Full time volunteering

Léargas / EU's Erasmus+ programme support our full-time volunteering.

Image of a Cork SImon full-time volunteer working with a service user
We have 22 full-time volunteers at any one time from Ireland and around the world giving their time, skills and experience to Cork Simon Community.

Volunteering full-time at Cork Simon is a rewarding experience. Every full-time volunteer leaves us at the end of their term with life-long friends, precious memories and unforgettable experiences.

Full-time volunteers at Cork Simon:

Commit 39 hours per week for at least 9 months – many stay longer.
Work alongside staff at our Emergency and Housing services.
Are offered accommodation and a weekly allowance.
Participate fully in all Cork Simon activities, including training and development. All Full-Time Volunteers participate in a Technological University Dublin (TUD) Certificate in Volunteering, which is delivered in-house at Cork Simon.

A number of Cork Simon's full-time volunteers are funded through the European Solidarity Corps (ESC). Find out more here:

European Solidarity Corps

Interested in becoming a full-time volunteer at Cork Simon Community?

Register your interest here:

Full-Time Volunteer Application

Cork Simon Community processes application for full-time volunteers at Cork Simon Communities.

Latest

Annual Fundraising Ball

Cork Simon's Annual Fundraising Ball is all about coming together as a community to support the life-changing, life-saving work with men and women who are homeless and turning to Cork Simon for help. It's one of the key social events in Cork every year.
Voluntary Committee

A voluntary committee of some of Cork's key business leaders is responsible for organising our Cork Simon Annual Fundraising Ball each Year. Ruth Fuller is this year's voluntary Chair. Hear why Ruth and the other voluntary members are getting involved.
Fundraising Ball Sponsors

Our Cork Simon Annual Fundraising Ball is a unique opportunity for companies interested in placing their brand in front of a captive audience of corporates and high net-worth individuals. See some of those companies that sponsor our Ball year after year.
Making a Difference

There are many ways your company can get involved in our Annual Fundraising Ball in a way that your key stakeholders and the broader Cork community will see you working in partnership with Cork Simon to create solutions to homelessness.

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.

Work with us

Cork Simon Community is committed to equality of opportunity. We are not currently recruiting at present.
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

Sometimes, Danny goes days without speaking to a soul.
Your generosity can keep the Soup Run going, providing Danny with a hot meal and the priceless gift of human connection.
Get Help

Details of services and contact numbers if you are experiencing homelessness or at risk of becoming homeless.
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.
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.
High-support housing

Our High-Support Houses throughout Cork provide intensive levels of round-the-clock care every day for men and women whose health and other personal support needs are such that living independently is not currently sustainable.
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.
Senior management team

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.

Homeless watch

517 men and women were depending on emergency accommodation in Cork in March 2023 - one of the highest on record.

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

Donate

Sometimes, Danny goes days without speaking to a soul.
Your generosity can keep the Soup Run going, providing Danny with a hot meal and the priceless gift of human connection. Read more

Donate