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Home-Start was initiated in Leicester, UK during 1973 by Margaret Harrison, [1] [2] before becoming a national organisation in the UK in 1981 with nine branches. [3] In the 1980's it became Britain’s fastest growing social franchise, [1] continuing to grow under the Sure Start scheme of the Blair Government, [2] [4] [5] and, as of 2021, reports that 27,000 families are supported yearly.
The charity was founded in 2010 by Lorraine O'Connor, a Dublin woman who had converted to Islam in 2005 [2] [4] [5] with the help of Jasmina Kid, [3] and at first worked out of Merchant's House Quay premises. MSOÉ moved to O'Connell Street in 2014, where they were met with some initial hostility. [6] They aim to serve 350 meals a week. [7]
The Simon Community is a charity which helps homeless people, taking its name from Simon of Cyrene. [1] It was founded in 1963 by Anton Wallich-Clifford, [ 2 ] who had encountered many homeless people while working for the Probation Service at Bow Street Magistrates' Court in London.
The Sisters of Mercy is a religious institute for women in the Roman Catholic Church.It was founded in 1831 in Dublin, Ireland, by Catherine McAuley.As of 2019, the institute has about 6200 sisters worldwide, organized into a number of independent congregations.
The home was owned and funded by the Poor Law Guardians and the Dublin Union. It was operated on their behalf by the Daughters of Charity of Saint Vincent de Paul. It was the largest of Ireland's nine mother and baby homes, with up to 12,000 residents over its history.
In the 2012 Poverty and Social Exclusion (PSE) survey on Living Standards, the three necessities deemed as being most often essential to a good standard of living were the ability 'to warm living areas of the home ', a 'damp-free home' and 'two meals a day.' [108] Six specific surveys of low standards of living in the UK have made use of this ...
The Stanhope Street Primary School, Dublin originally opened in 1867. A new building on the same site continues to educate students. In keeping with their work with the homeless, in June 2017 the Religious Sisters of Charity launched the opening of 28 new homes for disabled, homeless and vulnerable people, in Harold’s Cross, Dublin. [10]
Focus Ireland is a nonprofit organisation based in Dublin, Ireland that provides services for people who are homeless and people at risk of homelessness in Ireland. It was founded by Sister Stanislaus Kennedy in 1985, [ 1 ] [ 2 ] and is one of the largest housing and homelessness organisations in Ireland. [ 3 ]