Nestlé Ireland has renewed its partnership with Dublin Simon Community, which offers services and supports to people who are homeless or at risk of homelessness in Dublin, Wicklow, Kildare, Meath, Louth, Cavan and Monaghan.
The partnership will involve the donation of Nestlé food and beverage products to support the work of Dublin Simon Community in delivering emergency accommodation and long-term housing for individuals and families. In 2020, Dublin Simon assisted over 7,600 families and individuals with over 1,900 securing short-term accommodation with or due to Dublin Simon support or referrals.
Over the last number of years, Nestlé Ireland has provided over 4 million cups of Nescafé coffee and 200,000 KitKat bars to support Dublin Simon across a range of service delivery to people in need of emergency and long-term accommodation. Kieran Conroy, Nestlé Ireland Country Manager said that “Nestlé is proud to support Simon’s work in the heart of the community where it helps those who are homeless or at risk through providing medical treatment, recovery, counselling and other vital services”.
Sam McGuinness, CEO Dublin Simon acknowledged Nestlé’s ongoing commitment to Dublin Simon’s vision to make home a reality, commenting “as a vital supporter of our Food for Simon programme, Nestlé Ireland has provided our clients, residents and services with essential products, leading to significant cost-savings of over €250,000 which have allowed us to focus funding on the life-saving housing, treatment and key working services that need it most”.