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 structure Cork 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.

Image of Cork Simons Director, Dermot Kavanagh
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 document Cork 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.

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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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Christmas Jumper Day

Christmas wouldn't be Christmas without Cork Simon Christmas Jumper Day! Getting involved couldn't be easier: simply sign-up, set a date, invite your friends, colleagues or school mates, don your Christmas Jumper and let the festivities begin. Help us fight homelessness this Christmas.
Opening Doors Autumn 2020

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.
Accessibility

At Cork Simon Community, we are committed to providing a website that is accessible to the widest possible audience, regardless of technology or ability. This website endeavours to conform to level Double-A of the World Wide Web Consortium W3C Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2.0.
Annual and impact reports

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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.
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.
Privacy Policy

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.
Example - How we're funded

State your case for the support you need, while showing supporters can trust you (be transparent)
Example - Mission, vision, values

What you're all about -- but write to inform and inspire site visitors, not for yourselves
For schools

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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.

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