Department of Social and Family Affairs
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Christian Ear:

 

Tel: 021 4551552
Day Centre and Helpline Carroll's Quay, Cork

 

Day Centre Service: 1pm. - 4.30 pm daily
  • Service for social contact, information and assistance

 

Cork Penny Dinners:

 

 

Tel: 021 4273777
South Parish Community Centre, Sawmill Street, Cork
Tel: 021 4275604
Little Hanover Street, off Washington Street, Cork
Monday - Friday 11.30 a.m. - 12.30 p.m.

 

  • Dinners are provided for the needy for a few pence
  • Alternatively, tokens available from St. Francis' Church, Liberty Street, Cork

 


Meals on Wheels:

 

 

Tel: 021 4273934
Meal Service & Day-care Centre, 1 Peter Street, Cork
Tel: 021 4273777
South Parish Community Centre, Sawmill Street,
Cork Tel: 021 4963251
The Lough Community Centre, Green Street, Cork
Tel: 021 4964041
Togher Meals on Wheels, Togher Road, Cork

 

  • Meals on Wheels deliver hot meals to the poor, the elderly, the needy, people with a disability and those who cannot fend for themselves
  • The day-care centre in Peter Street provides a hot meal at 1 p.m. every day
  • Check locally for your nearest centre


 

Society of St. Vincent de Paul:

 

Tel:021 4270444 Fax: 021 4270644
Ozanam House, 2 Tuckey Street, Cork.
e-mail: svpcork@indigo.ie

 

  • A voluntary Christian Organization committed to the creation of a just and caring Society
  • Weekly family visitation
  • Hostels for homeless men
  • Good-as-new shops in Mahon, Togher, Mayfield & Blackpool, country towns
  • Weekly Hospital/Prison Visitation
  • Youth Clubs & Family Resource Centres
  • Educational Support - Homework Clubs, Breakfast Clubs, Financial Support
  • Short holidays breaks for older citizens and children
  • Support for travellers and groups with special needs
  • Home repairs and decoration
  • Debt Advisory Service

 

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