Entries by Louise Murphy

Helping Our Homeless – A Gift for Schools

Dundalk Simon Community is delighted to partner with author Vincent Butler on his book ‘Sixty Photos for Simon’. Dundalk Simon Community provide safe, supportive shelter and services for people who are homeless or at risk of becoming homeless. More than a place to stay, today we provide 24/7 emergency accommodation, crisis shelter, transitional and social […]

Helping Our Homeless – A Gift for Schools

In partnership with author Vincent Butler, Dundalk Simon have launched a GoFundMe fundraiser appeal ‘Helping Our Homeless – A Gift for Schools’. For every €20 raised through donations, Dundalk Simon will gift a copy of Vincent Butler’s captivating book Sixty Photographs for Simon to a school in our area as a valuable teaching resource. Information […]

A Gift for Our Nursing Homes / Care Centres

A number of people during the week have purchased copies of Vincent Butler’s stunning book ‘Sixty Photographs for Simon’ to donate, as a gesture of gratitude, to Nursing Homes and Care Centres where their loved ones are being looked after. If this is something that might interest you, copies can be purchased online from Irish […]

Dundalk Simon Community Responds to North-East Homelessness Figures for April 2020

  140 people accessed emergency accommodation in Louth, Cavan & Monaghan in April 2020 Homelessness in North East down by 39% since peak of 228 in July 2019 Louth, Cavan & Monaghan, 4 June 2020: Dundalk Simon Community welcomes the publication of the April 2020 Homelessness Report, released today by the Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government. According to the April report, 140 people accessed emergency accommodation in […]

The Dundalk Simon’s Virtual Sleep Out

The Dundalk Simon Sleep Out is going virtual again this year. The annual event, which usually sees crowds bedding down in Market Square under the stewardship of our loyal volunteers, will take place at a social distance this year, right in your own back garden. Participants are invited to sleep out at home to help […]