Budget 2024 will do little to ease the burden on people experiencing or in-danger of homelessness says the CEO of the Dublin Simon Community. While some of the measures announced will bring short-term relief to tax-payers and families, the Budget overall does not go far enough to address the issues outlined by Dublin Simon Community […]
Dublin Simon’s Home Run – Celebrating 40 Years of Movement in Phoenix Park Dublin’s oldest run takes place this weekend in Dublin Runners urged to ‘Join the Movement’ and run or walk five miles to raise funds for Dublin Simon Full details on how to register are available here Dublin 3rd October: Dublin Simon Community is in […]
Dublin Simon Community Responds to Homeless Report for August Dublin, 29 September 2023: The latest Homeless Report has been released by the Department of Housing showing that the number of people in emergency accommodation in Dublin in August was 9,269. This is made up of 6,305 adults, 2,964 children, which represents 1,370 families and 3,966 […]
1,011 People living in Forever Homes provided by Dublin Simon Community The charity supported almost 5,500 people in 2022 but says a chronic housing shortage prevented them from helping many more to exit homelessness Dublin 20 September 2023: Dublin Simon Community today released details of its Annual Impact Report for 2022 revealing an 18% increase […]
Dublin Simon Community, in association with Dr Kathleen Stokes of University of Galway, is pleased to announce a new research project examining opportunities and challenges for widespread refurbishment of vacant “above-the-shop” units for residential use. Ireland is facing record numbers in emergency accommodation, and almost 60,000 waiting for social housing. Increasingly, policymakers and the […]
Statement on HSE Audit Dear Stakeholders, Dublin Simon recently received results of a HSE Audit carried out in 2022 for the period January – December 2021. While we were disappointed with the outcome, our own internal reviews had already highlighted the issues outlined, many of which were already being actioned at the time of audit […]
Dublin Simon CEO Catherine Kenny responds to the May 2023 Homeless Report figures released on Friday the 30th of June. There were 9,160 people in emergency accommodation in Dublin in May, representing a 23% increase over the past 12 months. As we revealed earlier this week, on one night in June, 25% of Dublin Simon’s emergency […]
25% of Dublin Simon Emergency Beds Occupied by Employed People. 33 of Dublin Simon’s emergency beds were occupied by workers out of a total of 129 emergency beds on one night in June 2023. Construction workers, tradespeople, carers, security staff, taxi drivers and social media content moderators were some of the workers affected. Dublin, 28 June 2023: Staff at […]
Statement from Catherine Kenny, CEO of Dublin Simon Community in response to The Wheel Ireland’s ‘The Future of Public Service Delivery by the Community & Voluntary Sector’ Report released today: Staff in the Community & Voluntary sector play an integral role in the provision of essential care to people with disabilities, people in homelessness, […]
April 2023 Homeless Figures Statement Dublin is bearing the brunt of the homelessness and housing crisis, with 9,010 people in emergency accommodation in April, representing a 3% increase on the previous month and a 25% increase over the past 12 months. Last week, the Dublin Simon Outreach team logged more than ninety calls in a four-hour period,three times what […]
