We’re sleeping out against homelessness
This October 11, our team will be doing something a little different from our usual workday. Instead of going to our homes at the end of day, we'll be swapping our cosy beds for sleeping bags as part of our workplace sleep out to raise awareness and funds for Focus Ireland, the national organisation tackling homelessness in Ireland.
While the idea of spending a night outdoors in the coldmight not sound appealing at first, the cause behind it fuels our motivation. Homelessness is a critical issue that affects countless people in our community, and I am proud to be a part of our company’s effort that aims to take a stand against homelessness.
The statistics around homelessness are staggering. With over 4,000 children experiencing homelessness, it's clear we need to take action. That’s why I think it is important to take part in my workplace sleep out as part of Focus Ireland’s Shine A Light, proudly supported by Bord Gáis Energy. While a one-night sleep out is certainly not the same, it offers a glimpse into the vulnerability and hardship faced by thousands of people in Ireland without a safe and secure home.
By participating in this event, we hope to inspire others to get involved to raise funds to support vital homeless services. 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.
Our Achievements
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Team Award
Shared Page
50% of Fundraising Target
Reached Fundraising goal
Increased Fundraising Target
Completed Sleepout
Thank you to our Sponsors
€250
Nicole Ouellet
€221
Fundraising At Meta Office
€150
David Cormican
Good luck Shane
€130
Jag
€125
Carrie Sweeney
Way to go Elita!
€125
Tracey Coffey
Best of luck Eimear, you are amazing! Its for such a good cause. You are an inspiration. xx
€125
Carrie Sweeney
€125
Alan Mcnab
Well done Tadhg.
€125
Tadhg O'suilleabhain
€125
Louise Coogan
You’re amazing Eimear ! Well done, such a great cause
€125
Mary Moriarty
€110
Eimear Kelly
€100
Maurice Collins
Well done, Tadhg, and thanks!
€100
Claire Fitzgerald
For a great cause Shane, well done.
€100
Ciaran Norris
€100
Ray Collins
€100
Deirdre
Well done Elita! Hope you have a hot water bottle!
€100
John Kelly
Well done Shane and team Sorry I’m missing tonight Good luck to all
€100
Dad
If only the weather was like in Alicante
€100
Mick Galvin
€70
Anonymous
€70
Anonymous
€70
Anonymous
€70
Nick Baughan
Good luck team!
€70
Julia Dimberg
€70
Julia Dimberg
€70
Cian O Mahony
Atta boy Shane
€70
Aoife O'sullivan
€60
Maja
🫶❤️
€50
Majella Mungovan
Good luck Eimear!!
€50
Brian & Regina Cunniffe
Good luck Friday night hope the weather is good Brian & Regina
€50
Niamh Bateson
€50
Ciaran Burke
€50
Ellen Campion
€50
Leo Moore
€50
Seona Grant
Amazing Eimear, well done!!
€50
Colette Hickey
€50
Anonymous
€50
Alannah, Aoibhe, Orlaith & Ro
€50
Kat Piszczek
€50
Noel Mccarthy
Well done you - great cause!
€50
Jane Mellors
€50
Pia Creagh
€50
Eimear Kelly
€50
Majella Mungovan
Fair play Tadhg
€50
Kate O'sullivan
Best of luck Eimear & well done :)
€50
Ignatius And Maura
Good luck on Friday night Hope the weather keeps dry and you get a little sleep 💤
€50
Brenda Cormican
€50
S Kelly
€50
Deirdre Kelly
Well done Eimear !
€50
Lorraine Kehoe
€50
Imelda Cormican
€50
Fiona And Mark
€50
Ceren Doganay-karaca
Go Ciaran! Such an important cause and well done on the consistency every year!
€50
Emma Donnellan
Well done Shane… another year and helping more people!!
€50
Rashmi Deshpande
€50
Emre
Best of luck Tadhg!
€50
Gavin O Toole
€50
Clara Dowling
Well done Eimear!! Such a great cause 🥳
€50
Matus Sabol
Enjoy the sleep out Elita, great stuff and best of luck
€50
The Kilroys
Good luck tonight
€50
Eoin Cowan
€50
Stephen Quirke
Best of luck Kat!
€50
Tomas
Good luck
€50
Carole & Seán
Well done Ciarán . Such a great cause . Carole & Seán
€50
Brian Keating
Best of luck Kat and the rest of the Meta team. Kudos for your efforts to help others!
€50
Mohammadmalik Abualhassan
€50
Claire & Mick Moroney
Fair play Shane!
€50
Karen Hennessy
Good luck Ciarán! Great cause
€50
Noel Mcloughlin
Well done Eimear and team
€50
Gavin O Toole
€50
Brendan Cowan/ Laura O’neill
€50
Dolores And Patsy Bateson
Donation from Mum and Dad x
€50
Elaine Mac Mahon
Good luck with the sleepout Kat and thanks for volunteering for this
€50
Fiona Gallagher-payet
Thank you for doing this
€50
Lisa Foley
Well done Ellen and team! You are all amazing and raising awareness for a great charity. ❤️
€50
Diarmuid O'connor
Well done Kat
€50
John Mac
Maith thú
€50
Jen O'brien
Well done Lorraine on supporting such a great cause!
€50
Orla Burns
Best of luck Tadhg- well done!!
€50
Orla Burns
Best of luck Eimear- well done!!!
€40
Lucy Polden
€40
Kaylee Trenouth
Great job, everyone!
€40
Aisling Collins
Well done Eimear! A great cause.
€40
Grá Neary
Best of luck with it sis xx
€40
Shane Moriarty
€40
Helen Kennedy
€40
Jana Mackara
€40
Laura And Eamonn Burke
Well done Eimear!
€40
Peter Norris
Keep up the good work
€40
Garret Farrell
€40
Ali
Good woman Niamh, best of luck x
€40
Anonymous
€40
Daragh
Enjoy Elita and well done for a great cause- Daragh
€40
Orla Malone
Great work Eimear and Tadhg
€40
Ligita Osipova
🙌🫶🏻Tu esi iedvesma - Tev viss izdodas
€40
Niall Mullin
👏👏👏
€40
Katie Martin
Well done Eimear, you are amazing!!!
€40
Daragh Gleeson
€40
Stela Baranga
€40
Bjorn Kaiser
€40
Emily Chalon
Good luck and happy to donate to such a great cause!
€40
Stephen Macdermott
€40
Catherine Kelly
Amazing 👏
€40
Yvonne Mcmahon
Well done Eimear!
€40
Yvonne Mcmahon
Well done Tadhg!
€40
Caomhán Mckernan
Go n'eirí leat!
€40
Roxana Cucu
Go Tiger!!!!
€40
Kellieann Black
€30
Richard P
€30
Denise Campion
€30
Noelle Hassett
Well done Eimear :)
€30
Roisin O'driscoll
Best of luck Eimear!!xx
€30
Andy Sheppard
€30
Anonymous
€30
Ailbhe
€30
Mark Culleton
€30
Ailbhe
€30
Eoin Murphy
€30
Richard P
€30
Jonathan Lewis
€30
Fiona Corbett
Well done Elle, good luck!
€30
Ciara Ward
Well done Niamh xx An amazing cause
€30
Frances O Halloran
Great cause, best of luck!
€30
Val
Hat's off to Ciaran!
€30
Stephen Callaghan
€30
Maeve Mcgrath
Well done Eimear xx
€30
Emma Rydee
€30
David Cunniffe
Good luck!
€30
Richard P
€29
Fundraising At Meta Office
€25
Cliodhna Reid
Stay warm!
€25
Barry Campion
€25
Julius Karkalas
€25
Will
Good luck!
€25
Claire F
Best of luck to you and the team for such a worthy cause.
€25
Donegal Donkey
Well done, Elita!
€25
Alanna Scott-keogh
Well done Ell, you are amazing, so proud of you 🩵
€25
Keith Carolan
€25
James
€25
Keith Carolan
€25
Libby
Well done Elita. X
€25
Chris Mcgoran
Best of Luck Eimear - great cause.
€25
Sheila Cunningham
€24
Miriam
€20
Cb
€20
Emma Campion
€20
Ben Hatton
€20
Karla
Well done :)
€20
Ben Hatton
€20
Caoimhe O'malley
Well done Elle!
€20
Ado Bateson
Well done Nabberama 👏
€20
Ana Paula Viana
€20
Vlada
Well done Eims x
€20
Aoife Farmer
€20
Elita Baltaiskalna
€20
Noreen The Cloisters
Well done
€20
Anonymous
€20
Terence From East Coast Plumbing & Heating.
Good luck tonight outside in this lovely cold Irish weather :) .
€20
Paul Gillen
From Cheryl n Paul
€20
Lorraine Mcdonnell
€20
Helen Lambert
€20
Lucy Bateson
Best of luck💗💗
€20
Lorraine Mcdonnell
€20
Maire O Donoghue
€20
Eileen Murray
Well done Elita and Team.
€20
Angus Gibson
Great cause - good luck mate.
€20
Tracey Coe
Best of luck! Great cause 👏
€20
John Green
Great cause, great event and a great effort by all. I miss doing this. It's a tough night, gives a small insight to the hardship of others. Well done again
€20
Krists Baltaiskalns
€20
Sarah Morahan
€20
Orla Jennings
Well Done Elle xxx
€20
Kat Piszczek
€20
Mark Culleton
€20
Jude Farrell
Well done, Niamh x
€20
Daniel Tully
Well done Eimear! Fingers crossed for a warm night! Hopefully some northern lights will appear again!
€20
Ciara Mcgee
€20
Dervla Ryan
€20
Declan Norris
Good effort! But do wrap up warm ❄️
€20
Michael C
Well done Ciaran
€20
Grace Cunniffe
€20
Garret O'beirne
€20
David Brody
€20
Linda Martin
You’re amazing 🤩
€20
Michelle White
Good luck tonight x
€20
Aoife Hanrahan X
You’re amazing Ell! And that’s why you work in……. Facebook x
€20
Anonymous
Well done!
€20
John Brennan
Good luck Ciaran! Great cause
€20
Philip
Well done Ciarán 👍
€20
Kelly & Stephen
Well done Ellen, Good luck tonight xxx
€20
Andrew O’cleary
€20
Shauna Van Lokhorst
€20
Anonymous
€20
Teo Sunjic
€20
Anonymous
€20
Katie And Paddy
Fair play to you Ellen
€20
Carlo Torrano
€20
Meadhbh
Best of luck, Eimear!
€20
Evan Ryall
€20
Hassan Sarker
€20
Inguna Mieze
€20
Iveta Ryan
€20
Stephen Vaughan
Best of luck Lucy !
€20
Liam & Susan Shannon
Well done CIARAN
€20
Billy Mccutcheon
Best of luck Elita & team! Raising money for a very worthy cause too! 🙏
€20
Prashant Kumar
€20
Matt Jacques
Good luck buddy.
€20
Esther Arroyo
€20
Anthea
€20
Sean Carroll
€20
Anna Naessens
Best of luck Niamh. So proud of you xx
€20
Guy Pearcy
€20
Stella Brown
Good luck for tomorrow night sis 🩷
€20
Tim Lion
€20
Kev Mcb
€20
Kasia
Well done Elita ♥️♥️♥️
€20
Ben Buxton
€20
Kristine Rudane
€20
Holly Lane
Well done Niamh ☺️👏
€15
Smurf
Well done 👏 Nabs
€15
Robert O'connor
€15
Rachel Campion
Good luck Ellen :)
€15
Dilan
€15
Aideen
€15
Sarah Oliveira
€15
Dermot Mckeever
€10
Victoria Chanders
€10
Rachel
Cúis íontach í seo Luci. Go neirí an bother leat 🙂
€10
Anonymous
€10
Komal
Great job Lucy 😍
€10
Jo B
€10
Anonymous
€10
Amy Bridgett
€10
Ieva Barkane
€10
Sidney Miller
€10
Alan Mcgovern
€10
Ieva Barkane
€10
Ross Cannon
€10
Rasa
Shine a light...💫
€10
Dervla Ryan
€10
Niamh Bateson
€10
Dylan Greally
€10
Anonymous
€10
Stephen Doyle
€10
Liene Atrena
€10
Selva
€10
Alan Mcgovern
€10
Ieva Barkane
Hope for clear skies!
€10
Anonymous
€10
Kristine Vitola
€10
Gui Rocha
€10
Lorraine
Well done Ellen!!
€10
Nicola
Buona fortuna!!
€10
Kripa Makhija
€10
Anonymous
€10
Lucimeire Mc Clafferty
€10
Brenda Lawlor
€10
Amy Norris
€5
Josie Grosie
Best of luck! Kudos to you all x
€5
Niamh Devitt
€5
Krzysztof Wontorczyk
Thank you Elita for your effort.
€5
Tam Hanlon
Best of luck with such an important charity!
Our Team Members
Kat Piszczek
€260
Shane Moriarty
€1,385
Niamh Bateson
€650
Kaylee Trenouth
Ciaran Norris
€1,320
Tadhg O'Suilleabhain
€955
Bill Henry
Rashmi Deshpande
€50
Eimear Kelly
€1,630
Zmnako Ahmed
Lucimeire Mc Clafferty
€200
Ellen Campion
€755
Kripa Makhija
€55
Elita Baltaiskalna
€1,000
Lorraine Kehoe
€834
Stay warm mon ami!