We’re sleeping out against homelessness
For years, we've watched the homelessness crisis grow in Ireland. Thousands of children are caught in the middle of it, and it's simply not right. They could be sitting in our classes, and we might not even know they're suffering.So, on Friday 10 October, our school are going to be doing something to help. We have organised a School Sleep Out for Focus Ireland's Shine A Light, trading our cosy bed for a sleeping bag for the night. This isn't just about a single night of discomfort; it’s about raising absolutely critical funds for Focus Ireland to help them meet the growing demand for their services.
More than that, though, it’s about making a stand and saying that having thousands of children without a home is just unacceptable.
Please show your support by donating to my fundraising page: every contribution, big or small, gets us closer to creating a future where every child has a safe place to call home.
Our Achievements
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50% of Fundraising Target
Reached Fundraising goal
Increased Fundraising Target
Completed Sleepout
Thank you to our Sponsors
€336
Lá Gan éide Scoile I Gcm
€282
Díolachán Císte Ar Scoil
Iontach! Maith sibh a d'eagraigh an díolachán císte, iad siúd a bhí ag bácáil aréir agus a cheannaigh cístí inniu.
€200
Kathryn Flynn
€134
Crannchur Gcm
Maith sibh gach duine a d'eagraí agus thacaí linn
€120
Paul Lynch
Best of Luck Aaron
€111
Jacqui Kearns
€111
Bronagh
Well done Alisha! An amazing thing to do!
€111
Nevan
€111
Selene Kelly
Best of luck Rory
€111
Sean O Conchuir
Best of luck Naoise
€111
Tim, Fiona And Catherine
Tim, Fiona and Catherine Cummins
€111
Caroline Brown
Well done Emily. Good luck in beating your target.🥰
€100
Garrett Bradshaw
Well done Riley
€100
David Doran Home And Garden Tidy Ups
Well done saoirse great cause
€88
Karla
€80
Anonymous
€60
Emily And Lucie
€55
Peter Murphy
Well done Leyla and classmates. A very worthy cause
€55
Lianda Johnston
Well done.
€55
Siofra Hunter
€55
Martina Kelly
€55
Dad
Well done Emily. A great cause - helping the more vulnerable in society
€55
Shay Brennan
Well done Leyla proud of you 👏 xxx
€55
Margaret Mullins
Maith thú
€55
Grainne Macklin
Good Luck Everyone
€55
Dawn Crammond
€55
Nora & John
Good luck James
€55
Lynn-marie Byrne
Well done Beth...keep shining your light ✨️
€55
Stephen Lynch
Good night 😴
€55
Niamh And Alan
Very best of luck with it Alisha.
€55
Mom And Dad
Well done Rose and all involved.
€55
Jacinta Kearns
Well done Aoibheann, love Jxxx Anto, Izzy, Jacob and Dylan
€55
Rory And Allison O Connor
Well Done Naoise , it’s a fantastic cause Love ya lots xxxxxxx
€55
Anonymous
€55
Joy Donohoe O Rourke
Well Done Rose , proud of you 🥰 love Auntie Joy 😊
€55
Mam And Dad
Proud of you Mil Mil
€55
Anonymous
€55
John Delaney
Proud of you Naoise
€55
Debbie O’brien
Good job Aoibheann. Well done for raising awareness and understanding what it must feel like
€55
Anonymous
Well done Avoca Scouts!
€55
Mairead Kennedy
Best of luck
€55
Caroline Kennedy
Best of luck Caoimhe!!
€55
Valerie Arnold
Best of luck Aoibheann, such an amazing thing your doing for a wonderful cause
€55
Bernadette Kearns
Well done Aoibheann, love Gran Gran
€55
April White
Well done Emily
€55
Sinead Fitzgerald
Great thing to do Siun ,good luck x
€55
The Rawats
Best of luck Rohan and everyone on your sleep out. Well done.
€55
Anonymous
Well done Alisha
€55
Ianb
Go girl
€55
Leah & Cian
€55
Anonymous
Maith thú, Aoife:
€55
Sharon Fitzmaurice
Well done Rohan and class mates - Sharon & John
€55
Anonymous
€55
Siobhan Brennan
€55
The Fair Faimly
Best of luck with your fundraising Lots of love Rosemary John and family xx
€55
Dawn Donohoe
Rose What a wonderful cause Well done Love you Auntie Dawn xxx
€55
Siobhan Synnott
€55
Brendan Kinsella
Well done Millie. It's for a great cause. :)
€55
Órlaith Griffin
Good luck Caoimhe! This is such a worthwhile charity. I'm so proud of you 💕💕 (Please think layers!!) Lots of love Órlaith & Tadhg xx
€55
Gerard Kennedy
Well done darling
€55
Gary Dempsey
There now 👍
€50
Nicola Cullen
€50
Betty & Michael Murray
maith thú Riley!
€50
Maire Griffin
Good luck with this worthwhile cause. Stay warm. Granny Marie
€50
Stephen Burke Spar Arklow
(via Freya)
€50
Sandra Burch
So proud of you sweetheart.
€50
Anonymous
€50
Jennifer Brown
Well done Emily this is a fantastic thing to do for a great cause.
€50
Stuart Denny
€50
Brenda Murray
Well done Riley
€50
Tomas King
Good girl Aoibhe. Very proud of u!
€50
Graham Murray
€50
Ray Kenny
€50
Jodi Connaughton
Well done Allie 💕😘
€50
Ceira Lambert
Well done Lucy 👏👏
€50
Kevin,avril,& Wayne
Very proud of you No.1 great thing to do . Leyla beautiful inside & out
€50
James Okeeffe
€50
Suzanne & Ger
Well done Millie, a great cause xx
€50
Michelle Lynch
The very best of luck Aaron x
€50
Lynn O’keeffe
€50
Nicola & Stephen Gough
Best of luck Caoimhe. Well done great cause and super proud of you love you loads xx
€50
John Murphy And Jacinta
Well done Dylan for a good cause 👏
€50
Tara Hipwell
€50
John Griffin
Fair play to you Caoimhe - Focus Ireland is a great cause!
€50
April White
Well done Emily
€50
Brid King
Best of luck, Aoibhe. X
€50
Mylie Madden
best of luck nikita
€50
Patrick Connaughton
€50
Philip Wheatley
€50
Comórtas - Cic Pionóis
Ar fheabhas. Maith sibh a d'eagraigh agus ghlac páirt!
€50
Jill
Well done Beth for raising money for such a worthy cause.xx
€50
Ivan Johnston
€45
Lynn O’keeffe
€40
Patrick Fleming
Well done saoirse
€40
Audrey And Bruce
€40
Alex
Good luck Leah. Proud of you 💚
€40
Sandra Payne
Good luck Riley
€40
Vanessa
€40
Niamh Mcternan
Best of luck with this Aoibhe. From Niamh, Gearoid & Senan
€40
Patricia Peter
€40
Cliona
€30
Rhona Gaffney
Good man Jack xxx
€30
Katie Holmes
€30
Geraldine & Laurence
Naoise, Wishing you all best of luck and we are Proud of you xxx
€30
Stephanie Burch
€30
Emma Gaffney
€30
Rita Holmes
€30
Darren
Well Done Leyla. Lots of Love Leo and Elsie x
€30
Carl Forsyth
Well Done Leyla ❤️ Danny and Bobby
€30
Mary Clear
Proud of you James
€30
Tommy Fleming
Well done saoirse love uncle tom
€30
Sylvia Dobson
€30
Frank Flanagan
Well done & best of luck. A chip off the old block 👌
€30
Ryans
Well done, Aoife
€30
Eoin Phillips
Good luck Aaron
€30
Jennifer Flynn
€30
Sinead Phillips
Best of luck Aaron
€30
Rachel Dee
Best of luck Naoise. Well done! 😄
€30
Anonymous
€30
Rebecca O
Well done, a great cause and best of luck!
€30
Betty And Rory O Connor
Well done Naoise and best of luck Nana and Grandad X
€30
Eve Dobson
€30
Seán Byrne
Good on ye Euan
€25
Bob & Jeanne F
Go Jack!!!! 😀 Good luck!
€25
Priscillia
€25
Barbara Obrien
€25
Imelda Riley
€25
Bernie & Dave
Well done Naoise ❤️
€25
Dave Banim
€25
Laura Westlake
Go n-éirí libh! Oide Laura
€25
Adrian Kearns
Well done Aoibheann!!
€25
Gillian Kelly
Good luck Darragh!
€25
David Griffin
Fair play to you Caoimhe a very good cause
€25
Cliona Dunne
€25
Aoife Murphy
Fair play Aoibheann. Love Aoife, Robie + Flo x
€25
Paul And Claire
€25
Crystal & James
€25
Joyce Byrne
Well done, Beth!
€24
Myles Byrne
€21
Maria Forsyth
€21
Bianca Divito
Go Rory xxx from Bianca and crew xx
€21
Sharon & Vincent
Well done Naoise!!!
€21
Siofra Hunter
€21
Sylvia Doyle
Well done
€21
Pat Brennan
€21
L D'arcy
Go n-éirí libh! Maith sibh!
€21
Martine Phillips
Best of luck, Lucy 🫶
€21
David Woods
€21
Richard Foster
€21
Elaine O'brien
€21
John Thompson
A great cause.
€21
Susan Jameson
Well done Rory, great cause. x
€21
Joanne Kelly
Well done Rory
€21
Anonymous
€21
Gearoid Griffin
€21
Sinead Kelly
Well done Allie and friends!!
€21
Toy Carthy
Well done Lucy
€21
Alex Zolich
€21
Sean And Lyndsey
Best of luck Lucy!
€21
Donal
You are a very thoughtful young lady Leyla. 👏👏👏
€21
Andy Harrow
Well done Lucy ! Such a good cause
€21
Sandra Doyle
€21
Cleo Russell
Well done Rory and classmates 👏
€21
Lillian Carthy
Well done Lucy
€21
Gina Kennedy
Best of luck with raising funds… A great cause well done Siun 😘
€21
C & C Wallbren
Well done Rory! ❤️
€21
Rebekkah & Jonathan
€21
Miche Teehan
€21
Paul & Sara
€21
Saoirse
€21
Wendy Seymour
€21
John Banim
Well done Millie. A great cause. 👏
€21
Therese Byrne
€21
Beth Williams
Well done Saoirse , so proud of you ❤️
€21
Paddy Daly
€21
Kelly Banim
So proud of you sister well done ❤️
€21
Irene Farragher
Well done and a great cause!
€21
Maggie Hefferman
€21
Stephen Flaherty
€21
Rose Garland
€21
Cherie Whelan
Best of luck Naoise Great cause 😍 from all the Whelan Clan xx
€21
Gregor Kerr
€21
Rosemary Mills
€21
Rory Mcmorrough
€21
Leah Connaughton
€21
Vicky Egan
€21
Toraí Nic Fhionnlaoich
€21
Anonymous
€21
Anonymous
€21
Emmet Ronan
€21
Louise Dempsey
Good luck Lucy xx
€21
Clodagh Doyle
€21
Charlene
Well done Siún
€21
Leigh Reilly
€21
Gemma Reid
Best of luck Lucy
€21
Frederick Millar
Good luck Euan
€21
Shane Smyth
€20
Fiona Brennan
Well done Alisha. Great cause.
€20
Karen Heiton
Well done Aoibheann
€20
Mary King
Well done Aoibhe
€20
Fiona Turner
So proud of you Leyla such a caring girl X
€20
Claire Travers
€20
Greg Parry
What a great cause. Well done Lucy x
€20
Keelin Riley
€20
Colin Moore Bookkeeping Solutions
(via Freya)
€20
Brennan's Electrical Arklow
(via Freya)
€20
Peter Mills Property
(via Freya)
€20
Louise Talayhan
well done all
€20
Pauline Irwin
€20
Alex Irwin
€20
Margaret Bracken
€20
Anonymous
€20
Anonymous
€20
Isabel Doyle
€20
Karen O Reilly
€20
Craig Forsyth
Well done Leyla 💚
€20
Danielle Byrne
€20
Miriam Coppola
Best of Leyla., wonderful thing to do for the homeless
€20
Michael Hayes
€20
Dada
Good luck
€20
Jacinta Kelly
€20
Margaret Keenan
Well Done Leyla
€20
Miranda Harris
€20
Theresa Sheekey
Well done Leyla how wonderful you are to take this challenge xx
€20
Anonymous
Well done
€20
Jenny Morrow
Well done Jack, such a worthy cause xx
€20
Shaun Di Gregorio
€20
Ann Masterson
Well done young lady hope you raise lots
€20
Lucy Doyle
Good luck Nikita and well done,
€20
Sean & Sandra Quigley
Well done Lucy. Great cause.
€20
Anonymous
€20
Roisin Madden
best of luck cuz
€20
Rebekah Holmes
€20
Patrick Brennan
€20
Sandra Banim
Well done Millie
€20
Anonymous
€20
Ken Denny
€20
Thomas King
Well Done Aoibhe!
€20
Bridget O Brien
Well done Millie great cause
€20
Helena And Paul O Connor
Well done Naoise xxx
€20
Catherine
Best of luck with the sleep out Aoibhe 💜
€20
Karen Banim
€20
Annmarie Kenny
€20
Anne Marie Darby
Fair play Aaron
€20
Máire Tansey
Well done Aoibhe.Maith thù x
€20
Sinéad Dunne
€20
Drake Wasswa
Great work Orin, that's really so sweet of you being there for those in need. Fairplay to you.👏🏼
€20
Jillian Connaughton
Congratulations Allie , we are very proud of you
€20
Aoife, Tom & Darragh
Well done James!
€20
Caroline
Well done Alisha
€20
Margaret Byrne
Well done Michael.
€20
John Maguire
€20
Dorothy Lawlor
Well done Jack!
€20
Chris Doyle
€20
Kathleen Phillips
Best of Luck x
€20
Elizabeth Murphy
Well done Leyla , very kind xx
€20
Clare Daly
Well done Riley
€20
Aidan Shannon
€20
Dad
well done Nikita,best of luck proud of you ❤️
€20
Louise Murphy
Go on Saoirs 💞
€20
Rosaleen Tansey
Well done Aoibhe.Love Nanny x
€20
Elizabeth Wall
Well done Allie.. best of luck
€20
Mary Hunter
€20
Maura Mahon
Well done Alisha from all the Lynchs in Longford ! 😊
€20
Freddie Millar
Well done Euan!
€20
John Lynch
€20
Grandad
€20
Yvonne Flood
€20
Sarah
Well done Aoife and classmates
€20
Nuala
€20
Bernie Gaffney
Good luck, Jack!
€20
Stephen Quigley
€15
Jennifer Tuke
€15
Patsy Paget
€15
Patrick Clear
Well done James, great cause
€15
Mylie Doyle
Good luck Nikita,
€15
Michelle Fleming
So proud of you X
€15
Debbie
well done, Super cause
€15
Jenny924@live.ie
€15
Sharon O Brien
Best of luck Aoibheann. Very proud of you
€15
Fionn Ó Conchúir
Naoise smells
€15
Emma Kearns
€10
Richie
€10
Elaine Kennedy
€10
Deen B
Well done All. Great initiative.
€10
Cut & Coffee
(via)
€10
Tara O’shea
€10
Aideen Egan
€10
Jamie Murray
€10
Edel Hunter
Best of luck
€10
Shane Byrne
€10
Lesley Timmins
€10
Philip Galbraith
€10
John Kelly
Best of luck Rory
€10
Layla Dixon
€10
Joe Cummins
€10
Stacey Roche
Well done Nikita 👏
€10
Loretto
Best of luck .
€10
Murphy Physio Therapy
€10
Brid Morrissey
Well done 👏
€10
Clara Kingston
€10
Lydia
Best of luck Jack! :)
€10
Miriam Hore
€10
Anonymous
€10
Nessa
€10
Lea Finn
Well Done Hollie
€10
Tony Tallant
Well done Leyla, a great thing to do x
€10
Gary Dempsey
€10
Louise Kane
Best of luck.
€10
Lorraine O''connor
€10
Ruth O’reilly
€10
Colm O Brien
€10
Aisling Breen
Good luck Hollie and well done you
€10
Cormac Kelly
€10
Jamie Rogerson
€10
Lisa Mulcahy
€10
Stephen
Good luck!
€10
Alan Byrne
Go Freya. Alan (rowing club)
€10
Shannon Fleming
So proud of you, always putting your best foot forward 🌟
€10
Becky Kealy
€10
Lea Anne Daniels
€10
Tracey Kavanagh
Best of luck Rory 👍
€10
Susan Power
Best of luck Rory
€10
Shane
€10
Lorraine Dove
€10
Ann Dullard
€10
Dorothy Mc Donald
€10
Marie Carter
Good luck! Great cause
€10
Sarah Fortune
€10
Lynda King
Good luck Lucy great thing to do x
€10
Rachel Griffin
€10
Emma Mc Loughlin
Best of luck Nikita and all. A great cause, well done.
€10
Clodagh Maher
Well done Hollie xx
€10
Oisin Molloy
€10
Gillian
Best of luck nikita
€10
Theresa Drake
Well done Leah
€10
Esther Dunbar
€10
Anita Nolan
€10
Kelsey
€10
𝕻𝖆𝖒𝖊𝖑𝖆 𝕳𝖔𝖇𝖇𝖘
Good luck Lucy
€10
Nicola Moran
€10
Thelma And Chloe
Well done Hollie .
€10
Catriona Lynch
€10
Jennie
Well done Leyla xx
€10
Carl Sands
€10
Steve Mills
Good luck Aaron!
€10
Alan Lynch
€10
Alison
Good luck guys
€10
Sylvia Dobson
€10
Paula Mcdermott
Well done hun on highlighting and helping such a worthy cause xx
€10
Carmel Pike
€10
Anonymous
💕
€10
Sinead Irwin
Well Done !! Xx
€10
Laura Hamilton
€10
Liam
Well done Rory
€10
Pauline
Good on you Rory!!
€10
Marie O O Brien
So proud of you x Great Cause.
€10
Stuart Donohoe
€10
Theresa
€10
Uncle Stuart
Well done pal
€10
Lisa Jameson
Best of luck Rory
€10
Casey
Well done Leah!
€10
Anonymous
€10
Cliona And Joe
€10
The Healys
Well done Naoise x
€10
Merlin
€10
Grace Kehoe
€10
Anonymous
€10
Elaine Conroy
€10
Auntie Mo
€10
Rachel Armstrong
Well done Leyla
€10
Sarah Redmond
€10
Conor N
€10
Lisa & Niamh
Well done Naoise, proud of you!
€10
Elaine Waters
€7
Ck
€5
Margaret Dunne
€5
Grecian Deegan
€5
Anonymous
Good Luck Siun
€5
Nicola Kelly
Well done leyla
€5
Anonymous
Best of luck Leyla
€5
In Stitches Arklow
(via Freya)
€5
Veronica Mangan
€5
Dave Murray
€5
Anonymous
€5
Jacqueline Sherry
Best of luck Leya
€5
Martina Tuinstra
Good luck Rory
€5
Barbara Power
€5
Lenisa Myler
Good luck Rory
€5
Dave Denny
€5
Patricia Kavanagh
Best of luck Rory
€5
Áine O’neill
€5
Rose Garland
€5
Ciara
€5
Paula Kinsella
€5
Trina O'neill
Great cause Millie.x
€5
Maria Farmar
Well done 😊
€3
Emily Kiernan
€1
Aisling O Brien
Go focus Ireland
Our Team Members
Aaron Mac Fhionnlaoich
€93
James Cummins
€282
Emily Kiernan
€58
Lucy Dempsey
€653
Kaila Macklin
€75
Siún Ní Fhiaich
€248
Edie Renwick
Leyla Talayhan
€603
Nessa Clancy
Freya Mara Muntean
€110
Caoimhe Kennedy
€423
Millie Ni Bhanáin
€383
Nikita Ní Dhúill
€227
Fiona Redmond
Cathal Gallagher
Aoibhe Ní Bhlioscáin
€240
Naoise Ní chonchúir
€463
Leah Irwin
€300
Rohan Rawat
Rory Jameson
€356
Jem Ó haimhirgin
€50
Shane Crowe
€50
Rebekah Holmes
€291
Aoife O’Sullivan
€105
Saoirse Ni Bhriain
€292
Hollie Denny
€140
Sophie Lynch
€105
Beth Kingston
€300
Aoibheann O’Brien
€462
Ciaran Martin
Millie Kenny
€111
Jake Flood Hayes
€50
Rose Donohoe
Alisha Chatterjee
€438
Sarah Cullen
€80
Rose Garland
€26
Emily Brown
€342
Allie Chonnachtánach
€533
Dylan Ó’Dea
€241
Orin Naluswa
€218
Aaron Lynch
€270
Euan Millar
€151
Bebhinn Daly
Noah
€100
Michael Flynn
€250
Jack Brennan
€342
Charlie Brown
Darragh Kelly
€46
Dylan Hullachain
€65
james okeeffe
€100
Lá gan éide scoile - Mile buíochas don tacaíocht!