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Governance and Structure

Cork Simon Community is registered in Ireland as a company limited by guarantee, not having a share capital. Our Companies Registration Office (CRO) number is: 42511.

Cork Simon Community is a Registered Charity with the Charities Regulator - Ireland's national statutory regulator for charitable organisations. Our Registered Charity Number is: 20022914.

Cork Simon Community is registered as a charity with the Office of the Revenue Commissioners. Our Charity Number is: CHY 9155.



Diagram displaying Cork Simon Communitys structureCork Simon Community has a Memorandum and Articles of Association, which set out how the Community is run, governed and owned, including the responsibilities and powers of our members and voluntary Board of Directors.

Cork Simon Community is owned by its members. Membership is open to any person who embraces the values of Cork Simon and has volunteered with the Community. Membership is also open to our tenants and to people who use our services.

Our voluntary Board of Directors is elected from among the membership of the Community. The Director of Cork Simon reports directly to the Board.



Our voluntary Board of Directors works to a Governance Policy Manual and has signed-up to:

  • The Governance Code for Voluntary Organisations.
  • The Voluntary Regulation Code for Approved Housing Bodies in Ireland.



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Our Director, Dermot Kavanagh reports directly to the voluntary Board of Directors. The Senior Management Team works with Dermot in running Cork Simon’s day-to-day operations.

Read a Message from Dermot




Voluntary Codes and Practices

Cork Simon follows a number of voluntary codes and practices, including:

  • The Statement of Guiding Principles for Fundraising.
  • Statement of Recommended Practice (SORP).
  • The Governance Code for Voluntary Organisations.
  • The Voluntary Regulation Code for Approved Housing Bodies.
  • The National Quality Standards Framework (NQSF) for youth work.
  • Putting People First.



Statement of Guiding Principles for Fundraising

Image of cover of Guiding Principles for Fundraising documentCork Simon is fully committed to achieving the standards contained within the Statement of Guiding Principles for Fundraising.

The Statement exists to:

  • Improve fundraising practice.
  • Promote high levels of accountability and transparency by organisations fundraising from the public.
  • Provide clarity and assurances to donors and prospective donors about the organisations they support.

We have considered the Statement and believe we meet the standards it sets out.



Download our Compliance Statement

Download our Donor Charter

Download our Feedback and Complaints Procedure



Statement of Recommended Practice (SORP)

Cork Simon Community’s annual accounts are independently audited every year by PricewaterhouseCoopers. We prepare our accounts in accordance with Irish accounting standards and with reference to the Statement of Recommended Practice (SORP) for charities.

This is a comprehensive framework that enables us to explain what we aim to do, how we go about it and what we achieve.

Download our Audited Accounts 2018



Governance Codes

Cork Simon Community’s Board of Directors have signed up to the Governance Code for Voluntary Organisations – a code of practice for good governance of community, voluntary and charitable organisations in Ireland.

Read more about the Governance Code

Download our Governance Code Principles Statement

Published: 14th May, 2019

Updated: 12th October, 2020

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    Christmas Jumper Day

    Where’s me Jumper?! Thousands of you here in Cork donned your Christmas jumpers, dazzle and tinsel bringing Jumper Joy to your home, office, school and online. Vets. Students. Teachers. Lecturers. Hotel s Let's make Christmas extra special this year.

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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 volunteering

    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 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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    Gifts in wills

    If you know Cork, you know that we live in a caring community. That sense of belonging, that feeling of community 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.

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    Corporate support

    Your company can help transform the lives of men and women who are homeless here in Cork. A partnership with Cork Simon demonstrates your care and commitment to your community.

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It's been a hard year and now we face a cold, hard winter. But you can make sure everyone who calls Cork home has a home this Christmas. Will you give a Christmas gift today? Read more

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50 Faces of Cork Simon

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

Published: 7th December, 2020

Updated: 13th January, 2021

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Cork Simon Community is registered in Ireland as a company limited by guarantee, not having a share capital.
Company Registration Number: 42511
Registered Charity Number: 20022914
Charity Number: CHY 9155

Registered office: St. Nicholas House, Cove Street, Cork. T12 DEH5