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Dublin Simon Community Responds to December 2022 Homeless Report

The Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage released the Homeless Report for December 2022 earlier today. Dublin Simon Community CEO, Catherine Kenny responds to the December report: “We are deeply frustrated by the increase in the number of people in Dublin emergency accommodation recorded in the December 2022 Homeless Report. This is highly unusual […]

Dublin Simon Community Responds to November 2022 Homeless Report

The Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage released the Homeless Report for November 2022 earlier today. Dublin Simon Community CEO, Catherine Kenny, has made the following statement in response to the report Homeless Report November 2022 Statement  We are dismayed by the increase in the number of people presenting to emergency accommodation services in […]

Dublin Simon Community Responds to October 2022 Homeless Report

The Homeless Report for October 2022 was released today by the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage. Dublin Simon Community CEO, Catherine Kenny, has made the following statement regarding this report. “We are devastated to learn of the continued increase in the number of people presenting to Dublin emergency accommodation services. For the sixth […]

Dublin Simon Community Responds to January 2023 Homeless Report

The Homeless Report for January 2023 has been released today by the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage. Dublin Simon CEO, Catherine Kenny responds with the following statement. January 2023 Homeless Figures Statement  We are deeply worried by the increase in the number of homeless people staying in emergency accommodation in Dublin. This first […]

Dublin Simon Community Responds to September 2022 Homeless Report

Septembers Homeless Report has been released today by the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage. New CEO Catherine Kenny makes her first public statement in response to the report. “We are alarmed by the rise in the number of people presenting to Emergency Accommodation reported today by the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage. This comes […]

Will You Help People Like Mark?

Mark is the father of two little girls who was devastated by the recent death of his wife. Mark found that the grief he felt was compounded by the mounting stress of running a household on a single income. He’s doing all he can to cut costs. Buying the cheapest groceries he can, for example. […]

Dublin Simon Urges Public to be Mindful of People Sleeping Rough this St Patrick’s Day

As we all look forward to the return of the St. Patrick’s Day parade and festival, this year’s theme of “connection” is particularly poignant for the Dublin Simon Outreach team, who work on the streets of Dublin every day making connections with people who are isolated and sleeping rough. As thousands of people flock to […]

Sign Up for Dublin Simon’s Home Run this October

Dublin Simon community’s Home Run will be held on the 1st October 2022 in the Phoenix Park in Dublin. We are all so excited to deliver to you all the best Home Run to date! With many exciting ideas being brought to the table, we cannot wait to show you what we have in store. […]

World Mental Health Day and World Homeless Day 2021

World Mental Health Day and World Homeless Day both fall on the 10th of October. In 2020, Dublin Simon Community provided 3,115 Hours of 1:1 counselling for clients through Sure Steps Counselling. Common issues among the clients of the Simon Sure Steps service are addiction, depression, bereavement, self-harm, suicidal ideation or other psychiatric conditions. Dublin […]

Q & A with Manager of Dublin Simon’s Detox Unit

Orla Condren is Nurse Manager of Dublin Simon Community’s Detox Unit What is Dublin Simon’s Detox service?   Dublin Simon Community detox unit is an 11 bed, nurse led , residential unit for people living in homelessness and addiction.  We support clients through a medical detox for alcohol / benzodiazepines, and work with them during their […]