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  1. Publications and reports
  2. Research

Research

Sustaining the accelerant?

Sustaining the accelerant?

September 2021 Evaluating the responses of the Simon Communities to the challenges posed by the Covid-19 pandemic from March 2020 to August 2021. It represents the concluding phase of a larger study encompassing two prior reports. Read more

Published: 30th September, 2021

Updated: 15th September, 2023

Author: Paul Sheehan

Covid-19 experiences

Covid-19 experiences

September 2021: This small-scale qualitative study explores the experiences of service users across Simon Communities of Ireland’s services, during the Covid-19 pandemic. It represents the second phase of a larger study encompassing three reports. Read more

Published: 10th February, 2021

Updated: 15th September, 2023

Author: Paul Sheehan

Systems accelerant?

Systems accelerant?

September 2020: Evaluating the responses of the Simon Communities to the challenges posed by Covid-19 across the eight regions in which Simon operates, during the ‘first wave’ of the pandemic in the period March to August 2020. Part one of a 3-part series. Read more

Published: 9th February, 2021

Updated: 15th September, 2023

Author: Paul Sheehan

A working life: Part two

A working life: Part two

September 2020: The Continuing Journey. In this second part of our longitudinal research series, the focus is on the difference that working makes to the lives of the participants, the challenges they faced and the factors that helped and hindered them to sustain work. Read more

Published: 27th July, 2020

Updated: 15th September, 2023

Author: Paul Sheehan

A working life: Part one

A working life: Part one

October 2019: The Early Days. Part one of our research series giving voice to the experiences of people as they move into employment with Cork Simon support. Their motivations, challenges and the supports they valued in their early weeks are explored. Read more

Published: 21st July, 2020

Updated: 15th September, 2023

Author: Paul Sheehan

Last resort

Last resort

October 2018: Vulnerabilities, Resilience and Quality-of-Life in a Homeless Population. This research report is based on 69 one-to-one interviews conducted over an eighteen-month period with 24 men and 12 women staying at our emergency shelter. Read more

Published: 1st October, 2018

Updated: 15th September, 2023

Author: Paul Sheehan

Trauma informed care

Trauma informed care

October 2017: A Model of Best Practice. This research is based on a collaborative study with UCC and HSE, and explores the connection between early childhood trauma and later negative life events among people using our services. Read more

Published: 1st October, 2017

Updated: 15th September, 2023

Author: Paul Sheehan

Home truths

Home truths

October 2016: Trying to Find a Home When You're Homeless. This research explores the impact of the housing crisis on attempts by people stuck in our emergency shelter to find housing they can afford to leave homelessness behind. Read more

Published: 1st October, 2016

Updated: 15th September, 2023

Author: Paul Sheehan

Easing the pressure

Easing the pressure

October 2015: In the midst of a housing and homeless crisis, this report assesses the outcomes to-date of Cork Simon’s Social Rentals Model of housing and explores how this approach can help address the housing and homeless crisis in Cork. Read more

Published: 1st October, 2015

Updated: 15th September, 2023

Author: Paul Sheehan

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  • Annual Impact Report 2022

    Annual Impact Report 2022

    During 2022, we offered care and support, dignity and hope to 1,370 people - a 33% increase compared to 2021. As the last of the Covid restrictions lifted, we quickly restored all our services and responded to additional demand by increasing capacity.

  • Audited Accounts 2022

    Audited Accounts 2022

    Download our audited accounts for 2022.

  • Hope...A Second Chance

    Thank you so much for your kind support in 2022. Your generosity - and your continued compassion for the most vulnerable people in our society - has saved lives. Read how you're helping to change lives.

  • Single Homelessness in the Southwest: the grim reality of compounding problems when relying on private rental accommodation.

    Single Homelessness in the Southwest: the grim reality of compounding problems when relying on private rental accommodation.

    Exiting homelessness to the private rental market, especially for vulnerable people, brings another set of problems. Sophie Johnston explores how two recent research reports provide further concerning insights into the effects of the private rental market on renter’s lives.

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  • Work with us

    Cork Simon Community is committed to equality of opportunity. We are currently recruiting a Case Manager

  • Factsheets

    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

    Donate

    Nowhere else to go.
    No one else to talk to.
    Please help someone who is sleeping rough in Cork.

  • Get Help

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

  • Part time volunteering

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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.

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Homeless watch

Homeless watch

758 men, women and children were depending on emergency accommodation in Cork and Kerry in July 2023.

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

Published: 26th June, 2019

Updated: 29th September, 2023

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Sponsor a Room

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

Published: 26th August, 2020

Updated: 30th May, 2023

Author:

50 Faces of Cork Simon

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

Published: 2nd September, 2022

Updated: 19th June, 2023

Author: Will Rossi

Home Truths

Home Truths

Cork Simon’s ‘Home Truths’ series aims to offer insights into different aspects and experiences of homelessness in the Southwest. Our first Home Truths explores single homelessness in the Southwest. Read more

Published: 1st November, 2022

Updated: 25th September, 2023

Author: Paul Sheehan

Gifts in Wills

Gifts in Wills

If you know Cork, you know that we live in a caring community. That sense of belonging 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.
If you would like more information about leaving a gift in your Will to Cork Simon, contact Leona on 021 4929 418. Read more

Published: 1st November, 2022

Updated: 26th September, 2023

Author:

Donate

Donate

Nowhere else to go.
No one else to talk to.
Please help someone who is sleeping rough in Cork.
Read more

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Published: 2nd November, 2022

Updated: 7th September, 2023

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Annual Impact Report 2022

Annual Impact Report 2022

During 2022, we offered care and support, dignity and hope to 1,370 people - a 33% increase compared to 2021. As the last of the Covid restrictions lifted, we quickly restored all our services and responded to additional demand by increasing capacity. Read more

Published: 25th September, 2023

Updated: 26th September, 2023

Author: Paul Sheehan

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Company Registration Number: 42511
Registered Charity Number: 20022914
Charity Number: CHY 9155

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