SATURDAY, 25TH MARCH 2023

Jim Dennison

Chief Executive of the Simon Community NI
Jim Dennison is the Chief Executive of the Simon Community NI, Northern Ireland’s largest and longest-serving homeless charity, a position he has held since 2014. Prior to this, he was Head of Operations at the Chartered Institute of Housing and Director of EU Peace Programmes at the Community Relations Council.

Jim is a Non-Executive Director of the NI Ambulance Service and Chair of its People, Finance and Organisational Development Committee. He holds an Honours Degree in Politics from the Queen’s University of Belfast; a Post-Graduate Diploma in Regional and Local Development from the Dublin Institute of Technology; and is a Chartered Member of the Chartered Institute of Housing.

He is passionate about challenging perceptions of homelessness and is absolutely committed to providing help and support to those without a home of their own.

“With more and more people becoming homeless every day the work of Simon Community NI has never been more important. We see individuals from all walks of life becoming homeless for a variety of different and often complex reasons. We know that homelessness can strike anyone.

I believe that homelessness – with the right political and community will, proper investment and more innovative services – can be ended. We at Simon Community NI will do all we can to end homelessness in Northern Ireland.”

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