The Society of St. Vincent de Paul has announced it is planning to transfer the management of its hostels, including two here hostels in Cork city to other homeless charities with specialist expertise in the sector.
The Society says it believes the move will benefit those who use the services of its hostels as managing homeless hostels is moving beyond the capacity of a volunteer-led organisation such as SVP
As most of the funding for the hostels comes from the state SVP is in discussion with the respective Local Authorities and the HSE to facilitate the transfer of its services.
The Cork city hostels affected are St Vincent's in Anglesea Terrace,which has 73 places for men and Deerpark House at Friars Walk which has 51 places for men.
SVP say that as a volunteer-led organisation its structure is not suitable to fully adhere to statutory governance and management protocols in the sector and to the increased specialisation, which now exceed the capacity of SVP volunteers.
