Galway Simon Community
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Mission Statement
Galway Simon's vision is community where everyone lives in a place they call home. Our mission is to: • Play a constructive role in finding solutions for people who are homeless, or at risk of being homeless, through prevention services, providing access to housing, and providing health and wellbeing services. • Provide holistic support by collaborating with statutory and voluntary agencies, friends, supporters and the wider community to combat homelessness. • Work towards eliminating homelessness through advocacy, education and campaigning. Our Values Compassion: truly caring is at the forefront of who we are. We demonstrate solidarity with our clients, with a willingness to help carry the burden. Competence: our staff are skilled, professional and flexible, providing innovative approaches to resolving issues, resulting in positive outcomes for clients. Commitment: a strong commitment to our ethos and our clients within our work, adopting a ‘whatever it takes’ approach. Client-centred support: ensuring the client is at the centre of all we do. Listening to clients’ needs and situations and offering support accordingly, always with respect. Community: creating a community and support which allows clients to feel a sense of belonging in which they can thrive. Our stakeholders, clients, staff, volunteers, board of directors, funders, donors and the wider public who support us are central to our community. Collaboration: the organisation actively works to establish and maintain trust and cooperative working relationships between multiple stakeholders, with honesty, integrity and complete transparency
About This Cause
For over 40 years, Galway Simon Community has been preventing homelessness, restoring dignity and rebuilding lives in the West of Ireland. We have helped thousands of families and individuals, within our local community and beyond, to overcome homelessness and to leave it behind them for good. For others, we have been a pillar of ongoing support to ensure that our clients do not fall into the cycle of homelessness again. In 2020, we supported almost 650 individuals and families with our housing and prevention services. Galway Simon Community support a person’s right to security, dignity and wellbeing in their own home and provide a range of services in Galway City & County: Housing • Independent Living • Housing First • Community Housing & Resettlement • Supported Housing • Temporary Emergency Services Health & Wellbeing Services • General nursing supports with attendant dental and chiropody treatments • Mental Health Supports • Drug and Alcohol Counselling • Relapse prevention Counselling • Occupational Therapy Homelessness Prevention • Community Outreach Support Service • Women and Family Services • Bridge Resource Day Centre, Ballinasloe • Rapid Prevention Service • Youth Service • My Home Service