Shine a Light 2026: Our next step in supporting Focus Ireland
Following the success of our recent charity hike, where colleagues came together to raise almost €2,000 for Focus Ireland, we're now turning our attention to the next major milestone in our Charity Partner of the Year journey: Shine a Light 2026.
This October, members of the Britvic Ireland team will once again take part in Focus Ireland's annual Shine a Light Night, spending a night outdoors to raise awareness and vital funds for people experiencing homelessness across Ireland.
While one night outside can never replicate the reality faced by those without a home, the event is an opportunity to stand in solidarity with the thousands of people and families who rely on Focus Ireland's services every year.
As Britvic Ireland's Charity Partner of the Year, we're proud to support their work through fundraising, volunteering and awareness-building activities throughout 2026.
Whether it's making a donation, sharing encouragement with colleagues taking part, or helping us spread the word, every contribution makes a difference.
The incredible support shown for our charity hike demonstrated what we can achieve when we come together behind a common cause. Let's keep that momentum going and make Shine a Light 2026 another meaningful success for Focus Ireland.
We’re sleeping out against homelessness
Right now, more than 5,500 children in Ireland are growing up without a home. Behind that number are childhoods missing the moments that matter: no quiet space for homework, no friends coming over, no family meals together, no community to grow up in, no safe home to rely on.
That’s why our team will be sleeping out against homelessness on Friday 9 October for Focus Ireland's Shine A Light. We’re taking action because every child deserves better.
Please show your support by donating to our fundraising page: every contribution, big or small, gets us closer to creating a future where everyone has a safe place to call home.
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50% of Fundraising Target
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Completed Sleepout
Thank you to our Sponsors
€1.79k
Britvic Ireland
€500
Cmws Commu Ity Hall Kildare
Marie on behalf of the CMWS well done on this project by you.
€300
Trevor Young
Well done you x
€250
Kevin Donnelly
Well done Emily, Daragh, Maria, Sian, Leonie, Andrew and Peter.
€200
Mark Hargadon
Best of luck Daragh , Emily and the Britvic team. A great cause. Well done all 👏
€200
Jordan & Grace
€125
Jeff Davies
Good luck!
€125
Richard Price
Great work sis x
€125
Sylvia Price
€125
Little Star Preschool
€125
Kate Caldecourt
Fair okay for doing this Pete. Great cause.
€125
Jc Cabinet Maker
€125
Anonymous
Your amazing Maria Fair play x
€125
Roy Van De Poll
Well done Em, wrap up warm. Liz and Roy
€125
Grainne Wafer
Great cause - well done to you & Becca
€100
Stephen Cramp
Best of luck Maria and Team Britvic - super cause 🙌🏻
€100
Louise
Well done Emily!
€100
Clive & Michelle Guing
Good Luck, Great cause
€100
Anya & Colin
Best of luck!! Hope the rain stays off ☔️
€100
Martin Mcevoy
Well done Daragh 👏👏👏
€100
Sian Young
€100
Align
Fair play!
€100
Lydia & Lauren
Good luck Andrew & well done
€100
Fergus Wilson
Well done Daragh in supporting such a worthy cause
€100
Timo O’brien
€100
Maria O’brien
Best of luck Bradley!
€100
Frank & Mary
Well done Peter
€87
Emily Davies
€56
Leonie Doyle
So proud of you all well done Britvic Ireland 🙌🙌🙌👏👏👏👏
€56
Jed Van De Poll
Well done M.
€56
Max
Great stuff, M. Such a good cause.
€56
Laura, Gary, Olive And Flora
Fair play! Stay warm!
€56
Paul Casey
Fair Play to ya Peter 👏
€56
Christine Keohane
Good luck Sian & to the Britvic Team Great cause Xx
€56
Daragh Cummins
€56
John & Andrea
Hope you stay warm and get some kip. See you at Xmas. J & A xxx
€56
Anita Broderick
€56
Claire Slattery
Best of luck
€56
Barry
€56
Peter Slattery
€56
Trevor West
€56
Brendan & Norma
Best of luck Pete
€56
Ruth Smyth
Well done Emily, great cause
€56
John And Rene
Well done Peter,
€56
Colm/fiona Mccarthy
€56
David Gray
Fair play Peter . Great cause
€56
Karen Thompson
Best of luck Lee and Co
€56
Onora Byrne
Best of luck Sian A wonderful cause to support and delighted to donate to it. I hope you get fine weather for it now! Onora and Tom
€56
Brian Cummins
€56
Anonymous
Best of Luck
€56
Laura And Shane
€56
Mary Mccabe
Good luck Leonie, will be thinking of you.
€56
Tomas Curran
Fair Play Peter
€56
Onyx Tiling Ltd
€56
Nicola Bucke
Well done to everyone involved this year for raising awareness and needed funding for such an important cause
€56
Ronan Mullins
Fair play Peter 👏🏻
€50
Colm Kelly
Well done Maria, Emily and the rest of the crew. Great cause, hope the weather holds out.
€50
Ian Mahon
Fair play to you, fella! Great cause.
€50
Christy Lawlor
€50
Ronan Collins
Well done Mr C, a great cause
€50
Greg Mc Donnell
Absolute fair play to ya Lee, best of luck tonight! 😉
€50
Alexandra Dogaru
I commend you 👏
€50
Claire Mason
XX
€50
Paul Purcell
Well done Leonie & everyone participating, great cause .
€50
Al
Good luck Sian!🍀
€50
Anita Gallagher
Well done Emily and the Britvic Ireland team, thanks for making a difference
€50
Trevor Healy
Well Done Leonie & Team Britvic 👏👏👏
€50
Brian Mckeever
Great cause Emily - Well done
€50
Brian Mckeever
Good man Dargh - great cause
€50
Una O'sullivan
Well Done Emily!
€50
Tony And Joan.
€50
Andy & Gwyn
€50
Rachel Slattery
Best of Luck Daddy. Love Frank and Toby x
€50
Sinéad Callan
€50
Robin & Geraldine
Keep safe and warm
€50
Barry Hogan
Well done and best of luck.
€40
Paul Johnson
Enjoy your 40 winks!
€40
Marcella Thompson
Well done Lee.
€40
Yvonne Finnegan
Hope it went well Daragh. Great cause
€40
Andrew Wafer
€40
Laura Hardy
Hope it goes well. A worthy cause. See you soon. Big hugs 🫂
€35
Peter Davies
Good for you
€30
J & D
Emily, wrap up well.
€30
Denis Murphy
Well done Leonie and all the team from Britvic sleeping out against homelessness.
€30
Damian Zajac
Well done for doing this guys!
€30
Ellen O’kelly
€30
Debbie Taaffe
Best of luck Maria and to all of you, such a great cause xx
€30
Nick Kennedy
Best of luck Leonie
€30
Aisling Powell
Best of luck Marie
€30
Carsten Borth
Thanks for your great engagement, Maria. Just a little contribution from my side, that might add up to something larger. Best, Carsten
€30
Sinead Devereaux
€30
Annette Mcguirk
€30
Darren Hanlon
€30
Tracy Staniford
€30
Noel Lawlor
Best of Luck ..
€30
Shane O'neill
€30
Ronan Mcmahon
Well done Emily! Great cause. Don't forget the sleeping bag.......
€30
Tim Duggan
€30
Raymond Galligan
Best of Luck Maria
€30
Yvonne Kennedy
Such a great charity to support - best of luck Maria
€30
Mike Talbot
Well Done Leonie a great cause. Hope it all goes well.
€30
Robert Crowley
Best of Leonie
€30
Mariam T
€25
Cathy Fox
Good luck missus no bother to you xx
€25
Kathy Cruise
€25
Sandra Maher
€25
Max Thompson
💪🏻💪🏻
€25
Tom O Neill
Fair Play Darragh ..very best of luck 👍
€25
Peter Doherty
Well done Maria, great work for a fantastic charity, hope you get a nice dry night for it!
€25
Sarah Twomey
Well done Maria x
€25
Alan Mcdermott
€25
Annette Hurcombe
Best of Luck Emily - a great thing to do for a great cause
€25
Emma Culleton
€20
Eimear Connolly
€20
Darren O’reilly
Good luck to All
€20
Tommy H
€20
Jody Harman
€20
Damien Phibbs
All the best with it Leonie. I did it with ye a few years ago and it was an eye opener, especially when they rain lashed onto the roof of my cardboard house at 3am!
€20
Ernie
Great cause.
€20
Simon O’connor
Best of luck Daragh.
€20
Lisa Nic Eoin
Fair play to you xx will donate more next week x
€20
Frances Russell
We’ll done Maria
€20
Oisin Ofarrell
€20
Brendan Mcdonagh
Best of luck with it
€20
Sarah Kerr
Well done Sian, great cause and hope you have your fluffy pjs. X
€20
Allen Lynch
€20
Dawn Mccarron
Best of luck Sian
€20
Liam England
Fair play Peter
€20
Lorraine Byrne
Best of Luck Maria and all at Britvic Ireland.
€20
Lisa Mcevoy
Fair play Peter, best of luck with it!
€20
Paul Ryan
Well done Peter
€20
Ann Marie B
€20
Padraig Nolan
Fair play
€20
Maura Slattery
€20
Andrew Ward
Good Luck Leonie
€20
Willie O Toole
€20
Anonymous
€20
Stephen O'callaghan
€20
Ciara Coleman
Well done Leonie and enjoy the sleep out.
€20
Margot Miley
A great cause! Good luck Daragh!
€20
Gavin Tonra
Well done Leonie for making a difference for a very worthwhile charity
€20
Simon O Connor
Best of luck Peter.
€20
Orlaith Mcelwee
Well done Maria, great cause
€20
David Lydon
Well done Leonie a great cause.
€20
Jill Southern
€20
Louise Walsh
Best of Luck!
€20
Michelle Gilligan
Well done
€20
Margaret Breen
€20
Sinead Rynne
Best of luck and well done Team Britvic! X
€20
Caithriona Millington
Best of luck Maria :-)
€20
John Mc Morrow
€20
Natasha Ennis
Well done Leonie, you always think of others 🫶
€20
Sarah Mcbride
Well done, Maria!
€20
Kate Meredith
€20
Joanne Barrett
Good luck Sian
€20
Lara Byrne
Good luck, Sian, great cause.
€20
Jessie Coyle
Love this Peter - great cause - good luck!
€20
Aoife Thornton
€20
Susan Cummins
€20
Becca Cummins
€20
Owen Garrigan
€20
Paddy Shelly
€20
Elise
€20
Maria Lawlor Clancy
€20
Craig Dunne
Well done Peter
€20
Declan Burke
€20
David O Connell
€20
Alan Duffy
€20
Colm Morrin
Well done in raising so much money for a great cause.
€20
Joanne Mannix
€20
Trish Feury
Fair play, Maria. Wishing you the best of luck with the Sleep Out. It's a tough challenge for a fantastic cause ❤️
€20
Karl
€20
Saoirse Nic Eoin
€20
Padraig Dunne
Well done Leonie
€20
Padraig Egan
Best of Luck on the Night.
€20
Laura Tiernan
Good luck Pete
€20
Lisa Kirwan
Great work🙏
€20
Daragh Mc Eoin
€20
Alan O Connell
€20
Nicky Finn
€20
John Morrissey
Maria best of luck and enjoy the sleep under the Stars
€20
Daragh Cummins
Can money!
€15
Rose Wafer
€15
Eva Lawlor
€15
Kevin Byrne
€15
Gavin Leniston
Best of luck Leonie 👍
€15
Eoin Tracey
Well done Daragh! Hope the weather stays kind to you tonight
€15
Ruby Cummins
🙌🏻🙌🏻
€15
Eoin Tracey
Fair play Leonie, massive effort for a great cause
€15
Julia
€15
Eoin Tracey
Great cause, well done Peter
€15
Lisa Wright
€15
Aoife Cooke
🩷🩷
€13
Drew Costello
€13
Drew Costello
€13
Allen Lynch
€13
Allen Lynch
€13
Allen Lynch
€10
Liz Connolly
€10
Patrice Thompson
€10
Lana Kirwan
Best of luck xx
€10
Jess
€10
Aidan Murphy
Fair play Peter
€10
Gerard Maguire
Well Done Maria!
€10
Cora Fluskey
€10
James Elliot
Well done Maria!
€10
Bob Begley
Well done great cause
€10
Graeme Moore
€10
Tara O
€10
Paul Begley
Best of luck Leonie
€10
Katie Quinn
€5
Kara Mccoy
Good luck Sian
€5
Marie Hogan
Well done Leonie
€5
Abigail Davies
Good luck mom love you
€5
Anonymous
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