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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.

No one should be without a home. Galway Simon Community is deeply concerned about the number of people experiencing homelessness in the West this winter. The charity has issued an urgent appeal ahead of Christmas, asking people to support them to help prevent people across Galway, Mayo and Roscommon from experiencing the trauma of homelessness.

As part of Simon Week 2024, Galway Simon Community is to host a conference on Youth Homelessness in the ILAS Centre in the University of Galway this Friday, September 27 from 10am to 1pm.

Homeless charity Galway Simon Community has raised concerns as the latest figures released by the Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government reveal that the number of young adults (18 – 24) living in Emergency Accommodation is growing faster than any other category, against a backdrop of rising rents and a deepening housing crisis. There were 481 people living in Emergency Accommodation across Galway, Mayo and Roscommon in April, an increase of 19% on the previous year. The increase in the number of young adults living in Emergency Accommodation in the same period was 44%.