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Help us reach our goal of €1000

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Raised

€750

Our Goal

€1,000

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€125

Could help provide one week of training and educational supports for a young person.
€70

Could help provide a family with children the day-to-day case management they need to find a home of their own.
€40

Could help provide a family with the first vital support session once they become homeless.
€25

Could help provide 5 hot, nutritious meals in the Focus Ireland Coffee Shop.

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Mission Statement

Focus Ireland are driven by the fundamental belief that homelessness is wrong. They work with people who need support to avoid becoming homeless and who need help to end their experience of homelessness and move into a safe and secure home. From the very beginning, their work has been rooted in deep listening to people, learning about the problems and risks they face and pointing to where the solutions lie. 

We’re sleeping out against homelessness

This October 11, something a little different is happening at our school. Instead of heading home after the final bell, our school will be swapping our warm beds for sleeping bags for our School 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 I 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

Jen

Good luck Transition Year on the sleep out 👍 and especially to David x

€50

Edele Muldoon

Well done 👏

€50

Mary

€50

May, Anthony, June And Lorna Gallagher

Well done Michelle

€50

Karrieanne Shannon

Good luck Taylormay, Super Proud of you

€30

Saoirse Gethins

€25

Chantal Doyle

Well done to Ethan and his class

€25

Keelan Zoschke

€25

Fiona Howley

€25

Karen Waters

Best of Luck David

€20

Emer Ryan

Well done everyone.

€20

Anonymous

€20

Nanny Gwen

Well done Chick xxx💖

€20

Patricia Gallagher

Good luck Michelle

€20

Magda 🤍

You go girl

€20

Maeve Monaghan

Great work and a great cause

€20

Jackie Gallagher

Good lluck Michelle

€20

Lucretia Murphy

€15

Nancy, Paul, Bonnie & Josh Brennan

Good luck Michelle from the Brennan's

€15

Paulina Gabryszak

€10

Danny Lenehan

Good Luck Odhrán from Danny!

€10

Florence Carty

Good luck with your sleep out Michelle

€10

Jake Callaghan

Well done Michelle

€10

Kamil Pszczoła

€10

Leigh, Lisa Jasper & Milo

€10

Agnieszka Pszczola

€10

Gareth And Valerie Mcloughlin

Best of luck

€10

Magda Pszczola

€10

Nina Perepecina

❤️

€10

Vivienne Byrne

€10

Neil Johnston

€10

Bernadette Maughan

well done

€5

Anonymous

€5

Sean

🧑‍🧒

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