We’re sleeping out against homelessness
This October 11, our team from DBFL will be doing something a little different. We'll be swapping our warm beds for sleeping bags to take part in a nationwide sleep out to raise awareness and funds for Focus Ireland, the national organisation tackling homelessness in Ireland.
At DBFL we care deeply about our community, and homelessness is an issue that touches us all. It doesn't discriminate - homelessness has many faces, and it can happen to anyone. A sudden illness, a job loss, a family breakdown - these are just some of the events that can push someone into homelessness, leaving them with uncertainty and fear.
This is why, on October 11, we will be stepping outside our comfort zone and participating in Focus Ireland’s Shine A Light, proudly supported by Bord Gáis Energy. While a one-night sleep out is certainly not the same, it offers a glimpse into the vulnerability and hardship faced by thousands of people in Ireland without a safe and secure home.
This issue becomes even more heartbreaking when we consider the children who face the uncertainty of homelessness. The thought of over 4,000 children in our community without a stable home is simply unacceptable. A child's life should be filled with dreams, not the stress of where they'll sleep each night.
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
Uploaded Profile Picture
Team Award
Shared Page
50% of Fundraising Target
Reached Fundraising goal
Increased Fundraising Target
Completed Sleepout
Thank you to our Sponsors
€1,000
Dbfl
€250
Pearse Lydon
Best of luck John
€250
Cosgrave Developments
Best of Luck to you and your team.
€125
Edel Devine
Best of luck Naomi. Wonderful cause and well done for doing it. X
€125
Miriam Manifold
Well done Colm
€125
Richard Hoare
€125
Thomas
€100
Joe And Irene English
€100
Dan Reilly
Well done everyone 👍
€100
Graham Dooley
€100
Wheels We Deliver
Best of luck Ruairi!
€70
Philip Mulreid
€70
Stephen
Good luck with the fund raising
€70
Deirdre Taylor
Well done naomi
€70
Murphys Home
Proud of you!
€70
Shane Mcgovern
€70
John Keane
Well done all-great charity doing incredible work for the homeless
€70
Tommy Hayes
Well Done Colm!
€70
Ovidiu Candrea
€50
Katrina Mcauley
€50
Sarah Browne
Best of luck Ruairi!
€50
Mark O'reilly
€50
Noreen Brady
Hope it all went well . great fundraiser well done to those who got involved .
€50
Wayne Kenny
Best of luck!
€50
Janie Hayes
From Janie
€50
Kevin Brennan
€50
Anonymous
€50
Maura Browne
Well done Ruairi.
€50
Tracy
Fair play to all the volunteers - great cause.
€50
Aisling Browne
Fair play Ruairi - best of luck
€50
Ailbhe & Stephen
Fair play Robert! Ailbhe and Stephen
€50
Garry Doyle
Best of luck!!!
€50
Fiona
€50
Noel Gorman
Best of luck to all taking part.
€50
Paula & Mark Kelly
€50
Tanya
Good luck!
€50
Leonie Lawler
Good on you Saravanan - hope weather stays dry for you all.
€50
Fiach Kelly
€50
Leonie Lawler
Best of luck Ovidiu, great cause.
€50
James Moloney
Colm, a brilliant cause. Well done to you and the wider DBFL team. Regards, James.
€50
Anonymous
👏🏻 good cause Robert.
€50
Gerry Mcauley
€50
Liam Brehon
€50
Robert Kelly
€50
Daire Kelly
Best of luck Robert!
€40
Ciarán Conway
€40
Kelvin Clarke
€40
Leah Carroll
Jane you are amazing ✨
€40
Aine Sweeney
Best of Luck
€40
Kevin Burke
Best of luck lads! Well done all.
€40
Karl L'e
Well done everyone. Very worthy cause.
€40
Chris Lee
Good Luck!
€40
Eoghan S
Nice one Roo
€40
Ciaran
Bravo Robert!!!
€40
Christine Christine
Wear your longjohns, and allllll your Willies
€40
Catherine Kelly
€40
Conor
€40
Liliana Candrea
€40
Roger Dowley
€35
John
Now, no snoring this time round Ross!
€35
Mary Hayes
€30
Diarmuid & Órlagh
Go n-eirí leat!
€30
Annemarie
Good luck Naomi!
€30
M Murphy
Well done, Mary
€30
Padraig Mckeon
€30
John
Best of luck Saravanan
€30
Marguerite Hayes
€25
Andrew Croughan
Great cause Rob
€25
Niall Hynes
Best of luck John. Fair play to ye
€25
Kieran Tobin
Best of luck and well done Robert. Might be cold but should be dry.,KT
€25
Darren Richardson
€25
Alex Bisgood
€25
Jerome Kelly
€25
Grace Latten
Well done Rob
€25
Eadaoin Mcguinness
Fair play Robert!
€25
Noel Earley
Good man yourself
€25
David Henry
Fair play Rob
€25
Colin Mcdonagh
Fair play Rob
€25
Cara Mcauley
€25
Ruairi Browne
€25
David Bourke
€25
Amanda Duffy
Good work John 😁
€25
Tony Redmond
€25
Elaine Brick
Well done Rob, great cause
€25
Jonathan Boyne
Fair play!
€25
David
Good Luck!
€25
Anonymous
Proud of you x
€25
Colm Q
Best of luck tonight Saravanan! Great cause.
€25
Shane Harkin
Fair play Rob 👍
€25
Colm Q
Best of luck tonight Colm. A great cause.
€25
Sean Walsh
€25
Padraig Mcguinness
Fair play Robbie!
€25
Jane Murphy
€25
Claire And Ciaran
Best of luck
€25
Anonymous
Proud of you
€25
Conor Ebbs
€25
Doreen Quirke
€25
Meadhbh Kelly
€25
Aoife Doyle
Best of luck Colm
€25
Ciaran Browne
Fair play Ruairí!!
€25
Sadhbh Kelly
€25
Declan H
€25
Eoghan S
Good luck Jane
€25
Eoghan S
Good luck Naomi
€25
David Sheehan
€25
Cathal Sweetman
Well done Robbie, it’s such an important cause. Best of luck
€25
Helene Tobin
€25
Shauna Kelly
Well done all!
€25
Barry H
Fair play Robbie!
€25
Tom Cusack
€25
Eoin Murphy
Good luck Colm
€25
Elena Cuena
€25
Davy Mcg
Good man Robbie!
€25
Anonymous
€25
Heather Byrne
Well done John 👏🏻
€25
Peter Reynolds
€25
Paul Langella
€25
Ross Griffin
€20
Welly
Good man Bob
€20
Rory Mcgrath
Good man Rob. No bother to you to do an all nighter 🍻
€20
Liz Murphy
Best of luck John 👍 well done 👏
€20
The Big Dipper
€20
Briain Fagan
€20
Kate Mc Auley
€20
Murali Harikrishnan
All the best
€20
Eoin Wilde
Fair play Robbie!
€20
Paul C
Fair play
€20
Bill Quigley
Best of luck with this, a great cause
€20
Anonymous
€20
Jonathon Harte
€20
Jennifer Egan
€20
Marian Mc Guinness Logue
Well done Naomi! 👏👏 Great achievement. Sharing my donation among 4 other requests! ❤️🤗
€20
Karl Fynes
€20
Anonymous
Well done bro.
€20
Anonymous
€20
Mark Butterly
€20
Katie Holland
€20
Ciaran Murphy
Best of Luck Rob!!
€20
Anonymous
€20
Anonymous
Well done!
€20
Caoimhe O'riordan
Well done Naomi, great cause! 🙌
€20
English
€20
Donal Ryan
Best of luck Rob
€15
Derek O’mahoney
€15
Enrique Marenco Jimenez
€15
Melissa
€15
Roisin Mcguinness
Fair play Robert!
€15
Oisin Mason
€15
Eoin Ó Mórdha
€15
Tom Sheehy
€15
Ruairi Kelly
Well done all.
€15
Gallagher
€10
Saorlaith
€10
Leah O'sullivan
€10
Ruairi Browne
Good Luck Jane
€10
Ryan :)
€10
Conor
€10
Conor Henry
€10
Christina
€10
Anonymous
€10
Jack O'callaghan
€10
Edel Kelleher
€10
Mukilan Kalaiselvan
Macha. Ennala mudinja amount mams. Thappa eduthuka vendam mams
€10
Laura Power
Fair play !! X
€10
Rachel Seery
Well done jane great cause!
€10
Aisling Browne
€10
Anonymous
€10
Sadhbh Sutton
€10
🕴️
🕴️
€10
Naomi Devine
€10
Saravanan Pothiraj
€10
Caroline Condon
Well done Jane, great cause!!
€10
Anonymous
Nice bru!
€10
👩🏻
bring your bug spray
€10
👩🏻
€10
Jack O'callaghan
€10
Dylan Whelan
:)
€10
Anonymous
Ennenna Solran Parunga!! Kambi Katra Kathaikal.
€10
Ellen Collins
€10
Rob Reynolds
€10
Jane Hennaghan
€10
Jane Hennaghan
€10
Anonymous
€10
Jane Hennaghan
€10
Ben
€10
Emma Ryan
€10
Rian Kelly
€5
Declan
€5
🕴️
€5
Isobel
€5
Anonymous
Proud of u
€5
Devano Jose
€5
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Our Team Members
John Hayes
€820
Colm Doyle
€680
Ruairi Browne
€595
Jane Murphy
€480
naomi devine
€705
Saravanan Pothiraj
€275
robert kelly
€1,450
Ovidiu Candrea
€185
Sam Keating
Well done on reaching our target. Thanks to all for the effort made.