Dash McCarthy

Clonturk Community College

Share my page

Thanks to your support, my sleep out could provide:

48

hours of one-on-one support for a child with a dedicated Child Support Worker

or

54

nutritious meals in the Focus Ireland Coffee Shop

or

75

hours access to Focus Ireland’s education service PETE (Preparation for Education, Training & Employment)

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. 

I’m sleeping out against homelessness.

This October 11, I won’t be heading home after school. Instead, I’ll be swapping my warm bed for a sleeping bag – all to raise awareness and funds for Focus Ireland, the national organisation tackling homelessness in Ireland.

Did you know that over 4,000 children in our country don’t have a permanent home? That’s a staggering number. Every child deserves to feel safe and secure, and a home is at the heart of that. But for too many children, this is missing.

Being a teenager comes with its own stresses – schoolwork, exams, friendships, part-time jobs, even just figuring out who you are. I can’t imagine adding homelessness on top of it all. How can you focus on exams when you’re worried about where you’ll sleep next?

That’s why I think it is important to take part in my School Sleep Out as part of Focus Ireland’s Shine A Light, proudly supported by Bord Gáis Energy. 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 show your support by donating to my fundraising page: every contribution, big or small, gets us closer to creating a future where everyone has a safe place to call home.

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

100

Monica And John

Good for you, Dash, a great and necessary cause. We'll be cheering you on. Monica and John

50

Fergal & Christine

Proud of you Dash x

40

Kate, Sonya And Juno

G’wan Dash!

20

A. Gormley

Well done Dash x

20

Dash Mccarthy

20

Úna Carmody

20

Cian O’brien

Our Team

David Neary (C)

Raised so far:

€2,470.00

Frank Doyle

Raised so far:

€880.00

Lauren Donovan

Raised so far:

€370.00

Maisie Smith

Raised so far:

€630.00

David O'Hara

Raised so far:

€254.50

Naoise Bailey

Raised so far:

€1,110.00

Jude Condren

Raised so far:

€220.00

David Todoran

Raised so far:

€5.00

Filip Marczynski

Raised so far:

€10.00

Sadbh Clancy

Raised so far:

€569.74

Bianca Matache

Raised so far:

€100.00

Calum

Raised so far:

€100.00

Sinéad Richards

Raised so far:

€250.00

Ted McEnroe

Raised so far:

€310.00

Michael Jordan

Raised so far:

€160.00

Zak Lynch

Raised so far:

€715.00

Orson Thorne

Raised so far:

€170.00

Martha Concannon

Raised so far:

€250.00

Aine O’Brien

Raised so far:

€335.00

Iseult Doggett Finnie

Raised so far:

€370.00

Eleanor O'Donnell

Raised so far:

€330.00

Enes Doner

Danann Jordan

Raised so far:

€197.00

Abigail Delaney

Raised so far:

€510.00

Meta Zelnys

Raised so far:

€32.48

Conor Paul

Raised so far:

€215.00

Lily Kelleher

Raised so far:

€244.00

Meabh Butler

Raised so far:

€405.00

Anna Winders

Raised so far:

€250.00

Abbie OReilly

Raised so far:

€120.00

Joni Coughlan Ormond

Raised so far:

€375.00

sarah reid

Raised so far:

€420.00

Naoise Martin

Raised so far:

€128.00

Asia Procopio

Raised so far:

€253.00

Charlotte Fox Gill

Raised so far:

€320.00

Max Campion

Raised so far:

€20.00

Matthew Oconnor

Raised so far:

€370.00

Milla Dalton

Raised so far:

€345.00

caitlin dunne

Raised so far:

€130.00

Eli O’Connor

Raised so far:

€275.00

Robyn Martin

Raised so far:

€240.00

Anya Typrowicz

Raised so far:

€96.00

Aaron DeBruin

Isabella Kavanagh

Raised so far:

€505.00

Tristan McKenna

Raised so far:

€92.00

Cait Nedeljkovic

Raised so far:

€33.00

William Greene

Raised so far:

€50.00

Zoë Connor

Raised so far:

€250.00

Laoise Donnelly

Raised so far:

€475.00

Tymek Rudzinski

Raised so far:

€480.00

Andrew Reaney

Paula Lynch

Raised so far:

€131.50

Rory O’Shaughnessy

Tallulah Bibilashvili

Raised so far:

€150.00

julie james

Raised so far:

€85.00

Joe Rouse

Raised so far:

€40.00

Anton Sokolov

Alice Finucane

Raised so far:

€270.00

Isabelle Ryan

Raised so far:

€210.00

Dash McCarthy

Raised so far:

€270.00

Milo Acosta

Raised so far:

€315.00

Lucy Mcdonnell

Raised so far:

€145.00

Carly McDermott

Raised so far:

€260.00

Lucy Pepper

Raised so far:

€35.00

Maya Kostick

Raised so far:

€200.00

Patrick Cullen

Raised so far:

€220.00

Ryan Harvey

Raised so far:

€306.00

Éanna Furlong

Raised so far:

€270.00

Jake Conway

Raised so far:

€390.00

Ezekiel Basa

Raised so far:

€140.00

Sinéad White

Raised so far:

€545.00

Conor Nolan

Raised so far:

€390.00

Sienna Moran

Raised so far:

€220.00

Harry O’Meara

Raised so far:

€195.00

Hazel Dunphy

Raised so far:

€265.00

Emma Hall

Raised so far:

€130.00

Joshua Quinn

Raised so far:

€250.00

Fynton Obrien

Ciarán Culhane

Raised so far:

€50.00

Christopher Johnston

Raised so far:

€80.00

Gareth Sexton

Raised so far:

€185.00

Isabel Hickey

Raised so far:

€390.00

Eoin Ruxton

Raised so far:

€100.00

Carmen Torres

Raised so far:

€370.00

Leon Power

Josh Hogarty

Pearl Currie

Raised so far:

€270.00

Oran Sheeran

Raised so far:

€100.00

Sol O’Connor

Raised so far:

€485.00

Cody Redmond

Raised so far:

€250.00

Elliott Mann

Ananmay Gupta

Raised so far:

€55.00

Liam O Neill

Raised so far:

€180.00

Finn Scully

Raised so far:

€207.00

Connor Moffatt

Raised so far:

€305.00

Colm Dineen

Raised so far:

€325.00

Zak Lynch

Raised so far:

€40.00

Ben O Connor

Raised so far:

€250.00

Cillian Velut Sandford

Richard Doran

Raised so far:

€295.00

Cathal Mcdonnell

Raised so far:

€205.00