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Galway Simon Community has launched its annual Christmas Appeal, calling on the public to help provide hope and dignity to people experiencing homelessness across Galway, Mayo and Roscommon. At the end of September this year there were 644 people in Emergency Accommodation in the West of Ireland including 214 children. It does not have to be this way. Last year Galway Simon Community supported 1,869 people, including 277 families with 579 children, to prevent them from becoming homeless. The charity reports that the number of people seeking help is continuing to increase.

The Christmas season is always a poignant time for services supporting people who are homeless. A time of togetherness that also leaves many feeling lonely. It can be a particularly challenging time for people who cannot be with family, where connections have been lost or were never there. It is extraordinarily difficult where people do not have a home of their own, or where their home is at risk. All year round, Galway Simon Community work with people in these circumstances, and sadly we are working with more and more people every year.

Homelessness and housing charity Galway Simon Community launched its 2020 Annual Report revealing that the organisation supported 646 local households last year, a total of 1,216 individuals, through their Homelessness Prevention and Housing Services.