Thanks to your support, my sleep out could provide:
113
hours of one-on-one support for a child with a dedicated Child Support Worker
or
125
nutritious meals in the Focus Ireland Coffee Shop
or
174
hours access to Focus Ireland’s education service PETE (Preparation for Education, Training & Employment)
We are sleeping out against homelessness.
This October 11, we won’t be heading home after school. Instead, We'll be swapping our warm beds for a sleeping bag – all to raise awareness and funds for Focus Ireland, the national organisation tackling homelessness in Ireland.
Did you know that over 4,000 children in our country don’t have a permanent home? That’s a staggering number. Every child deserves to feel safe and secure, and a home is at the heart of that. But for too many children, this is missing.
Being a teenager comes with its own stresses – schoolwork, exams, friendships, part-time jobs, even just figuring out who you are. I can’t imagine adding homelessness on top of it all. How can you focus on exams when you’re worried about where you’ll sleep next?
That’s why we think it is important to take part in our School Sleep Out as part of Focus Ireland’s Shine A Light, proudly supported by Bord Gáis Energy. It's a chance to experience, in a small way, the challenges faced by young people experiencing homelessness.
Childhood should be about dreams and hanging out with your friends – not wondering where you lay your head at night. 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.
My Achievements
Shared Page
Self donated
50% of Fundraising Target
Reached Fundraising Target
Increased Fundraising Target
Invited a Friend
Completed Sleepout
Challenged a Friend
Thank you to my Sponsors
€50
Peter Mannion
€40
Ann Marie Walsh
Jim said he has a pillow and a spare sleeping bag well done
€25
Anonymous
€25
Lucy Mullally
€25
Antóin Corbett
Fair play folks
€25
Fiona O Reilly
Great effort everyone, well done
€20
Racheal O'connor
Donation for Ben.
€20
Olwyn Mullally
Well done Jack. Hope it's a dry night!!
€20
Lesley Vaughan
€20
Lisa Os
€20
Lorraine Naughton
Good luck yo you all.
€20
Madeleine O’ Connell
€20
Kate Rowe
€20
Bernadette Stone
Well done
€20
Claire Murphy
€15
Seán Buckley
€10
Davina Troy
€10
Clara Walsh
€10
Cathal O’shea
€10
Emma Jayne Young
€10
Katie Mulcahy
€10
Eileen Atkinson
Well done!
€10
Jennifer Mullally
€10
Michelle Murphy
€10
Catherine Woods
Good luck
€10
Anonymous
€10
Geraldine Rea
€10
D C
€10
Maria Coffey
€10
Sam Bourke
€10
Denise O Connell
€10
Tracy Fortune
€10
Meghan Wallace
€10
Shauna Murphy
€10
Mary O Sullivan
Well done all!
€10
Eoghan Finn
€10
Anonymous
Well done to all!
€10
Gerard O’connell
€5
Casey Cotter
€5
Anonymous
€5
Ellen Bowen
€5
Chloe Kasali
€1
Anonymous
€1
Thank you all for your great fundraising work. Well done!