The Good Shepherd Centre Kilkenny CLG

04/09/2026

🚨Jobs alert 🚨

🧑‍💻👩🏽‍💻Do you know anybody who is looking for a new job? Please help us spread the word as we need staff…..

We are recruiting as our services have expanded across the country.

Keep an eye on our website or send your CV directly to [email protected].

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Working with us brings opportunities and challenges. We work with some of the most marginalised people within our communities. This requires us to be up for the challenge, bringing hope and solutions.

04/09/2026

🐾 A message from Basil...

It's been a busy week at the Good Shepherd Centre, helping Valerie pack goodie bags for Clonmel residents, supervising important work (keeping an eye on the snacks!) and reflecting on some difficult homelessness figures.

In this week's blog, Basil shares why small acts of kindness, hope and human connection matter now more than ever.

💙 Read Basil's weekly blog on our website: https://www.thegoodshepherdcentre.ie/blog

03/09/2026

🎨 WORLD HOMELESS DAY COLOURING COMPETITION

Calling all young artists! 🖍️

To mark World Homeless Day, the Good Shepherd Centre is inviting children to get creative and enter our Colouring Competition for a chance to win a €50 IMC Cinema Voucher! 🏆

How to Enter

✅ Colour your competition sheet
✅ Add your name and contact details
✅ Submit your entry by:

📧 Emailing [email protected]
📱 Sending it to us via social media (DM)
📮 Posting it through our famous yellow door when we're at MacDonagh Junction Shopping Centre on Friday, 9 October as part of our World Homeless Day event

📅 Closing Date: Friday, 9 October

💛 This year's theme is Our Door Is Open - a reminder that everyone deserves a safe place to call home and that support is available for anyone who needs it.

03/09/2026

🥰A huge thanks to Callan Premium Foods and Paul Roche for their latest donation to the Good Shepherd Centre. Their continued support means a great deal to us and to the people we work with every day in our community.

Regular acts of generosity like this help us provide stability, dignity and a pathway forward for individuals finding their feet again.

02/09/2026

You are not alone.

At the Good Shepherd Centre, we help people steady the ground beneath them. We assess health and housing needs, support tenancies, and create real pathways to permanent, affordable homes.

Our team works with families and individuals to prevent homelessness, build independence, and connect people with the right supports at the right time.

It’s practical help. It’s a roadmap to hope.

02/09/2026

Thousands of children returned to school this week. Many were excited, nervous and full of hope. But for others, that morning began in emergency accommodation.

At the Good Shepherd Centre, we see the reality behind those schoolbags every day. Families doing their best to keep routines going while facing the uncertainty of homelessness.

A new school year should mean fresh starts. For too many, it begins with instability. We want to make sure nobody is in this situation without support.

01/09/2026

Starting the month with a lift — goodie bags going out to service users in Clonmel to add a bit of brightness and positivity to their week.

A small gesture, but it means a lot.

01/09/2026

We see the challenges every day: pressure on housing supply, gaps in infrastructure, and how hard it can be for people to access the health services they need.

So why do a small number of countries perform better?

They treat housing as a right.

They make a national commitment, implement a strong policy, sustained funding, and real collaboration between government agencies, NGOs and the community sector.

They evaluate what’s working, fix what isn’t, and keep the system effective.

It’s a reminder that homelessness isn’t inevitable. With the right structures, it can be prevented and people can be supported long before they reach crisis point.

31/08/2026

Nobody chooses to be homeless….