Search Results for 'homeless services'

Next week’s annual budget meeting in City Hall is expected to be a brutal clash between officials and councillors on proposed rates hikes.

Galway Simon Community this week launched its 2024 Annual Impact Report, highlighting the continuing demand for the charity’s Homeless Services during another very challenging year. In 2024 the organisation supported 1,869 people across Galway, Mayo and Roscommon, while the total number of families supported increased by a staggering 38%. With Galway City having the highest ongoing need for social housing in the country, according to a report by the Parliamentary Budget Office, Galway Simon Community is deeply concerned about the deepening homelessness crisis.

As part of the #TravellerHomesNow campaign, the Galway Traveller Movement (GTM) has published two reports that are critical analyses examining how the recently adopted Traveller Accommodation Programmes (TAPs) for Galway City and County Councils are set to perpetuate systemic human rights violations, continuing a cycle of exclusion and inequality for the Traveller community.

Step up, sing out and use your voice to help end homelessness. The Big Busk for Focus Ireland, proudly supported by Today FM, is coming to Galway’s Eyre Square Shopping Centre on Friday March 7, giving Galway musicians and performers the chance to play a part in the fight to end Ireland’s homelessness crisis.

Wilderland Productions is bringing its play The Reincarnation of Cornelius Agrippa to St Nicholas’ Collegiate Church Galway this February 24 to February 28.

Get along and support 10-year-old Realtín Saunders for her ‘Big Cut’ this Sunday at 4.30pm, in Burkes of Colemanstown when she will donate 14 inches of her beautiful hair to the Rapunzel Foundation for the second time.

If Galway improves its status to a Tier 4 city, its funding from central government could increase by up to €8.52m per year. Over the lifetime of a 5-year council, this adds up to a hefty €42.6 million – roughly 20 per cent more than Galway City Council currently receives from central government.

Sexual Health West will hold the annual World AIDS Day Concert on Friday, November 29, from 8pm, at St Nicholas’ Collegiate Church in Galway.

Galway Simon Community has launched its 2023 Annual Impact Report, highlighting the continuing demand for the charity’s Homeless Services during another very challenging year. In 2023 the organisation supported 1,490 individuals across Galway, Mayo and Roscommon. With Galway City having the highest ongoing need for social housing in the country, according to the latest report by the Parliamentary Budget Office, Galway Simon Community is deeply concerned about the deepening homelessness crisis.

Galway Simon Community has raised concerns as the number of people living in Emergency Accommodation in the West is rising almost 50% faster than the national rate, according to the latest figures released by the Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government.