COPE Galway News

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For press enquiries and information on issues relating to homelessness, domestic abuse and supports for older people in Galway, please email Colette Coughlan at news@copegalway.ie.

  • 18 January 2023

    Fifty years of local support allows COPE Galway to make a real difference in our communities

    Our CEO, Michael Smyth, reflects on how a close relationship with the Galway community ensures the local organisation is never working alone.

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  • 15 December 2022

    Olympic Rower to keep up tradition and ‘Brave the Cold’ for COPE Galway’s Annual Christmas Swim

    “Since 2011, I’ve been taking part in the COPE Galway Christmas swim with the crew I rowed with as a Junior in Galway Rowing Club.”

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  • 30 November 2022

    Business Leaders return to Shop Street this Friday to Sleep Out and raise vital funds for COPE Galway

    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.

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  • 29 November 2022

    New art installation is unveiled to give voice to women in Galway who experience domestic abuse 

    ‘We See You, We Hear You’ art installation commemorates 40 years of COPE Galway’s Domestic Abuse Service and will travel across Galway city and county.

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  • 23 November 2022

    COPE Galway praised for putting human rights at the centre of its work

    Director of the EU Agency for Fundamental Rights praised “impressive” scale of COPE Galway’s reach and applauded organisation for putting human rights “at the centre” of its work.

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  • 21 November 2022

    COPE Galway Examines What We Value as a Society as Demand for Services Soars

    COPE Galway CEO, Michael Smyth, warns of effects of the worsening crisis environment within which COPE Galway supports people across the community.

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  • 17 November 2022

    COPE Galway Annual Report will reveal the local charity supported 2,885 people in 2021  

    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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  • 19 October 2022

    Galway Art Club Exhibition Reflects Joyful Possibilities of Positive Ageing.

    Galway Art Club Exhibition Reflects Joyful Possibilities of Positive Ageing.

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  • 3 October 2022

    Record Level of Homelessness Extremely Concerning – COPE Galway

    Nationally, the number living in emergency accommodation in August 2022 is up 32% year on year compared to the same month in 2021.

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  • 27 September 2022

    De-stressing, a Mediterranean diet and good company are some of the ways to improve your ageing journey

    Prof. Rose Anne Kenny shared insights on improving ageing through physical activity, diet, and social connections, enhancing the quality of life for older adults.

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  • 26 September 2022

    Local Heroes Celebrated During Positive Ageing Week

    Positive Ageing Week offers opportunity communities to shine a light the vast and varied contributions of older people who improve our lives, neighbourhoods and communities.

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  • 14 September 2022

    Cost of Living Crisis Compounds Precarious Living Circumstances

    COPE Galway Pre-Budget Submission highlights how cost of living crisis is compounding already precarious living circumstance of growing number of people who are homeless.

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