Thanks to your support, my sleep out could provide:
29
hours of one-on-one support for a child with a dedicated Child Support Worker
or
32
nutritious meals in the Focus Ireland Coffee Shop
or
45
hours access to Focus Ireland’s education service PETE (Preparation for Education, Training & Employment)
“From a small purchase to a big difference.” -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, I'm going to be doing something to help. I’ll be joining my school for a School Sleep Out for Focus Ireland's Shine A Light, trading my 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 adults, children and even some older folk without a home is just unacceptable.
For a more personal note, it is often I see, when walking to and from school or to some other place, some homeless person, both young and old, sitting out there in the cold. Sometimes, they just sit in front of a shop and ask for any spare change, or other times have a tent set up in some public area for any sort of shelter from the often unforgiving weather of Ireland. I once even a person once sleeping outside on some grass in a sleeping bag alone, with only trees for shelter from the Irish weather. Every time I see this, I feel awful and sympathetic for these people but even more so when I realise I myself can’t do much about it, for even if I give them all of my spare change it would only be enough to get them by for a day or so and it would not improve their state of living one single bit.
This is why I ask you, from the bottom of my heart, to please donate some money for this cause for if we work together, every little bit we donate together has the potential to change someone’s life from sleeping outside with only a sleeping bag to their name to having a place to live in. For some change that would have been near worthless to us, maybe letting us buy a coffee or protein bar, it certainly could make a difference in somebody else’s life.
My Achievements

Shared Page

Self donated

50% of Fundraising Target

Reached Fundraising Target

Increased Fundraising Target

Invited a Friend

Completed Sleepout

Challenged a Friend
Thank you to my Sponsors

€55
Fiona M

€25
Karolina Strzelecka
A great cause to raise money for. Well done, Damian!

€21
Cezary Fraczyk

€21
Kasia
Bravo Damian

€21
Natalie Ryan
Well done Damien very proud of you!!

€20
Aisling Keane
Our Team

Stephen Kavanagh (C)
€176.00

Katie O Brien
€174.00

Dylan Fay
€205.00

James Heffernan
€155.00

Ryan Quane
€585.00

Danielle Louise Poral
€172.01

Stefan Anghel

Hannah Watters
€191.00

Sadhbh McCluskey
€155.00

niamh hughes
€131.00

Kayla Jeyifous

Alex Fernandez
€390.00

Aodhán Spillane
€30.00

Finn Barron
€300.00

Tessa Rycraft
€216.00

Lily Beasley
€310.00

Sam Feeley
€295.00

Sarah McGoldrick
€50.00

James Mcgoldrick
€50.00

Roisin O'Toole
€165.00

Clíona Magerusan

Ruby Windelev

Harry McGrath
€638.00

Joshua Campbell
€442.00

Christopher Hudson
€75.00

Ella Kilmartin

Ekaterina Ivanova
€10.00

Frank Durr
€176.00

David George
€263.00

Adrianna Malejki
€21.00

Sarah Mehdiloo-Drobnik
€592.00

Sean Crowley

Sophie Loughran
€205.00

Melanie Arent

Patrick Cahill

Yanorsh Akhriev

Jack Turner
€250.00

Penny Cherry hughes
€115.00

Ciara Lavery

Ethan maher
€70.00

Kayla Brennan
€244.00

Jessica Mahady
€100.00

Will Bolt
€100.00

Tife Ologun

Ysabel Castañeda
€90.00

Kate Ayres
€51.00

Odhran Lawlor
€211.00

Robert Ward

Shauna Guiney

Grace Ward

Emma Roe

Charli Oflynn
€5.00

Lucas O’Brien Adán
€162.00

Max King

Sahil K

Darragh Barber

Kaleum Gibson

Éilis McLaughlin
€156.00

Oran Grogan
€254.00

Zach Donnelly

Ailbhe O’Sullivan
€359.00

Seán Jordan
€222.00

Aidan obrien

Luke O’Connor
€230.00

Ethan Oliver
€131.00

Ryan Cantwell
€210.00

Jessica Paine
€212.00

Luke Webster

Damian Fraczyk
€163.00

Phillip Gibson

Seamus Yap

Mackenzie Ockochinski

Isabelle Abdelhamid
€50.00

Odhran Lawlor

Geoffrey OConnor

Megan O’Leary

Isabelle Murray
€112.00

Arxhei ibraj
€128.00

Liam Clarke

Cliona Campion
€41.00

Jack-David Kelly

Aoibhinn O'Farrell

Tyler costello
€326.00

Elsie Anuge

Ijeoma Okike
€16.00

Oisin Dooley

Lucas hanaphy
€100.00

Paul O grady

Amelie Ribeiro

Callum Grant
€239.00

Sophie Walsh
€147.00

Jamie O’Sullivan

Cassie Ward

Brody O’Connor
€500.00

Caroline Sobczak

Oisín C. White

Haya Kazi

Ciaran Malone

Isabelle Barriscale

Ganel Ceaser
€5.00

Odhran Biddlecombe
€532.00

Jacob Mcgarry
€633.00

Rebecca Kenny
€256.00

Sophie Walsh

kate nolan
€150.00

Katherine McGowan
€176.00

Bea Rescate

Nathan Donovan
€154.00

Aoibheann Baugh
€61.00

Adam indulski

Maria Diez

Koie Lam
€55.00

Imogen Flint

Sean Byrne

Eliottt whelan

Oliwier Przybylik

Madison Webster

Francescco Vicari

Well done Damian