Case Studies
Having someone believe in me has stopped me thinking I can't do things and started seeing and believing that I can.
Mary who is a single mother heard about Drive Ahead through a local mother and toddler group. Having not worked for five years she began to feel that she would never have a job or learn a new skill.... Read more »
The staff try to make me see what I can't-- my potential.
Teresa came to Mater Dei (one of Depaul Ireland’s family projects in Belfast) when she was 18 with her new born daughter Joanne. She had to leave the family home due to overcrowding.
Throughout... Read more »
My apartment is like a palace.
A mother of three, Pauline has been a street drinker for over ten years. Her youngest son was killed in a hit-and-run accident. Pauline saw it happen. She broke down. She became a heavy drinker, lost... Read more »
Having my own key to the house means a lot.
Dave and Marie have been together for three years. They are both long-term homeless street drinkers and for most of the past three years they have been living in separate accommodation, both in hostels.... Read more »
Depaul Ireland doesn't judge me by the mistakes I have made but by the person I am becoming.
Terry moved into Sundial House, our long-term accommodation project, when it first opened in September 2008. He had been living in a project for street drinkers since its early days and had previously... Read more »
