Primary category for all news releases on the COPE Galway website.
This Friday, 2 December 2022, forty business leaders will leave behind the comfort of their homes to sleep out in Galway’s cold winter weather with just a sleeping bag.
The artwork ‘We See You, We Hear You’ commemorates 40 years of COPE Galway’s Domestic Abuse Service and will travel to different parts of Galway city and county A new art installation, commissioned by COPE Galway Domestic Abuse Service to mark its 40th anniversary, was unveiled to the public today (28.11.22) in Atlantic Technological University
The Director of the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights [FRA] has praised the “impressive” scale of COPE Galway’s reach and applauded the organisation for putting human rights “at the centre” of its work. Speaking yesterday (Monday 21 December) at the virtual launch of COPE Galway’s 2021 annual report, Mr O’Flaherty said the voluntary sector
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COPE Galway CEO, Michael Smyth has warned of the effects of the worsening crisis environment within which COPE Galway supports people across the community, while demand for services accelerates. At the online launch of their 2021 Annual Report on Monday, Mr Smyth referred to how: In 2021, COPE Galway supported 2,885 people across its Homeless,
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The report will reveal that the local charity supported 2,885 people in Galway city and county across its Homelessness, Domestic Abuse and Senior Support services in 2021.
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Galway Art Club Exhibition Reflects Joyful Possibilities of Positive Ageing.
Galway Art Club Exhibition Reflects Joyful Possibilities of Positive Ageing. Read More »
Nationally, the number living in emergency accommodation in August 2022 is up 32% year on year compared to the same month in 2021.
Record Level of Homelessness Extremely Concerning – COPE Galway Read More »
De-stressing, a Mediterranean diet and good company are just some of the ways you can improve your ageing journey, according to expert in the field Professor Rose Anne Kenny. Professor Kenny is Head of Medical Gerontology at Trinity College Dublin and author of international No. 1 best-selling book Age Proof: The New Science of Living
Local Heroes Celebrate Positive Ageing Week This Positive Ageing Week (September 26-30) is an opportunity for our community to shine a light on the positive aspects of ageing and the vast and varied contributions of older people who quietly improve our lives, neighbourhoods and communities all year round. There are many events taking place across
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“Budget 2023 needs to be effective, whatever about being early,” – COPE Galway COPE Galway, in its Pre-Budget Submission, is highlighting that the cost of living crisis is compounding the already precarious living circumstance of a growing number of people who are homeless or at risk of homelessness. The local Galway charity works with and
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