Dublin Simon Community
Catherine Kenny has a diverse work experience spanning over several companies and roles. Catherine began their career in 1994 as an Assistant Store Manager at Dunnes Stores, where they later transitioned into the role of Department Manager. In 2000, they joined National Irish Bank as an Assistant Accounts Manager for a short period of time. Catherine then moved on to Dublin Simon Community in 2001, initially working as a Project Worker before progressing to the role of Service Manager. Catherine further advanced their career within the organization, serving as Head of Property & Tenancy Sustainment and currently holds the role of Head of Quality & Property. In 2022, Catherine is expected to take on the position of Chief Executive Officer at Dublin Simon Community.
Catherine Kenny has a diverse education history. Catherine began their academic journey in 1996 at Inchicore VEC, where they pursued and completed a BTEC Higher National Diploma in Social Care. Following this, they attended the National College of Ireland from 2002 to 2007, where they obtained a BA Hons degree in Industrial Relations and Human Resource Management. In 2009, they enrolled at the Technological University Dublin and successfully completed an MSc degree in Strategic Management in 2010.
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Dublin Simon Community
Dublin Simon Community works to prevent and address homelessness in Dublin, Kildare, Wicklow, Meath, Cavan, Monaghan & Louth. We provide services at all stages of homelessness and enable people to move to a place they can call home. At Simon, we listen to people who turn to us for help and do everything we can to support them to move out of homelessness into independent living. We strive to empower people to access, secure and retain a home of their own by reducing the reliance on short-term emergency accommodation and providing permanent supported housing for people to sustain a home in their local community. Moving people into supported housing produces life-enhancing and life-saving results and is more cost-effective in the long run. The organisation was founded by a group of Trinity and UCD students in 1969, who began by providing much-needed soup and sandwiches to people who were sleeping rough in Dublin city centre. In addition to the Soup Run, which still goes out 365 nights of the year, Dublin Simon provide many services which aim to help those who are sleeping rough on the streets, people who are in their own accommodation but at risk of homelessness and those who are at any of the stages in between. (Charity number CHY 5963).