Factsheets

8,238 men, women and children in emergency accommodation nationally during the week of 22 - 28 February 2021.

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

HOMELESS FIGURES

Each month, the Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government publishes figures on the number of people depending on emergency accommodation nationally and regionally.

The most recent set of figures published cover the week of 22-28 February 2021.

Download February 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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If you give gifts of €250 or more in one calendar year, your gift could be worth at least an additional €112.50 to Cork Simon Community. We need you to complete, sign and return your CHY3 Tax Form to unlock these funds.

Online Coffee Morning Appeal 2021

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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 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 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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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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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

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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