The Post offering permanent addresses to homeless.

kneemos · 15-03-2019 7:38am #1

Excellent idea. Also read they made a forty million Euro profit last year,mainly from parcels.

At least one semi state company with a pulse.

TheJournal.ie: An Post to offer homeless people addresses at post offices to avail of services.
https://www.thejournal.ie/an-post-homeless-address-4541437-Mar2019/

Realtai · 15-03-2019 8:13am

Glad to see this is happening. It's about bloody time!!!

pleas advice · 15-03-2019 8:25am

Surely hotels accept post...?

tritium · 15-03-2019 8:28am

Brilliant idea, kudos to them. Anything that makes it easier to get back on your feet when down is welcome

kneemos · 15-03-2019 9:43am

pleas advice wrote: »

Surely hotels accept post...?

Hotels are temporary,in theory at least.

A permanent address would be a Godsend until they get housed I'd imagine.

Airyfairy12 · 16-03-2019 4:34pm

Why wasnt something like this done years ago?

Your Face · 16-03-2019 4:37pm

Airyfairy12 wrote: »

Why wasnt something like this done years ago?

It wasn't so topical an issue back then.

16-03-2019 6:26pm

Just shows there's always room for a new good idea- must say I've been impressed with An Post's delivery approach for parcels from abroad recently- text message, tracking, option to change delivery address or day when close to delivery- hope they can reinvent themselves before they're all closed down but a good start, and I for one would feel fine about subsidising them simply to support rural communities and the marginalised

Force Carrier · 16-03-2019 6:30pm

Hopefully it works out.
A lot depends on other agencies accepting An Post Addresses.
Someone mentioned hotels above. Often temporary addresses like that and Hostel addresses are not accepted.

kneemos · 16-03-2019 6:34pm

[Deleted User] wrote: »

Just shows there's always room for a new good idea- must say I've been impressed with An Post's delivery approach for parcels from abroad recently- text message, tracking, option to change delivery address or day when close to delivery- hope they can reinvent themselves before they're all closed down but a good start, and I for one would feel fine about subsidising them simply to support rural communities and the marginalised

Made forty million last year. The closures are becoming hard to justify.

16-03-2019 7:15pm

kneemos wrote: »

Made forty million last year. The closures are becoming hard to justify.

Personally I believe we have to keep our rural communities alive- Post-Offices are hubs- they're there right now. It shouldn't take much to reinvent them, expand their services, and keep them going. It's not always about the money either. It's about local jobs too. I really believe technology can help these hubs and outlets, not destroy them. And until we fully figure it all out, I'm happy for my tax to help support them.

The Post offering permanent addresses to homeless.

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