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Sleep Out for Simon raises €137,000 supporting more than five hundred individuals
Homelessness and housing charity Galway Simon Community has announced their Sleep Out for Simon challenge in 2020 was their most successful event to date with €137,205 being raised for their frontline services.
Homeless numbers continue to increase, says Galway Simon
Homeless charity Galway Simon Community has raised concerns over further increases in the number of people living in Emergency Accommodation in the West of Ireland. The charity has said that the lack of affordable accommodation is one of the factors driving the increase in homelessness.
One in three people who are homeless are women, says Galway Simon Community
Homelessness and housing charity Galway Simon Community has issued an appeal highlighting the challenges experienced by women in homelessness. More than one in three of the adults the charity supported in 2020 were women.
Homelessness figures now higher than before pandemic, say Galway Simon
While there was a very welcome drop in the number of homeless families staying in Emergency Accommodation in the West during 2020, the number of single adults in Emergency Homeless Accommodation has been rising over the Winter months and is now higher than prior to the pandemic.
Galway Simon warns of impact of lifting of eviction moratorium
Galway Simon Community has revealed that a significant number of people sought their support during the pandemic in 2020 and warned of the challenges that lie ahead in the coming year.
Galway Simon Community says pandemic impact leaves many facing homelessness
Homelessness and housing charity Galway Simon Community has issued a fundraising appeal ahead of Christmas in a bid to safeguard their Homelessness Prevention and Housing Services.
Kenny's Bookshop and Gallery at 80
On a day in October 1936, a young woman, Maureen Canning, from Mohill, County Leitrim, left her digs in Lower Salthill and began to walk, for the first time, to what was then University College Galway.
Enforcement measures must be questioned as city rent continues to rise, says COPE Galway
New figures revealing an almost five per cent rise in rents in Galway city in the last year calls into question how well the Government is enforcing rent pressure zones, according to assistant CEO of COPE Galway, Martin O'Connor.
Most homeless households headed by women, Galway Simon report launch is told
Up to two thirds of family households affected by homelessness are headed by women, the launch of the Galway Simon Community annual report was told this week.
Galway Simon Community welcomes decrease in number of people in emergency accommodation
Galway Simon Community has said that the 4% decrease in the number of people in Emergency Accommodation in the West in April 2020, since the same time last year, is a welcome reversal of the relentless increase in numbers over recent years.
