Each year NOVAS publishes an annual report on its activities in the previous twelve-month period. In 2024, NOVAS supported 6,300 people accross our services and housing.

P.34  Failing to recognise motherhood within homeless services has profound consequences, including loss of confidence, increased stress, deteriorating physical and mental health, and a rise in drug use and high-risk behaviours...

P.44 Figures provided for Croke street outreach interventions in 2023 (n773)

P.60 TOPPLE is a pioneering overdose prevention programme that was initiated in McGarry House STA service in Limerick. The idea was the brainchild of a research piece commissioned by NOVAS following a period of significant overdoses in the service. The programme was designed to identify the signs of overdose, respond in the event of overdose and provide support in the event of non-fatal overdose. Client training includes the skills needed to respond to and support people in crisis, to create partnerships with staff and first responders and to promote self-care. More recently, the administration of Naloxone was added to the programme. Thereafter, participants volunteer as Peer Overdose Workers for three-to-six-month periods, or longer if they wish...