Factsheets

8,212 men, women and children in emergency accommodation nationally during the week of 23-29 August 2021.

608 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 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 23-29 August 2021.

Download August 2021 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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We're participating in Cork Simon's Mockya Marathon on 19 September to raise funds in support of every woman and man turning to them for help. Please help us reach our fundraising goal.
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Mockya Marathon 2021

Will you step up to support our services by completing 10,000 steps in your own area? Our Mockya Marathon takes place on Sunday, 19 September 2021. Wherever you are in the Rebel County – North, South, East or West – step up with us! Need more info? Give Margaret O’Sullivan a buzz on 021 4929 415.
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Cork Simon Community is committed to equality of opportunity. We are currently recruiting for a Project Support Worker (Polish Speaker).
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Will you support the Cork Simon Soup Run? People who are homeless are vulnerable and still need you. Please give a gift today.
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.
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Details of services and contact numbers if you are experiencing homelessness or at risk of becoming homeless.
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Key contacts for our range of services, including Emergency, Outreach, Housing and Housing First, Addiction and Aftercare, and Personal Development services.
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Our Director, Dermot Kavanagh, reports directly to the Board of Directors. The Senior Management Team works with Dermot in running Cork Simon’s day-to-day operations.
50 Faces: Máire

“I felt a kind of an instant rapport. I'm not looking back with rose-tinted glasses because I still feel that today.”
50 years of Cork Simon

Anton Wallich-Clifford, a probation officer working in London in the fifties and sixties, founded the Simon Community in London. He travelled to Cork in 1971 to help found Cork Simon Community. A small group of volunteers immediately started a regular count of the number of people sleeping rough and established a nightly Soup Run - a service that continues to operate to this day.
50 Faces: Ann FitzGerald

“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.”

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

Donate

Will you support the Cork Simon Soup Run? People who are homeless are vulnerable and still need you. Please give a gift today. Read more

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50 years of Cork Simon

Anton Wallich-Clifford, a probation officer working in London in the fifties and sixties, founded the Simon Community in London. He travelled to Cork in 1971 to help found Cork Simon Community. A small group of volunteers immediately started a regular count of the number of people sleeping rough and established a nightly Soup Run - a service that continues to operate to this day. Read more

Mockya Marathon 2021

Will you step up to support our services by completing 10,000 steps in your own area? Our Mockya Marathon takes place on Sunday, 19 September 2021. Wherever you are in the Rebel County – North, South, East or West – step up with us! Need more info? Give Margaret O’Sullivan a buzz on 021 4929 415. Read more

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50 Faces: Marnie

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