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 school 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.
Our Achievements
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50% of Fundraising Target
Reached Fundraising goal
Increased Fundraising Target
Completed Sleepout
Thank you to our Sponsors
€300
Mick Sweeney
€300
Maura Clune
Your compassion, determination and willingness to act are truly admirable. Well done, and stay warm!
€250
Shane & Valerie
Well done Ava!
€250
Anna And Rory
Good luck
€200
Granny
Well done Ava. Best of luck.
€200
Lindsey Clark
Proud of you! 👏
€200
Anonymous
€120
Aidan Mckenna
€111
Hilary
€111
Diarmuid & John
Well done Hannah. A wonderful thing to do. Very proud! X
€111
David Mumford
€111
Desmond Green
Congratulations on this thoughtful and very necessary initiative. In our Republic it is a disgrace that all children do not have equal opportunity
€111
Louisa Woods
Best of luck
€111
Aine Sweeney
€111
Maire Boyle
€111
Grainne Mckenna
€111
Anonymous
Very proud of you xx
€111
Sheila And Martin Byrne
Best of luck Aisling! Proud of you.
€111
Roseanne Mcevoy
Well done Ella and the best of luck. X
€111
Tim Lavin
We are super proud of you Sophia ❤️
€111
Hugh Burns
Well done Emily… great cause
€111
Robert Trench
€111
Karl Paschal Duggan
€100
Anonymous
€100
Margaret O Sullivan
Good luck Maggie well done 👏
€100
Anna Forde
Love Mum
€100
Celine Durning
Good luck with the sleep out Aoife and well done on supporting such a great cause xx.
€100
Peter Woods
Good luck with your project
€100
Sharon Nevin
Well done & Best of Luck Chloe ❤️
€100
Patricia Woods
Good luck Elsa Patricia
€100
Lee Nevin
Amazing Chloe..Well done 😍
€100
Margie And Simon Gleeson
Good luck girls!! Such a great thing to do for a very worthy cause
€100
Aisling Ellis
Good luck & well done!
€100
Margaret Brady
Well done and good luck,Emily - Granny Brady
€100
David And Maria Lawlor
Well done Leia! Xx
€100
Mark Gleeson
€100
Tmmk
€100
Cecilia Moena
Just sent a small contribution ….
€100
John And Andrea Gleeson
Good luck with results . Well done for doing a night out on the streets !
€100
George Brady
Well done everyone involved and best of luck!
€100
Louise Brady
€100
Elaine Wann
Best of luck Ellis. Elaine Xx
€100
Susan Byrne
Very best of luck Amelia & all the girls on your sleepout! An amazing cause for sure. 💖
€75
Nana & Grandad O’b
❤️❤️
€75
Irené Webster
Good luck Lily!
€70
Neil Van Lonkhuyzen
Good luck to Florence and all the girls
€55
Claire Tracey
Great cause Hannah, love you
€55
Anonymous
Good luck Layla.
€55
Anonymous
We are Very proud of you Sophia
€55
Dei And Gran Cliffe
Best of luck xx
€55
Louise Scallan
Well done Alice, a very worthy cause
€55
Stephen Ryan
€55
John Feeney
Go Weersh
€55
Anonymous
Well done!
€55
Tom Conlan
Great work Ella
€55
Ursula
Good work Alice
€55
Kieran Mcloughlin
Congratulations Julianne on supporting such a worthy cause.
€55
Caroline Harte
€55
Mick Sweeney
Well done Maggie & Girls.
€55
John Duggan
Congratulations on your great work. Homelessness is such a tragedy
€55
Dervla Donelon
€55
Susan Dwyer
Very best of luck !
€55
Grainne O Sullivan
Well done Isabelle, great effort for a great cause xx
€55
Fiona Mc Caughey
Good Girl Gabby ❤️
€55
Abbie Walsh
Good luck to all the girls
€55
Anonymous
€55
Lucie Furlong
€55
Donagh O Sullivan
Great job 👏
€55
Serhan Arcan
Delighted to be your first donation Wellies 🥹
€55
Anonymous
Best of luck Niamh
€55
Alia Walsh
Go girl!!!
€55
Anonymous
Well done great work!!
€55
Karn
Well done Sweetie 🥰 Hope it doesn't rain🩷
€55
Mark Breen
Best of luck Izzy. Well done!
€55
Michele Dempsey
❤️
€55
Mary Donelon
Well done Lara, we’re very proud of you. Love Nana and Grandad
€55
Fiona Hartnett
Good luck with your Sleep out Lara.
€55
Noirin Azzouni
A very worthy cause Lara.
€55
Karen Brierty
You’re amazing doing this Sarah, best of luck 🤩
€55
Helen & Paddy
Good luck Ella
€55
Judith Byrne
Great cause Izzy ! Well done X
€55
Steve Curran
Very proud of you Ella!
€55
Louise Sloan
€55
Pamela Fitzpatrick
Wonderful cause Thank you Abigail
€55
Hugh Byrne
€55
Gillian Carroll
Best of luck Amelie - stay warm!!
€55
Ronan, Marie, Lucy & James
Well done Alice
€55
Karen Ternullo
€55
Robert O'flynn
Doing this for a great cause. Well done Maeve.
€55
Wami And Gdk
Lots of love Saoirse
€55
Carrie Hogan
Best of luck Emma
€55
E
Thank you for bringing awareness to this cause. 🙏
€55
Holdenstown Keaners
Well done Sophie
€55
Catherine May
€55
Paul Markey
Good luck aoife
€55
Anonymous
€55
Dom Rigby Consultancy Limited
Well done Julianne.
€55
Fergus Moroney
€55
Darren Conway
Hope you survive the great outdoors tonight. Just remember: every yawn, shiver, and complaint is helping others. That's a pretty impressivesuperpower.
€55
Larkin Feeney
Well done Saoirse
€50
Anonymous
€50
Richard Donohue
Good work Amelia. €50 from me
€50
Anonymous
Well done Ella on making a positive difference
€50
Nana Brenda
Well done Elizabeth, wrap up warm! 😃
€50
Matt Forkin
€50
Mark Doyle
Hope it rains 😎
€50
Anonymous
€50
Malcolm Moir
Well done Juliette. I’m super proud of you for raising money for Focus Ireland. Best of luck!
€50
Erin Cole
Proud of you for making a positive difference :)
€50
Paul Greenan
€50
Bláithín
Well done Alex
€50
Suzanne Creevey
Best of luck
€50
Jean Breen
Great cause Issy well done
€50
Enda Walsh
Best of luck
€50
Tom & Trish Dalton
Well done Lauren xx
€50
Robin Fitzpatrick
€50
Joan Nevin
Well done Chloe & everyone - Nannie Joan💕
€50
Orla Sheil
€50
Eleanor Smyth
€50
Sean Fitzpatrick
Well done Abigail - what a great cause!
€50
Joy Kearns
Best of luck 😃
€50
Joanne Greenan
Well done Isabelle - great cause
€50
Olive Fitzpatrick
Good girl so proud of you
€50
Kay Desmond
Sleep well Girls!
€50
Claire Mccambridge
Best of Luck Layla Star 😴😴 xx
€50
Paddy & Emma
Good luck with it Anna from Paddy & Emma
€50
Sally Tierney
Best of luck Ellis love Granny
€50
C&s
You are inspiring Evelyn.
€50
Judy Gleeson
€50
Alice O’connell
Great cause Layla. Best of luck
€50
Maggie Fitzgerald
Great thing to do 🥰
€50
Cian Duggan
Well done everyone
€50
Dave Carragher
Well done khloe
€50
Darragh Duggan
€50
Robert Bell King
€50
Pat Ryan
Well Done Maeve. It is a worthy cause. You should be prod of your contribution
€50
Paul Sinnott
€50
Diane Kohlbacher
€50
Paul Boyce
€50
Garrett Donohoe
€50
Grace Burns
€50
Broombridge Business Centre
€50
Eugene Donohoe
€50
Grace Herbert
you go girl - proud of you Amelia
€50
Cathy Slattery
Best of Luck Ello!!!
€50
Colin Devlin
Well done Ellis!
€50
Anonymous
€50
John Heaney
Fair play tobyou Eva!!
€40
Paddy & Kay May
Great work Ellamay xx
€40
Eoin Keane
€40
Emily Brady
€40
Ben & Michelle
€40
Brian And Sylvia
Well done holly
€40
Anonymous
€40
Anonymous
Stay warm Favourite goddaughter!
€40
Granny & Granda
Great cause Holly. Very proud of you. Xx
€40
G,s,j And S
Good luck Layla
€40
Marjorie Murphy
Great work Ellamay so proud of you .
€37
John Curran
Well done Ella! Jx
€30
Sharon
€30
Mark
€30
Adam Cole
€30
Jane Keane
Well done Sophie, I hope you sleep well!!!
€30
Michael Hearns
Hope the weather stays fine for your adventure for FocusIreland
€30
Rachel Mooney
Good Luck Ez xxx
€30
Richie Sheil
€30
Donal
€30
Eoin & Kate
Well done in raising money for such a good cause!
€30
Sheena
Best of Luck Mil Mil
€30
Janet Ross
Bravo Abigail and to all the group.
€30
Simon Lavin
Well done Sophia - great cause !
€30
Caitriona Doherty
The best of luck on your sleepout Maeve. Well done on supporting a good cause.
€30
Anne Heaney
Great cause ,Eva
€30
Jessica Carroll
Well done Sophia 👏
€30
Leonie
Well done Maeve!
€30
Eileen Atkins
Well done Alex
€30
Roch Cantwell
€30
Daideo And Orla
Best of luck Florence, from Orla and Daideo
€30
Ashlynne Byrne
Well done Holly zx
€30
Ruth , Roisin , Gerry And Daisy
Ella you are great and we love you always . Fair play . You can do it. Love Ruth, Gerry and Daisy 🥰🥰🥰
€29
Anonymous
€25
Vicki Sloan
€25
Ruby Kearns
€25
Taco Ez
€25
Ailbhe Cole
€25
Kelvin
Well done Isobelle, a worthy cause ❤️
€25
Anonymous
€25
Uncle Mick!
€25
Aunty Denise ❤️
Hope nobody snores !!
€25
Feargal
€25
Gmo M
Well done Lara. Very noble cause! Best wishes
€25
Ross Dalton
€25
David Leonard
€25
Ger & Christy Gallagher
Very impressive Maeve best wishes for an enjoyable experience it is a worthy cause.
€25
Stephanie Leonard
Well done Ella x
€25
Kyle Kohlbacher
€25
Roisin King
€25
Sinead Donohoe
Well done Julianne 👏 ✔️
€25
Mary Mcmorrow
Congrats Maeve on your decision to sleep out for a night for a worthy cause
€25
Maja Hatton
€25
James Hatton
€25
George Brady
🦜
€25
Deirdre Donohoe
€25
Shane Ryan
€24
Rory
€21
Róisín Keane
Welldone Sophie!
€21
Sarah Litton
€21
Cjsc Xxxx
WELL DONE LAYLA
€21
Ann Devitt
Good luck Caitlin!
€21
Anonymous
€21
Mike Fitzgerald
🥱……. 🛌…… 😴💤💤💤💤…. 👊
€21
Grainne Hely
Good on you Julianne
€21
Aideen Murray
Great cause! Best of luck to you and all the girls 👏
€21
Mark Diamond-kelly
€21
Aideen Kelly
€21
Catherine Casey
€21
Anonymous
€21
Gary Purcell
Well done, Elsa.
€21
Aoife, Dermot, Percy, Indy And Rua Moore
Well done Yvette!!!!
€21
Eddie Murphy
Well done kiddo
€21
Ciara Drew
Best of luck Elsa. Great cause - well done!
€21
Julie Purcell
Well done Elsa, great cause.
€21
Barrry Murphy
Great work Ellamay!!!
€21
Sara
Well done Lara 😍
€21
Dee Lyons
Well done Lara
€21
Ross Kingswood
€21
Caroline Mcdonnell
Well done Lara
€21
David Sheeran
Best of luck Lara
€21
Clodagh And Ben
€21
Anonymous
€21
Adam Rowbotham
Well done Aela!
€21
Edie Gleeson
€21
Senan And Darcy
Very best of luck Leah great cause
€21
Louisa Lally
Well done - such a great cause ❤️
€21
Shane
€21
Shane Doyle
€21
Gavdog
Yo bro
€21
Veronica Mcmahon
€21
Róisín Ryan
€21
Gordon Watson
Good luck from your dad’s weird golfing pals
€21
Anne Mooney
Best of luck Holly . It’s a great thing you are doing ❤️❤️
€21
Majken Hansen
Very cool, Alex! Hope you have a good night sleeping outside. Love Majken
€21
Padraig Bishop
€21
Louise
€21
Maria Keogh
Well done Lara a great cause !
€21
Veronica Casey
€21
Catherine Spillane
Good luck and well done Lara xoxo
€21
Catriona Kelly
Best of luck with this Ava. Well done you! 🙂
€21
Kevin O'meara
€21
Donal Mcnally
Well done Alice
€21
Libby Tierney
Good luck
€21
Emma Whelan
€21
M Ritchie
€21
Una Nash
€21
Maeve Mcdonald
€21
Elaine Hughes
Well done Holly. Xx
€21
Rory Pratt
€21
Louise Johnston
Good Lassie.
€21
Eoin Keane
€21
Alana Byrne
Go Khloe!
€21
Paul Mc Mahon
Good luck Khloe.
€21
Gillian Fizgerald
€21
Grainne Markey
Best of luck
€21
Anonymous
€21
Louise Bready
€21
Anonymous
Good luck Ellamay
€21
Ciara Murray
Best of luck Aela. Great cause 👏👏
€21
Anonymous
Well done !
€21
Alan Mcmahon
Khloe good job 💚
€21
Anonymous
Well done Aela. X
€21
Dara Jennings
I think you're great
€21
Sylvain
Yippee
€21
Gerry Gibney
Good luck Ava
€20
Anonymous
€20
Stephen Power
Well done Hannah! Good actions make a good person x
€20
Claire Fitz
€20
Loretta Walsh
Best of luck. Such a worthy cause.
€20
Jean &john Hughes
Well done Holly. X
€20
Anonymous
€20
Aisling Houston
€20
Maretta
Good luck Molly on your endeavours to help this worthy cause
€20
Michelle Woods
€20
Anonymous
Good luck Ellamay
€20
Kieran Walsh
Best of luck to Florence and all the girls.
€20
Jan Lorenc
€20
Niamh Walsh
Best of luck, its a great cause
€20
Deirdre Heaney
Good luck Eva!
€20
Sandra O Sullivan
Best of luck Isabelle 🩷
€20
Richard Sheil
Well done Alex.
€20
Polly Jean Carroll
€20
Eileen Feery
Well done Holly
€20
Eamonn Green
€20
Neil O Flynn
Best of luck Layla!! Uncle Neil
€20
Nana Hazel
Well done ❤️
€20
Paraic Cliffe
Well done Leia and crew 😊
€20
Lynn Clarke
Well done Holly,a great cause x
€20
Eileen O'sullivan
Best of luck
€20
Maria Forsyth
Well done khloe
€20
Claire L
€20
Anonymous
Well done Holly
€20
Claire Daly
€20
Paul Keaveny
Great project Well done
€20
Gillian & Mark Mooney
Best of luck Holly! Great cause xx
€20
Cat Daunt
Well done Ella! Xx
€20
Olwen Donovan
Well Done my lovely GodDaughter you smashed it x
€20
Eoin & Claudia
Well done Ella!
€20
Jane Oshea
Best of luck Layla,great cause!
€20
Emma Hughes
€20
Declan Faller
€17
Ger Farrell
€15
Anonymous
€15
Sheila Farrell
€15
Ciara Boyle
€15
Emma Murphy
Good luck Julianne, well done!!
€15
Izzy Howe
€12
Roisin Gilmour
Way to go Lauren! Stay warm ❤️
€10
Anonymous
Good luck from Auntie Nicola
€10
Mairéad
Well done Alice
€10
Eve Kilgallon
💫⭐️
€10
Jessica Griffey
Good luck !!!
€10
Patrick Roche
€10
Anna Bracken
Good luck
€10
Louise O’reilly
Well done Julianne
€10
Nichola Kinch
Fair play Julianne!
€10
Charlie Sheil
€10
Maeve Brady
€10
Anonymous
€10
Wen
€10
James O Reilly
Good luck Julianne, remember to wrap up warm 😀
€10
Caroline Roche
Good luck Alice!
€10
Lukie
Best of luck Ella 🙌
€10
Maureen Callinan
Well done Ella 🫶
€10
Anonymous
€10
Ger Connell
Well done Leah and fair play for doing this to raise awareness 🙌🏻🙌🏻❤️
€10
Sarah Leith
Well done Amelia.
€10
A C
€10
Michael Roche
Best of luck Alice 🥰
€10
Jennifer Lyons
Well done Sarah xo
€10
Uncle Phil
Best of Luck Emma!
€10
Catherine
Good luck Emma
€10
Anonymous
Best of luck Molly
€10
Joan Mcevoy
Good luck Ella, well done ❤️
€10
Anonymous
€10
Anonymous
Best of Luck Layla
€10
Mark White
€10
Annemarie
Well done Ella. Proud of you x Ree
€10
Tara Bell King
Well done
€10
Holly Hughes
Well done Khloe - have fun!
€10
Celia Browne
€10
Maresa Mcdonald
Well done Alice
€10
Anonymous
Best of luck Holly.
€10
Ellen Boyd
€10
Ciara Smith
Good luck Khloe
€10
Jimmy Bolton Jnr
€10
Declan Smyth
€10
Anonymous
€10
Susan Spellman
Best of luck!
€10
Rebecca Byrne
Well done Holly!
€10
Joanne Cliffe
Good luck x
€10
Ryan O'flynn
Best of luck Maeve. You’re the best.
€10
Lucy Roche
Well done Alice!
€10
Samantha Reddy
€5
Ellen Tracey
Welldone Hannah
€5
Mark Charles
Good luck
€5
Rachel Mccormack
€5
Cate Sweeney
This is all I got 😂
€5
Éabha Leonard
gowan
€5
Martha Walsh
Good luck 🤞
€5
Éabha Leonard
gowan alice !!
€5
Anonymous
€5
Zara Mccarthy
€5
Keava Hughes
€5
Anonymous
€2
Romeo ⚽️
guess who ⚽️😌
€1
The Real Sam Shanahan
The real Sam shanahan not the other joke called Sam Shan
€1
From Sam Shan ❤️
Yours truly xx
€1
Jake John
together forever 🥰
€1
Jake Johnson
The real Jake johnson dunno who Jake John is
€1
Brother
Fairs
Our Team Members
Aoife McHenry
Patrick Byrne
Niamh O’Donoghue
€255
Elizabeth Burke
€100
Caitlin bennett
€21
Daisy Anglin
Emily Brady
€526
Amelia Doyle
€176
Doireann Doyle
Maggie Sweeney
€571
Leah Furlong
€101
Brooke Kilcoyne
€10
Anna Dunphy
Amelia chapman
Grace Carney
Yuxin He
Maeve O’Flynn
€271
Ella Conlan
€236
Maiya Taaffe
Alice McNally
€157
Maja Surmacz
€10
Lauren Creevey
€125
Isobelle Gillen
€45
Lauren Tuthill
Suzie Maher
Sadhbh Swan
Emma Hogan
€55
Ciara Saville
Grace Kershaw
Julia Hatton
€50
Juliette Moir
€54
Sarah Cruise
€100
Lauren McHugh
Ellamay Murphy
€257
Isabelle Greenan
€270
Harriet Gleeson
€421
Anna Walkin
Emma Curran
Lily Webster
€75
Ellis Slattery
€271
Deanna Buckley
Florence Walsh
€270
Jessica Bree
Khloe Gierszewska
€72
Leia Lawlor
€240
Molly Booth
€285
Clodagh Denn
Ezra Cole
€220
Caoilfhionn Padgett
Alexandra Egan
Lucy Doolin
€80
Eimear Buggy
Alice Gilmore
€55
Alex Cunningham
€90
Lauren Ellis
€152
Emily Dalton
Aoife Dempsey
€131
Elsa Purcell
€429
Aoife Noonan
€100
Emma Hennessy
Isabelle Byrne
€215
Evelyn McGoldrick
€276
Niamh Arcan
€110
Aela Rowbotham
€231
Julianne Donohoe
€246
Rachel Lacy
€147
Ellie Reid
Abigail fitzpatrick
€205
Isabelle O’Rourke
€10
Abigail Mumford
Grace Geraghty
Holly Hooper
Gillian Fizgerald
€21
Ella McEvoy
€291
Anna Bracken
€60
Andrea Collins
Holly Fennessy
€40
Yvette Sinnott
€131
Lara Donelon
€781
Alice Keane
€60
Amelia Conway
€332
Aisling d Byrne
Vanessa Heap
Gabby Donohoe
€205
Robyn O’Malley
Yazmin Forde
€100
Amber Smith
Emily McKenna
€252
Sophia ellard
Juliette Shortt
Ava Griffey
€591
Izzy Howe
€15
Emma Johnston
€208
Ella Curran
€236
Holly Mooney
€302
Maria O’Connor
€250
Molly Tiernan
€200
Sophia Lavin
€337
Daisy McLoughlin
€10
Chloe Nevin
€250
Saoirse Feeney
€165
Aisling M Byrne
€111
Aoibhe Boyle
€126
Faye Kelleher
Asha O’Sullivan
Eva Duggan
€311
Amelie Lewis
€55
Katie Noone
Ellen Lynch
Siun McCarthy
Polly Jean Carroll
€20
Ava Kelly
€84
Ella hayes
Layla McCambridge
€287
Alexandra Trench
€547
Maddy Lorenc
€75
Sophie Keane
€197
Leah Ternullo
€130
Ruby Kearns
€25
Laila Mooney
Kitty O Reilly
€25
Robyn Stafford
Olivia Barrett
Hannah Tracey
€241
Róise Padgett
Lelia Jennings
€42
Congratulations and well done girls. Fantastic achievement. Aine & Mick