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A local charity which provided accommodation and counselling to more than 500 women and children experiencing domestic violence last year is to set up a new refuge in the city.

Threshold, the national housing charity, was founded in 1978 and is a not-for-profit organisation whose aim is to secure a right to housing, particularly for households experiencing the problems of poverty and exclusion. Its main concentration of work is within the rented sector.

Westmeath based company Roadstone Wood Ltd, which is owned by CRH, is to donate €7,000 to Simon Community projects in the county this year, through a safety in the workplace initiative with the homelessness charity.

Burgess Department Store in Athlone and Midlands Simon have launched a wonderful new partnership designed to reward people for showing their support for those affected by homelessness in our community.

Midlands Simon is delighted to announce that the current Westmeath Rose, Teresa Donohoe has become a volunteer and will be supporting their work in a number of ways.

Nearly half the children surveyed in drought-hit northern Kenya had eaten no food for a whole day – with those separated from their parents faring even worse, shocking figures reveal.

Dear Editor,

HSE staff from community, mental health and disability services and Mayo General Hospital got together recently to take part in a major emergency exercise based on the scenario of a fire at a night club in Castlebar.

Dear Editor,

Midlands Simon Community are asking people to show their solidarity with those experiencing homelessness by joining Team Midlands Simon for a sporting event or challenge. Whether it’s a triathlon or an egg and spoon race, Team Midlands Simon needs you to take the challenge this year and help end homelessness through sport.