Emma Fitzgerald

St Angela's College

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Thanks to your support, my sleep out could provide:

5

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

or

6

nutritious meals in the Focus Ireland Coffee Shop

or

8

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

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Martha Fitzgerald

Our Team

Louise Bermingham (C)

Raised so far:

€160.00

Jocelyn Oconnell

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€345.00

Leanne Nash

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€272.00

Lydia Scott

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€260.00

Maeve McLean

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€220.00

dearbhaile mcdonnell

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€250.00

Aoife Coleman

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€340.00

ava obrien

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€100.00

Eve Jack

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€50.00

Gracie Mai harty

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€692.00

Eva Georgieva

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€52.00

Saoirse O’Brien

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€265.00

Sinead Mcsweeney

Tess Gilvarry

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€10.00

Aoife Considine

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€50.00

Emma Dunphy

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€240.00

Sofia Lynch

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€90.00

Pauline Bouchet

Emily Terry

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€200.00

Natasha Barrett

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€50.00

Eimear Hanley

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€50.00

Charlie Haberlin

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€250.00

Gabrielle Kavanagh

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€50.00

faye kearney

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€40.00

Kate Colbert

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€190.00

Jennifer Barry

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€30.00

Isabelle McCarthy

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€50.00

Laura Minogue

Zara O’Rourke

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€283.00

emily o donoghue

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€70.00

Rebecca Egar

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€55.00

Danielle O'Neill

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€162.00

Lara Courtney

Isabel Sexton

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€160.00

JesseGrace Livingstone

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€10.00

Niamh O Brien

keira noonan

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€60.00

Éabha-Mai Daly

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€170.00

Kate O’Hare

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€195.00

Charlotte Bourke

jill mccarthy

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€25.00

Charlotte Murphy

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€50.00

Rose Foley

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€180.00

Isabel O'Leary

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€55.00

Cliona Manning

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€100.00

Gabrielle Kavanagh

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€135.00

MaryClare O'Connell

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€65.00

Faye Oriordan

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€45.00

Kate Connolly

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€210.00

Sunniva Bonnet

Sally O mahony

Aisling O’Brien

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€10.00

abaigael logan

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€10.00

Emma Fitzgerald

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€30.00

Juliette Dehaye

Ava Murphy

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€35.00

Anna Bretcha Domingo

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€30.00

leen sharif

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€200.00

Mara Weiling

Victoria Sobiecka

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€95.00

Aine Cronin

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€100.00

Méabh O’Donovan

Emma Dilworth

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€30.00

Aoibhínn O’Hagan

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€285.00

Anna Hegarty

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€15.00

Sophie Donohoe

Alicia Kennedy

Emma Lovett

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€45.00

Maggie O’Sullivan

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€85.00

Katie Mcehinney

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€40.00

Sara Kearney

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€30.00

Abi Noonan

Anna Scott

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€50.00

Katherine Murphy

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€267.00

Meabh O Connell

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€5.00

Charlotte Bourke

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€340.00

Nicole Chen

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€4.00

Ruby Lyons

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€30.00

Annie Mc Carthy

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€125.00