum has produced a guide to homeless emergency services for over 18’s in Cork. This extensive guide details the full range of emergency accommodation available for people experiencing homelessness within Cork City.

Download Guide to Emergency Homeless Services

CORK HOMELESS DIRECTORY

The Cork City Homeless Forum has produced a directory of homeless services available within Cork City. It is a comprehensive guide to hostels, supported housing and advice services. This extensive directory details where information can be obtained on housing, how the supplementary welfare allowance scheme can be accessed, the health services available to people experiencing homelessness and how they can be accessed, and much more.

Download Cork Homelessness Directory

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Audited Accounts 2023

Download our audited accounts for 2023.
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What a difference you make! You're having a lifesaving on people who are homeless in Cork.
The Home Truths Panel: "For the future I don't know if I'll be in Ireland"

Our Home Truths panel have been exploring the potential life-changing impacts of the ongoing housing crisis. One theme that looms large in every aspect of their discussion is the theme of emigration.
"Stuck at home in their twenties", "lack of freedom", "can't afford the rent", are just some of the frustrations. Sophie Johnston summarises our Home Truths panel thoughts on emigration as a consequence of the housing crisis - should we stay or should we go.
Donate

Please donate to help someone who is homeless in Cork make a fresh start.

Work with us

Cork Simon Community is committed to equality of opportunity. We are currently recruiting for the following posts: Night Worker, Grants and European Funding Lead, Housing Officer, Project Support Workers, Tenancy Management Team Lead, Senior Community Partnerships Officer.
Factsheets

View the latest monthly emergency accommodation figures for Cork and the Southwest 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.
Donate

Please donate to help someone who is homeless in Cork make a fresh start.
Part time volunteering

Volunteers founded Cork Simon almost 50 years ago and remain at the heart our community. Part-time volunteers are active in everything Cork Simon does, from sitting on our Board of Directors to helping us to fundraise to supporting people to develop life skills such as cooking, literacy and numeracy.
Get Help

Details of services and contact numbers if you are experiencing homelessness or at risk of becoming homeless.
Gifts in Wills

If you know Cork, you know that we live in a caring community. That sense of belonging was here before all of us – and will be here long after us.
An increasing number of our donors are choosing to remember Cork Simon in their Will – shaping a brighter future and continuing to care for people who are homeless in our community.
If you would like more information about leaving a gift in your Will to Cork Simon, contact Leona on 021 4929 418.
Christmas Jumper Day

Will you hold a Cork Simon Christmas Jumper Day so we can be there for every man and woman turning to us for help this Christmas?
No one wants their child to grow up to be homeless at Christmas."
Sign-up today - it's More Than a Gift.
Services team

Key contacts for our range of services, including Emergency, Outreach, Housing and Housing First, Addiction and Aftercare, and Personal Development services.
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.
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.

Homeless watch

779 men, women and children were depending on emergency accommodation in Cork and Kerry in July 2024.

Our Emergency Shelter is overflowing. People are staying longer because they have no other options.

Rents in Cork continue to rise while supply remains at an all-time low; Rent Supplement & Housing Assistance Payments fall well-short of current market rents.

See the figures behind the crisis in our regularly updated Homeless Watch Read more

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

50 Faces of Cork Simon

50 Years in the making, decades in the refining. 50 Faces reflecting 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

Annual Impact Report 2022

During 2022, we offered care and support, dignity and hope to 1,370 people - a 33% increase compared to 2021. As the last of the Covid restrictions lifted, we quickly restored all our services and responded to additional demand by increasing capacity. Read more

Pleased to Meet You

'Pleased to Meet You' is a collection of twelve portraits of people staying in our high-support housing.

Created during Summer 2023, each portrait captures the personality, interests and spirit of the subjects, leaving homelessness firmly outside the frame.

'Pleased to Meet' will be exhibited at many of Cork's branch libraries each month until February 2025. The collection is exhibiting at the Douglas Library until the end of October 2024. Read more

Sleep Out for Cork Simon

Cork Simon is inviting Cork businesses to nominate colleagues to be Cork Simon Champions to take part in our Sleep Out for Cork Simon.
It's an opportunity for people who care to show they care by working together in support of the most vulnerable men and women in our community. Read more

Home Truths: "Affecting a whole generation"

JUNE 2024: A Home Truths Panel report exploring the experiences of young adults currently living with their parents. It builds on the experiences of young adults currently stuck in emergency accommodation, as featured in the original paper. Read more

Donate

Please donate to help someone who is homeless in Cork make a fresh start.
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Annual Impact Report 2023

2023 saw 1,498 men and women turn to us for help - a 9% increase in just twelve months. We met more people sleeping rough, we supported more people in our emergency accommodation and we responded to a growing complexity of need. Read more