Secret Street Tours

Secret Street Tours is a social enterprise addressing homelessness in Dublin by offering walking tours led by individuals with lived experience of homelessness. We provide paid employment, training, and mentorship, helping guides rebuild their lives while fostering understanding of homelessness. Since 2018, we’ve engaged thousands of visitors, with guides achieving stability, independence, and improved wellbeing. Our model has demonstrated a meaningful impact on individuals and the community.

Location:

Dublin

Established:

2018

Type of organisation:

Social enterprise

Focus

  • Employment and job creation
  • Housing and homelessness
  • Unemployment

Interest

  • Development of education and training materials and programmes
  • Community outreach and engagement

EU Project Experience

No experience

EU Funding Goals

In the next two years, we aim to build a strong network within the EU, participating as a partner in projects focused on homelessness, social inclusion, and community-based initiatives. We seek to learn from other organisations about effective EU funding mechanisms, project management, and scaling impact.

In five years, we plan to take on larger, more complex projects, focusing on creating and sharing best practices for integrating individuals with lived homelessness experience into social enterprises. We aim to improve our capacity for cross-border collaboration and have a leadership role in projects.

In ten years, we hope to be coordinating multiple EU-funded projects, expanding our social enterprise model to other cities across Europe, and having a measurable, widespread impact on the inclusion of vulnerable populations. Our goal is to drive systemic change in how homelessness is addressed, with a focus on employment, empowerment, and social cohesion.

Strengths

Secret Street Tours excels in creating meaningful employment opportunities for individuals with lived experience of homelessness.

Our strength lies in our unique model of social inclusion, where we combine storytelling, training, and empowerment to help individuals rebuild their lives.

We offer expertise in community engagement, raising awareness of social issues, and fostering empathy through innovative approaches.

Our established network of guides, community partners, and supporters allows us to build impactful connections and expand project reach.

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Contact Name:

Eva Wolzok

Job Title:

Director

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