A mobile phone app that allows the public alert homeless services to the location of rough sleepers has been launched in Dublin. The free Dublin Rough Sleeper App allows the user to “drop a pin” on a map to inform the Dublin Region Homeless Executive of the exact location of a person sleeping outdoors, so they can be offered a bed for the night. The app will enable outreach teams, operated by the Dublin Simon Community on behalf of the executive, to more quickly reach those in need. “This app will enable us to respond in real time to alerts from members of the public,” executive director Eileen Gleeson. Over several months the team worked with the executive and Simon community to create the app which provides real-time data to outreach teams.

Source: The Irish Times December 21, 2020 15:00 UTC