People at Trust

Words are wholly inadequate to describe the daily toil that goes on quietly and with great dignity each day at Trust. On behalf of the Trustees, I want to express our enormous pride in the difference one tiny team of dedicated staff make to the troubled lives of people on the margins of Irish life.

The work of TRUST can be that of a parent, a spouse, a child, a friend, a carer or neighbour to those who have none of the supports we all take for granted.  As economies peak and trough, the plight of the outsider remains constant in every society.

Nobody deserves isolation, poor health, homelessness, injustice or ill treatment. It simply happens. And when it does, TRUST is there, early each morning in the heart of our capital city, not to judge and not to prescribe, just to warmly embrace.

Dr. Maurice Gueret
Chairman

The People

  • Alan Best, Front of House.
  • Matthew Geoghegan, Care Worker.
  • Mary Kelly, Nurse.
  • Alice Leahy, Director and Co-Founder.
  • Geraldine McAuliffe, Deputy Director / Nurse.
  • Jeanette O’Brien, Administration.
  • Karen Fenlon Ryan, Cleaning Service.

Trustees

  • Louis Copeland.
  • Joe Dowling.
  • Dr. Maurice Gueret, Chairperson.
  • Sean Hogan, Treasurer.
  • Alice Leahy, Directory and co-founder.
  • Geraldine McAuliffe, Deputy Director.
  • Maol Muire Tynan.

Volunteers

  • Noel Byrne
  • Kevin Liston
  • Mairead Hever
  • Huge numbers of people who collect and deliver clothes and food do so voluntarily.

The work of TRUST is made possible by the enormous support in so may ways from all sectors of the community country wide, statutory and voluntary bodies, Church and business groups. and too many to mention individually.  The generosity and goodwill of people enable us to provide our service with emphasis on hospitality in our Centre rented from The Iveagh Trust in the heart of The Liberties – a daily reminder that people have gone before us.

Fresh fruit and bread and all kinds of food stuffs together with good quality clothes enable us to provide approximately 250/400 outfits of clothes (per month) to people, all part of our holistic health service and primary care commitment.

We acknowledge those who send us money (all receipted and acknowledged), cards and letters. Accounts audited annually. TRUST is not proactively involved in fundraising and therefore doesn’t post requests for money.  We are daily reminded sometimes in the post of our animal friends ensuring that people who visit us with their pets are made welcome.

The work of TRUST is multifaceted and difficult to describe at times. A lot of time is spent dealing with queries over the phone, not always related to our work.  Frequently we are contacted for advice on how to access general services, some queries from people who have experienced homelessness.  Frequently, anxious members of the public contact us about family members they have lost contact with and others concerned about people they notice on the streets.

I would like to acknowledge formally the support of our Trustees, staff and volunteers and particularly the people we work with who challenge and inspire in equal measure.

Alice Leahy
Director and Co-Founder

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