We’re sleeping out against homelessness
This October 11, Ursuline College Sligo TY students are testing themselves for an amazing cause. The students will be swapping their warm beds for sleeping bags for a Sleep Out as part of Focus Ireland’s Shine A Light, proudly supported by Bord Gáis Energy.
It might sound a little crazy, but the reality of homelessness is even more so. Think about it: over 4,000 children in our country don't have a safe place to sleep to call home. They can’t relax and be carefree after a long day at school. Instead, they are faced with stress and uncertainty that no child should have to deal with.
That’s why we think it is important for our school to take part in the sleep out – 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 support our school fundraiser 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
€100
Kari Keane
€100
Johntiernan
Fantastic effort, Sienna. Well done and congratulations to all your pals and all involved. Your grand uncle John, aka JJ xx
€70
Mnop
Mnop
€70
Mnop
Mnop
€70
Tom Macsharry
Best of luck to Maria and all the students raising money for a great cause.
€70
Lee
Good luck Sophia
€70
Patrick Mc Sharry
Paddy
€60
Elma
Goid luck Jessica xx
€60
Eugene Mcgoldrick
Lots of love x
€60
Anne Maguire
€50
Claire Taheny
Well done Anais
€50
Denise Obrien
€50
Damian Flynn
Well done Tara
€50
Anonymous
€50
Rebecca Marshall
€50
Brendan O'connor
€50
Johnny Lynch
€50
Yvonne Rooney
Well done Sienna from Nana and grandad
€50
Anna-marie Kelly
€50
Gareth And Valerie Mcloughlin
Best of luck
€50
Anonymous
€50
Anne-marie Mcgowan
€50
Mary Golden
Good luck Kate ☺️ very proud of you!!
€50
Michael And Louie Walsh Walsh
€50
Thomas Holly Hegarty
€50
Granny, Grandad, Frances & Rob
Well done Eloise! From all at Ballynagalliagh House xx
€50
Andrea Callaghan
€50
Paul And Martina Mitchell
€50
Denis O Shea
Well done Thea.
€50
Ciaran And Judy Mulderrig
Best of luck Hannah. XX
€50
Anonymous
Well done Lucy !
€50
Cathy Mulligan
Best of luck xx
€50
Patrick Golden
Well done Kate
€50
Leo Rooney
Best of luck Sienna from uncle Leo
€50
Anonymous
Best of luck
€40
Auntie Patsy & Family X
Well done Maryanne what a lovely thing to do for such a great cause x
€40
Niclas Teichert
€40
John Mcnicholas
From Owen & Nana
€40
Ronan
€40
Bernadette Flynn
Well done Tara
€40
Anonymous
€40
Geraldine Gray
Good luck Annie, Mum and Dad xxxx
€40
Andrea & Bribri
Proud of you!
€40
Rosaleen Beirne
Well done Ciara
€40
Anonymous
Best of luck to all the girls, keep warm and safe
€40
Paul
Well done Eloise
€40
Anonymous
€40
Hastingses
Good on yo Eabha, a great cause. Love from Hilary, Matt, Ronan and Caitriona xox
€40
Barry & Elisha Gallagher
Best of luck with the fundraiser Courtney. Fair play to you 👏👍🙌
€40
Jane Oates
€40
Mary Gavin
€40
Noeleen Conlon
Well done Mary Anne. Great cause
€40
The Fallon Famiky
Well done Kate, fundraising in aid of a great cause.
€40
Orla And Peadar
Best of luck Annie XX
€30
May Greene
Good luck Katie & Well done x
€30
Ray And Carolyn
Good luck Maryanne. Great cause. Ray and carolyn
€30
Mia & Bennie
€30
Anonymous
€30
Laura Flynn
€30
Kathryn Tully
Best of luck Soph - great cause! Xx
€30
Mary & Seamus Devaney
€30
Amy And Gwen
€30
Joe & Mary Mcdonnell
Well done Eabha. Great cause. So proud of you
€30
John Mcnicholas
enjoy your sleepover!
€30
Zara Amd Gareth
Best of luck
€30
Katie Rooney
Well done Sienna xx
€30
Sheila And Damo.
So proud of you Hannah. Best of luck. X
€30
Terry & Paul
Good luck to Meg and team!
€30
Thomas Maguire
€30
Tj And Éabha
Wrap up warm
€30
Daniel Smith
Well done Soenna, best of luck. Scal.
€30
Maureen Bousfield
So proud maryanne , well done auntie Maureen and uncle John xxxxx
€25
Lyncher
Well done best of luck sienna
€25
Andrea Lynch
€25
Sinead Rooney
A very good cause Anna, best of luck with it.
€25
Ken, Janine, Toby & Max
Hope it's warm and dry!!
€25
Celine Hunter
€25
Clare Tully
Well done Sophia😀
€25
Alan Sheerin
€25
Maura & Allen Cummins
Best of luck Katie xxxx
€25
Madeleine
€25
Frankie
€25
Kathleen Jinks
Good luck Katie from Kathleen and John xx
€25
Caroline Walshe
Well done Courtney 🥰 xxx
€25
Gavin Lynch
€25
James
Great job Eloise!!
€25
Stephen Daly
🥰
€25
Ann Schlageter
Very proud of you Courtney Love, Auntie Ann NY
€25
Maria Mcsharry
Well done Maria
€25
Sorcha Mc Manus
Best of luck with this
€25
Anonymous
€25
Caroline Ryan
€25
Fiona Bennett
Well done Hannah.
€25
Matthew Clarke
Best of luck from Abu Dhabi
€25
Damien Shannon
€25
Ciaran Bruen
€25
Paul Kelly
€25
Ronan Ward
€25
Rosie And Thomas Ford
€25
Declan Bruen
Well done Aoife
€25
Gwenn Ward
€25
Maureen Walshe
€25
Rita Kennedy
€25
Margaret Regan
Well done Áine.
€20
Anonymous
€20
Laura Keane
€20
Paul Kenny
€20
Mindi
👏
€20
Chris Kelly
Good luck sienna
€20
Matthew Fitzpatrick
Well done Caoimhe
€20
Jason Clancy
€20
Ray Fitzpatrick
Well done Sienna,very worthy cause.
€20
Edel Mcdonough
Well done Caoimhe, from all the McDs
€20
Niamh Heaney
Well done Meg & good luck on the sleepout!
€20
Orla Keaveny
Best of luck Meg. Wrap up well.
€20
Eamon
Good luck
€20
Miriam Mcgee
Good luck Ciara
€20
Niall Mac Donald
€20
Anonymous
€20
Sinead Kenny
Good on ya Grainne!
€20
Sean Creaven
€20
Victoria Monahan
Good luck Terese!
€20
Cliona Fitzpatrick
Good luck Caoimhe
€20
Noel And Dolores Rooney
A great initiative, best of luck with it Anna.
€20
Breda Martyn
€20
Cara Monahan
€20
Sheena Walshe
Well done Courtney on volunteering for such a wonderful organisation. Im sure you will gain alot from this experience aswell as an insight into homelessness today.
€20
Errin Monahan
I'm so proud of you sweetie 🐻
€20
Mairead O'leary
Well done Grace great cause Best of luck Mairead Danny Ryan and jaimee
€20
Patricia Falla
Best of luck Ava, great thing your doing . Peter and Tricia
€20
Máire Hunt
Good luck with the sleepout Shannon
€20
Frankie & Blaise
Well done
€20
Breege Mc Gee
Good luck from Granny and Grandad
€20
Seanie
Good luck pal! ❤️ Seanie, Angela & Olivia x
€20
Geraldine Keaveney
Well done Katie, so proud of you taking part in this event xx
€20
Orla Rooney
Best of luck Anna. Such a worthy cause. Orla
€20
Laura Walsh
Good luck Nicola.
€20
Sinead Horan
Best of luck Thea
€20
Aoife Rooney
€20
Auntie Val
Best of luck Shannon 💞
€20
Lorcan Rooney
Anna, fair play to you for doing this asot is a great cause. Best of Luck. Uncle Lorcan.
€20
Grainne Rooney
Best of luck Anna
€20
Aoife O Hara
Good luck Eabha
€20
Steven
Great stuff! 💪
€20
Steven Gallagher
€20
Ben Creaven
€20
Martina
€20
Paul Clarke
Well done Meg.
€20
Paul Martina Mcgee
Good luck Ciara
€20
Majella Mohan-coady
€20
Richard White
Best of luck Shannon
€20
Nanny White
Well done and good Shannon from Nanny ❤️
€20
Orla & Seamus
€20
Jamie Mcgovern
€20
Declan Marshall
Well done Grace
€20
Shauna Kelly
€20
Delia O'connell
Best of luck Caoimhe From the O'Connells 💙💛
€20
Lorna Reilly
Well done Courtney great cause
€20
Cam
Have fun Sienna !!
€20
Tony Kelly
€20
Hannah Mcnicholas
€20
Gerry Buckley
Well Done Caoimbe your very good The Buckley Family
€20
Mary Morisson
Best of luck Anna from Granny Mary
€20
Sarah Walsh
Well done Nicola x
€20
Jaccqueline Kieenan
Good luck Anna
€20
Dylan Mcaleenan
€20
Orla
Best of luck Éabha, a super cause.. Orla & Fiadh x
€20
Ann Mcgovern
Good luck Nicola
€20
Michael Taheny
€20
Avril Healy
€20
Clíodhna And Róisín Donagher
Good luck Anna
€20
Bernie Reilly
Good girl Courtney xxx
€20
Gillian Watters
€20
Eva & James
Well done Caoimhe!
€20
Linda Perich
Good on you Katie, Best of luck x
€20
Susan Mcdonagh
€20
Leslie Mitchell
Well done Maryanne xx
€20
Richard Sherlock
€20
Nicola Heaney
€20
Jez Dedman
Good luck Shannon xx
€20
Seamus Gallagher
Well done Maria
€20
Karen Folan
Well done Sienna 👏🏻
€20
Daniel Walshe
Good on ya Courtney!
€20
Mark Mcgoldrick
Well done Sienna 🙌🏻
€20
Noreen Coen
Well done Hannah, this is a great cause 👏
€20
Michael Gallagher
Good girl Maria
€20
Katie Walshe
€20
Padraic Cunningham
Well done Caoimhe, great cause.
€20
Mel Casserly
€20
Anonymous
€20
Aaron Cawley
€20
Owen Mahon
Best of luck Sienna 👍
€20
Steven Armstrong
Well done Sienna, great cause. Steven
€20
Ronan Mccann
€20
Marie Claude Ward
€20
Catherine
€20
Emmet Casserly
€20
Courtney
€20
Emily Whelan
€20
Ciara Mcnicholl
From the McNicholls ♥️
€20
Anais Taheny
€20
Jarlath Taheny
€20
Bernie Taheny
€20
Anonymous
Good luck Eabha 👍👍Deirdre Anne
€20
Adrian Taheny
€20
Sean Rooney
Goodluck Sienna from Uncle Sean
€20
Karen Hughes
Well done Meg 👏
€20
Ian Taheny
Good cause Anais
€20
David And Sheena
Well done Eabha, great cause 👏
€20
Philomena Clancy
€20
Sharon & Paddy (best Neighbours Ever 😆)
Good on you 👏 👍
€20
Gerard Mc Kenna
A great cause Mary-Anne
€20
Darren Kearns
Best of luck Sienna, well done. Kearnsy.
€20
Katie Taheny
€20
Adrian Conlon
Best of luck Sienna, well done. Adrian.
€20
Dessie Walshe
€20
Caroline Feeney
Good luck Chloe wearing loads xxx
€20
Anonymous
Good stuff Caoimhe from O’Riordans
€20
Evelyn Kelly
Well done Aoibhinn. Love Aunty Evelyn
€20
Vicky Taheny
€20
Cameron
Well done saoirse
€20
Geraldine Byrne
Best of luck with the sleep out👏👏
€20
Maria Taylor
€20
Cora Kenny
Good Luck Chloe 🩷
€20
Sean & Maya
Best of Luck Eabha
€15
Maeve Nolan
Well done Meg, fantastic cause ❤️
€15
Lucy Prendeville
€15
Anne Tully
Best of luck Shannon
€15
Pauline Kellett
€15
Pauline Kellett
€10
Noreen Woods
Great Cause Ciara Good Luck ☘️
€10
Anonymous
€10
Saoirse
€10
Conor Mcgovern
€10
Hanna
€10
Noel And Dolores Rooney
€10
Dylan H
€10
Emer Woods
Good luck Ciara 👏
€10
David
€10
David Walshe
Well done, Courtney.
€10
Louis Walsh
Your great Nicola!!
€10
Feargal Rooney
Well done Sienna!
€10
Ann Marie Gallagher
Best of luck Courtney xx
€10
Majella Barry
Great cause - well done Shannon.
€10
Mar Healy
€10
Jamie Mcgoldrick
€10
Frankie Carty
Best of luck Hannah and co
€10
Roisin Kelly
€10
Tom Mcnicholas
Good luck Hannah I hope it's not too cold.
€10
Gems
Well done Abbie🫶🏻
€10
Annie G
Well done, great cause x
€10
Nia Mh
€10
Sally Donnelly
€10
Georgina Clancy
Well done and good luck Shannon, a worthy cause
€10
Josh Mcdonagh
€10
Anonymous
€10
Zara Mcgovern
€10
Breda Keane
€10
Karrieanne Shannon
Best of luck Kayleigh
€10
Barry O'connor
€10
Katie Kelly
Best of luck Anna!
€10
Monica Rooney
Best of luck Sienna
€10
Louise And Kayne X
Good luck Shannon xxx
€10
Eleanor Stanley
Good luck Caoimhe and well chosen project.
€10
Josephine Quinn
€10
Josephine Quinn
€10
Kyle Cawley
€10
Steve Feeney
Best of luck
€10
Orlaith Lynch
€10
Ross Downey
€10
Lee Marshall
€10
Nicky Devins
€10
John Conlon
Well done 👏
€10
Ciaran O'boyle
Well done Sienna and best of luck. Scholsey 👏
€10
Andrea Gannon
€10
Colette
€10
Patricia Quinn
€10
Patricia Quinn
€10
Walt And Skyler
From both of us. 👍
€10
Georgina Stallard
€10
Patrica Quinn
€10
Patrica Quinn
€10
Danny Young
€10
Steve
€5
Sheelagh Creaven
€5
Hannah O’brien
€5
Mary Clarke
€5
Chloe Kenny
€5
Kate Walsh
good luck
€5
Bronagh Quinn
€5
Bronagh Quinn
€5
Neela Burgess
€5
Carmel Mcsharry
All the best Maria
€5
Jesse Pinkman
Good thing you doing yo!
€5
Ciara Beirne
Our Team Members
Ursuline College Sligo
€50
Ella McCann
€20
blathnaid mc carthy
hannah mcnicholas
€180
Ceola Vogt
Meg Heaney
€170
Erin F.Pineda
Sophia Nicholson
€160
Sheena Clarke
Katie Mulligan
€50
Sine Kelly
Katie Gardiner
Sienna Kelly
€640
Aine Devaney
€55
Ava Gerrity
Ciara Beirne
€45
Courtney Walsh lang
€330
Jessica O'connor
€270
Anais Taheny
€210
Saoirse Stallard
€70
Katie Healy
€90
Katie McDonagh
€90
Katie Langan
abbie mcgowan
€40
Emma Carroll
Aimee Flynn
€30
Eabha O hara
€220
Ciara Mc gee
€50
Neela Burgess
€5
kate golden
€140
Sarah Cosgrove
Leah Mccallion
Ciara Murphy
€50
Niamh Murphy
€50
Annie Gray
€80
Caoimhe O’Rourke
Lucy Byrne
€70
Mary-Anne Mitchell
€320
Maria Mcsharry
€180
Aoife Casserly
€110
Aoibhinn Kelly
€185
katie ohara
Nicola Walsh
€390
Caomhóg
€25
Shannon Clancy
€230
Lanna Young
ella rochford
Clodagh Lee
€50
Tara Flynn
€90
Dearbhla Cunningham
Hannah O’Brien
€85
chloe kenny
€90
Eva Mae Sweeney
Grainne Mac Donald
€65
Éabha Fennelly
Anna McGuire
€235
Lidia Raiwa
€10
Terese Monahan
€60
Faye Keegan
Eloise O’Rourke
€205
ally carty
Lucy Keane
€120
Kate Smith
Sophia Sweeney
€50
Faye Mcgarry
Freyja Mullen Whelan
€265
Caoimhe Daly
€240
Ava McGowan
€185
laura walsh
jane oates
€40
Ella niland
Saorla Byrne
Kasia Mcmahon
Thea OBrien
€120
Rhona Kerlin
Grace Marshall
€245
Lanna Young
Good luck Lucy...very worthy charity 👏