# Dublin homelessness charity’s donations drop 40 per cent in a year

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2011/08/18/dublin-homelessness-charitys-donations-drop-40-per-cent-in-a-year/
- Published: 2011-08-18T16:23:00+01:00
- Author: Howard Lake

**The Simon Community, one of Dublin’s most profile charities, which works with 
people who are homeless, has seen its donations from the public drop by nearly 40
percent in the last year (2010).**

Figures from the charity’s annual accounts show that donations from the public last
year dropped from €1.39 million to €863,246 – a drop of €532,878, or 38 per cent,
in 12 months.

The figures, revealed in **the Irish Times**, show that income from Simon’s church-
gate collections dropped by more than half from €91,680 to €41,022. This was partly
offset by a slight increase in income from €2.11 million to €2.15 million generated
by fundraising events and other sources.

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The drop in [Simon Community Dublin](http://www.dubsimon.ie)’s total income from
€10.3 million to €9.1 million was also due to cuts in state funding with a €672,000
cut in its Dublin City Council grant and a cut of €153,000 in its HSE funding.

On the drop in public donations, Simon spokesperson Lorna Cronnelly, said “in the
last year we have witnessed a decrease in the number of people donating. However,
our biggest hit has been the drop in the average amount that people are now donating”.

Ms Cronnelly indicated that they would be content to raise the same amount of money
this year as last year .