Congratulations to Aaron O’Connell.

Aaron O’Connell of Cork Simon Community has been elected to sit on the Housing and Community Strategic Policy Committee (SPC) of Cork City Council. Aaron was elected at a meeting of Cork City Community Forum.

At Cork Social Housing Forum’s recent Social Housing Seminar the importance of a partnership approach between Cork City Council and Voluntary Housing organisations was identified as playing a critical role in addressing the current social housing crisis.

Aaron O’Connell is the Assistant Director with Cork Simon Community since 2002. He has worked in various management roles with Cork Simon since 1996, including: managing high support residential housing and the emergency shelter.  His current role includes responsibility for Cork Simon’s projects and services, including the emergency shelter, high support housing for people with complex needs, independent living accommodation; and tenancy sustainment supports.  He is also responsible for developing long term housing options for formerly homeless people.   He is a member of Cork Homeless Forum, Youth Homeless Forum, Cork Social Housing Forum and is a community representative on Cork Local Drugs Task Force.  

Cork Simon Community has been a member of Cork Social Housing Forum since the Forum was established in 2002. Cork Simon works in solidarity with men and women who are homeless, offering housing and support in their journey back to independent or supported living. For more information on Cork Simon visit www.corksimon.ie

The Housing and Community Strategic Policy Committee.

Strategic Policy Committees have their origins in Government policy, Better Local Government – A Programme for Change which was launched in December, 1996. The role of SPC’s is to advise and assist Local Authorities in their work. It is intended that the SPC system will give Councillors and sectoral interests an opportunity to be fully involved in the policy making process from an early stage.

For more information on Local Government copy paste link below: www.environ.ie/en/LocalGovernment/ LocalGovernment Administration / LocalGovernment Policy/
Cork County Council's Divisional Services are responsible for housing in three regions of Cork County - North Cork, West Cork and South Cork.