Eibhleann Kennedy-Rynne

Thanks to your support, my sleep out could provide:

57

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

or

64

nutritious meals in the Focus Ireland Coffee Shop

or

88

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.

On October 11, something a little different is happening for the Transition Years at our school. At 8pm on Friday evening, 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.

Over 4,000 children and over 10,000 adults alone, without a home every night on the cold, dangerous streets of Ireland.

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 like other kids after a long day at school. Instead, they are faced with stress, fear and uncertainty that no child should ever 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.

So all I’m asking is please support our school fundraiser by donating to our fundraising page as well as sharing our page on social media: every contribution, big or small, gets us one step closer to creating a future where everyone has a safe place to call home.

Please Help Me Reach My Goal By Donating To My Page Below

Raised

€320

My Goal

€200

My team Edmund Rice College Phoenix Park has raised €20,040

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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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Invited a Friend

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Challenged a Friend

Thank you to my Sponsors

€50

Bláthnaid Kiely

Well done, Eibhleann! Best of luck with the sleep-out! ❤️

€30

Bernadette Rynne

Well done Eibhleann, we are so proud of you.

€30

Audrey Foley

Well done 👏

€25

Ciara Finn

Best of luck with the sleep-out Eibhleann. Such a great thing to do! X

€25

Leah Fleming

€25

Luke Rynne Cullen

Kudos Eibh 👏

€20

Brenda Rynne

We'll done Eibhleann

€20

Harry😁

Well done

€20

Declan

Sharkey 🦈

€20

Patricia Curry

Well done. Best of luck

€10

Caroline Kennedy

Well done Eibhleann

€10

Carol Steyn

€10

Anonymous

€10

Shaunna Nolan

Well done Eibhleann

€10

Anonymous

€5

Eibhleann Kennedy-Rynne

Edmund Rice College Blanchardstown

Thanks to your support, my sleep out could provide:

57

or

64

or

88

Mission Statement

I’m sleeping out against homelessness.

Please Help Me Reach My Goal By Donating To My Page Below

Raised

€320

My Goal

€200

Select amount to donate

Or enter an amount

Staying in touch

My Achievements

Thank you to my Sponsors

Bláthnaid Kiely

Bernadette Rynne

Audrey Foley

Ciara Finn

Leah Fleming

Luke Rynne Cullen

Brenda Rynne

Harry😁

Declan

Patricia Curry

Caroline Kennedy

Carol Steyn

Anonymous

Shaunna Nolan

Anonymous

Megan Mcdonnell

Our Team

Stephen Kavanagh (C)

€375.00

Eibhleann Kennedy-Rynne

€320.00

Rebekah Niland

€125.00

Genevieve Eyzat

€60.00

Aimee Corcoran

€505.00

Conor Kelly

€145.00

Katie OToole

€650.00

Layla Hanney

€270.00

Hugh Barnard

€160.00

Mia Boland

€495.00

Killian Byrne

€160.00

Maeve Brady

€845.00

Cian Stack

€435.00

Federica Feraboli

€150.00

Emily Costa

Cara Faherty

€260.00

Bohdan Khavrus

€61.00

Oisin Martin

€135.00

Hugh Barnard

Seb Corkey

€270.00

Nathan Connolly

€156.00

Alexander Hanney

€250.00

Christian Boisse