Entries by Aisling Harmey
Re-opening Our Camden Street and Thomas Street Charity Shops
We are delighted to announce that we will be re-opening our Camden Street and Thomas Street charity shops this Thursday 18th June at 10:30am! We’ve missed our customers and donors so much, and have put careful thought into the measures we will take to keep them safe as we resume our shops operations. Thank you […]
Integrating Nursing Care and Social Care to provide Holistic Care to Clients accessing the Blood Borne Virus Unit, Treatment Services Ushers Island
Integrating Nursing Care and Social Care to provide Holistic Care to Clients accessing the Blood Borne Virus Unit, Treatment Services Ushers Island By Sebi Ugustin, Nurse & Lorna Crea, Social Care Worker & DCU Graduate Clients admitted to Dublin Simon Community Blood Borne Virus Unit (BBVU) have a blood borne virus, addiction issues and other […]
Article: Diet and Recovery from alcohol addiction
Diet and Recovery from alcohol addiction by Jubin Cherian, Staff Nurse, Respite/Detox Unit, Ushers Island “Food is a crucial medicine in restoring the balance of health. The sooner a newly-sober person feels great, I’ve found, the sooner he or she will begin to accept a life free of crippling attachments to substances — the […]
Dublin Simon Community Statement on Latest Dublin Homelessness Figures
Dublin Simon Community has warmly welcomed the significant reduction in December homelessness figures in the Dublin region revealed in the December 2019 Homelessness report, released this evening by the Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government. The Homelessness figure for Dublin has dropped below 7,000 to 6,821 and the overall national figure has dropped below […]
Simon Home Run Early Bird Tickets
Due to demand, we have extended our Early Bird tickets for the Simon Home Run 2020, in the Phoenix Park on Saturday 7th March. We are calling on runners, joggers and walkers of all ages to join us in the Phoenix Park and support people who are facing homelessness. The Simon Home Run is now […]
Simon House of Light
The 8th annual Simon House of Light Show launched on Thursday 5th December, with the help of celebrity guest Cillian Murphy in a special commencement ceremony on the steps of Powerscourt Townhouse Centre, South William Street. The Peaky Blinders star joined CEO Sam McGuinness in switching on the lights, marking the beginning of the three-day […]
JINGLE JANGLE album by SOLAS CHOIR/MOUNTJOY CHOIR, in aid of Dublin Simon Community
Jingle Jangle is a collaboration between the SOLAS Workplace Choir and the Mountjoy Prison Inhouse Voices. The 10 track album features much-loved Christmas tracks, including Deck the Halls and Jingle Bells. All tracks were recorded in Mountjoy Prison while all proceeds from the concert and from sales of the album will go to Dublin Simon. […]
Dublin Simon Community – Rough Sleeper Count – Winter 2019
The release of the latest Winter Rough Sleeper Count revealed a figure of 92 people sleeping rough on the streets of Dublin on the night of 26th November and early morning hours of 27th November. This compares to a figure of 156 in the previous year’s count. Dublin Simon Community delivers the Dublin Outreach Service […]