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Please alert #DublinOutreach teams if you see anyone sleeping rough via our Dublin Rough Sleeper alert app or by visiting homelessdublin.ie

In the event of cold weather or any emergency event in Dublin, the DRHE activates our Cold Weather Strategy. We have published our Cold Weather Strategy 2025/2026 for the Dublin Region. See our website for details: bit.ly/4fjgmhf

Community cafés are busier than ever — and under real pressure At @Crosscare1 Community Café in Dublin, demand is rising as food, energy and staffing costs soar. For €5, people can still access a three-course meal — but funding remains uncertain. Senior manager Yvonne Fleming says today’s users include families and working people struggling with rent and childcare. Crosscare also runs a citywide food poverty casework service, offering groceries and practical financial support. Read the full story 👇 changingireland.ie/dublin-crossca… #ChangingIreland #CommunityCafes #FoodPoverty #IrishCommunity

This #GivingTuesday, please consider donating to our Food Poverty Appeal to help us help families in need at this time of year. Your donation can make a real difference. Visit crosscare.ie for details.

There’s still time to register for Friday’s in-person workshop in Dublin, designed to help you develop the skills, confidence and tools to support young people in expressing themselves 🎙️🎨💃 Spaces are limited 👇 @Education_Ire @artscouncil_ie ow.ly/mVlc50XuQBQ

Over 10% of people in Ireland are now at risk of food poverty. Crosscare supported nearly 3,000 people this year — 1,200 of them children. Help us provide food and wraparound supports this Christmas. 🎄 Donate: crosscare.ie | 01-8360011

“When Young People Harm Each Other” is a new resource that will help you to understand how to respond safely and appropriately to peer abuse. Join us online on 08 December to learn more about how it can support you in your work. @Education_Ire @DeptCDE youth.ie/event/support-…

Our colleague, Wes, from our Swords Youth Service, is undertaking the mammoth task of cycling the length of Portugal next year to raise funds and awareness for Cycle Against Suicide. If you would like to support him, follow the link here:eventmaster.ie/fundraising/pa…

On Day 9 of #Eurodeskat30, youth worker Myles @Crosscare1 speaks about leading a youth exchange to Greece 🇬🇷 #lys #timetomove @ywirl @iacto5 @Leargas

Crosscare Annual Report 2024: “Small Steps, Big Changes” . We have published our Annual Report 2024, revealing the scale of support delivered to thousands of people amid the deepening housing crisis, cost-of-living pressures, and rising needs. tinyurl.com/2948r5um

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Child safeguarding is everyone’s business! As we kick off Children First Awareness Week, we’re coming together again to think of all the ways we put the safety and wellbeing of children and young people first. Find out more at the link below. @dcediy ow.ly/XxEs50WWSQT

If you need help in the expensive back-to-school period. Contact @Crosscare1 today. They can make a difference for you!

“The real urgency [is] that every hour that the appropriate safeguards are missing is an hour, a day that children active on these platforms are at risk of harm from all the issues that the #OnlineSafety Code is meant to protect them from." irishexaminer.com/opinion/commen…

"Children living in direct provision are the only group of children in the country to see zero increase in supports through successive Budgets." Our CEO & 21 members call for the delivery of supports for children in international protection. Full Letter: bit.ly/40VUYtF

'No hope' of accommodation for those moving from IPAS rte.ie/news/2025/0703…

NYCI, with @Foroige, @ywirl and @Crosscare1 had a positive meeting with Minister @HMcEntee, secretary general, assistant sec gen and officials, on their invitation, at dept of education and youth @Education_Ire today on youth work and sectoral priorities, including budget 2026.

Crosscare and Depaul are demanding immediate intervention by Ministers to prevent families leaving direct provision from becoming homeless. Read our press release here: tinyurl.com/4rxbbux2 @HomelessDublin @DepaulIreland