The Simon House of Light Show is back for its 8th year and will launch with the help of a very special celebrity guest at 6pm this Thursday 05 December at Powerscourt Townhouse Centre on South William Street. The three-day festival will run from 5pm – 10pm on Thursday 5th, Friday 6th and Saturday 7th […]
Return to Roots to Mark 50 years of Simon Community in Dublin Leading charity marks a half century of closing the door on homelessness with special event. Dublin, 15 November: A team of founding volunteers will revisit the location where a group of students first gathered back in 1969 and formed an organisation, which […]
Dublin Simon Community is putting in place a number of additional emergency measures this week to protect people experiencing homelessness in anticipation of any impact of Storm Lorenzo and subsequent weather warnings. Dublin Outreach Dublin Outreach, our street outreach service provided by Dublin Simon Community in partnership with the Dublin Region Homeless Executive, will deliver […]
Annual Review highlights that Dublin Simon Community supported over 1,560 households (3,404 people) from being in emergency accommodation in 2018. At today’s launch of the Annual Review Minister Eoghan Murphy announced the development of a 100-bed Medical Treatment & Recovery Facility at Ushers Island for people who are homeless or at risk of homelessness. The […]
The Simon Communities today launched their Closing the Door on Homelessness campaign. The charity, which is marking 50 years since its foundation in Ireland in 1969, has launched the campaign to tell the stories of people it has supported to close the door on homelessness. In the campaign, Simon Community clients will be sharing their […]
Dublin Simon Community are delighted to have two of our services nominated in the AONTAS STAR Awards (Showcasing Teamwork, Awarding Recognition). Our Participation and Development Service has been shortlisted in the Social Inclusion category with our Health and Wellbeing service also shortlisted under the Health and Wellbeing category. These awards are co-ordinated as part of […]
Each night, people are enduring the harsh streets or are waking up somewhere they don’t feel secure Many have no other option but to sleep on the cold ground, in clothes drenched from the rain, gathering whatever they can find to create some kind of shelter and protection from what the night might bring. Barely […]
Dublin Simon Community would like to say a huge thank you to everyone that joined us to take part in the Simon Home Run on Saturday 6th October. We were delighted to have over 2,000 runners, walkers and joggers of all ages gather in the Phoenix Park. Concerned Simon supporters from across Dublin and beyond, […]
Dublin Simon Community’s interim report finds that targeted interventions are successful in reducing suicidality John Meehan, the Head of National Office for Suicide Prevention, today (13 June 2018) launched Dublin Simon Community’s interim report into interventions for suicidality by announcing funding for a ‘Homeless Specific Out of Hours Counselling Service’. The report, “Opening the Door […]
