Peter McVerry Trust’s Strategic Plan 2021-2025 is the charity’s fourth strategic plan to date. The plan was launched by An Taoiseach, Micheal Martin TD, on the 23rd July 2021 in Cork City, at our new Southern Regional office, with Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, Michael McGrath TD and Lord Mayor of Cork, Councillor Colm Kelleher, also in attendance.

• Peter McVerry Trust Strategic Plan 2021-2025

Peter McVerry Trust’s Strategic Plan for the period 2021-2025 is designed to ensure that the charity retains its ability to best respond to the needs of vulnerable people across Ireland.

As a national organisation that delivers critical and essential supports for people, we are wholly committed to ensuring that the organisation continues to deliver best practice solutions for the many people who rely on our services.

The strategic plan for the period 2021-2025 sets out eight high-level strategic objectives which are each supported by three key drivers. The eight high-level strategic objectives identified in the plan have been chosen to keep the organisation clearly focused on participant needs, increased access to housing, leadership and collaboration, organisational sustainability, best practice in service delivery, effective communications and advocacy, responding to crises and supporting the continuing national roll out of Housing First.

The development of the strategic plan was guided by the Peter McVerry Trust’s Research and Services Committee. It was further reviewed and approved by the Board of Directors of Peter McVerry Trust. Two independent facilitators, Burtenshaw Kenny Associates, Abate Counselling and EAP Limited were appointed to consult with internal and external stakeholders.

In the development of the strategic plan, consultations were carried out with samples from our stakeholder groups including:

• 18 participants from across our services
• 9 members of our Board of Directors
• 4 members of the Board Sub-Committees
• 21 staff members including the CEO, senior management as well as frontline managers and staff

In addition to the above consultations we also consulted with 20 external stakeholders from both the statutory and voluntary sectors.As our strategic plan was developed during the Covid-19 pandemic, all consultations were carried out by telephone and one-to-one basis only, in line with public health guidance.

This new plan will set the strategic direction of Peter McVerry Trust over the coming five-year period with annual organisational business plans being formulated in alignment with the eight high-level strategic objectives below. The delivery of the strategic plan will be reviewed by Peter McVerry Trust’s Research and Services Committee on a regular basis with annual feedback to our Board of Directors.