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Time to start seeing the invisible homeless

There is an easy-held perception of homelessness that it comes about after a longrunning series of catastrophic events; that one’s life must have been on a spiral before they land at rock bottom; without a place to call their own, or a light to guide them in the tumble downwards.

Student society collects 900 sleeping bags for the homeless at EP

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NUI Galway’s Rover Society collected over 900 sleeping bags at Electric Picnic in Stradbally to donate to homeless services around Ireland.

People ‘trapped’ in homeless services due to housing crisis, says Galway Simon

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People are being “trapped” in homeless service because of the lack of affordable housing, according to Galway Simon Community.

Galway’s homeless are homeless longer than they should be, says COPE

Many people in Galway city are ending up homeless for much longer than they need to be, according to COPE Galway, which is calling on the Department of Social Protection to urgently address these shortcomings of the Rent Supplement system by increasing cap levels, simplifying the application process, and allowing social protection officers to have discretionary powers to respond to exceptional circumstances that may arise.

AIT students sleep out for Simon

On Tuesday April 20, a group of mature students from Athlone Institute of Technology are taking to the streets of Athlone to raise awareness and much-needed funds for the Midlands Simon Community.

 

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