| 词条 | Simon Community |
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The Simon Community is a charity which helps homeless people, taking its name from Simon of Cyrene.[1] It was founded in 1963 by Anton Wallich-Clifford[2] who had encountered many homeless people while working for the Probation Service at Bow Street Magistrates Court in London. Wallich-Clifford was influenced by the work of Dorothy Day and her Catholic Worker Movement in the USA and his original vision was to establish a farm and community in Sussex but local protests prevented this and the organisation developed as a chain of houses and night shelters run by local volunteers. The Simon Community was co-founded by political activist Eddie Linden.[3] A trust was established to manage the affairs of the charity but its administration was weak. Attempts were made to transform the organisation into a decentralised federation of homelessness bodies — the Cyrenian Federation and Homes for Homeless People.[1] In Ireland the Simon Communities were founded by a group of Trinity College and University College Dublin students in 1969.[4] It now operates all over Ireland, but particularly in Cork, Dublin, Dundalk and Galway.[5] These organizations fund themselves by hosting a number of charity initiatives and events such as the Dublin Fun Run.[6] In 2009, Dublin Simon celebrated its 40th anniversary.[7] Anton Wallich-Clifford died in 1978 but the original community continues where it is based and active in London.[8] See also
References1. ^1 {{cite news |url=http://www.thirdsector.co.uk/why-one-charity-broke-away-cyrenians/management/article/1352556 |title=Why one charity broke away from the Cyrenians |newspaper=Third Sector |date=25 June 2015 |accessdate=22 April 2017}} 2. ^{{cite web |url=https://www.simoncommunity.org.uk/about-simon.html |title=Introduction |publisher=The Simon Community |accessdate=22 April 2017}} 3. ^{{citenews|url=https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/happy-80th-birthday-eddie-linden-poet-pacifist-and-catholic-atheist-1.2211208|title=Happy 80th birthday, Eddie Linden, poet, pacifist and Catholic atheist|last=Cooney|first=John|date=13 May 2015|access-date=18 March 2018}} 4. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.simon.ie/AboutUs/ALivingHistory.aspx |title=A Living History |publisher=Simon Communities in Ireland |accessdate=22 April 2017}} 5. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.simon.ie/AboutUs/SimoninIreland.aspx |title=About Simon |publisher=Simon Communities in Ireland |accessdate=22 April 2017}} 6. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.dubsimon.ie/funrun/FunRunRegistration.aspx?eventid=1|title=Dublin Simon Fun Run|publisher=Dublin Simon Community|accessdate=6 December 2012}} 7. ^{{citation |title=Dublin Simon Community 40th Anniversary|author=RTÉ |year=2009 |url=http://www.dubsimon.ie/ |publisher=Dublin Simon Community}} 8. ^{{citation |title=Strategic Management for Voluntary Nonprofit Organizations |author=Roger Courtney |chapter=The Simon Community |pages=246–254 |publisher=Routledge |year=2002 |isbn=9780415250238}} External links
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