We’re sleeping out against homelessness
This October 11, we'll 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.
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, our team 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
Shared Page
50% of Fundraising Target
Reached Fundraising goal
Increased Fundraising Target
Completed Sleepout
Thank you to our Sponsors
€140
Conor Cummins Sponsorship Card
€125
Bernard Carrick / Ryan & Sheehy Family / Irene Mcnamara/emma Bartley Sponsorship Card
€100
Gillanes Feeds
Best of luck to everyone
€100
Giblin Financial Services Ltd
€100
Anonymous
€70
Anonymous
€65
Moya Naughton
€50
Ciaran And Majella Dolan
€50
Sean & Annmarie Kelly
Best of luck to everyone taking part in the sleep out.
€50
Michelle And Declan Flaherty.
Best of luck everyone 👍
€50
Peter Cummins Kitchens
€50
Bernard & Kathleen Gillane
€50
Joan And Sean Jaffray
€50
Liam & Nollaig Forde
Best of luck with the sleep out
€50
Louise And Ray Fogarty
€50
Áine Gillespie
Well done guys.
€50
Liz And Neil Mcguane
€50
Thomas Murphy
€50
John Gunter
Go Co Go
€50
Yvonne & Ivan Conway
Best of luck to all doing the sleep out
€50
Ger
Cora can’t believe you’ll be up all night!
€40
Aileen Melville
Well done all. A great cause
€40
Laura Gunter
Fair play Cora and Luke and all sleeping out 💪
€40
Mary Noone
€40
Josephine
Fair play & good luck Cora 👏🏻👏🏻
€40
Olga Kelly
Good luck Cora!
€40
Billy And Gertie Fogarty
€40
Anonymous
Well done to all volunteers.
€40
Joanna Shirley
€30
Brendan Cummins
€30
Maura Cummins
€30
Cora Gunter
€30
Majella Minogue
Best of luck everyone
€25
Rena Mcgrath
€25
Mary Anne Oconnor
€25
Ruth Noone
€25
Pj Hughes Jnr
€25
S Forde
€25
Ollie Noone
€25
Anonymous
€25
Andrea Grealish
€25
Natasha Naughton
€25
Niamh O'donovan
€25
Helen Walsh
Great initiative, well done to all involved.
€25
Debbie Ham
€25
Mary & Timmy Ryan
Well done to all involved.
€25
Karina & Colm Walsh
€25
Nicola Cahill
€25
B Hughes
Well done all...
€25
Hilary Kelly
€25
Anonymous
€25
Bernice
Well done Emma & Co. Worthy cause 👏👏👏
€25
Deirdre Purcell
Well done all involved.
€25
Caitriona Duffy
€25
Mary Gallagher
Best of luck Katelyn & Friends on the sleep out. Great Cause.
€25
Lorraine Cleary
Well done to all involved!
€20
Anne Collins
Well done Caoimhe and all involved
€20
Aine Ni Dhochartaigh
€20
John & Niamh Meehan
Best of luck Leah on the sleep out
€20
Mary & Bartley Furewy
To Leah good luck on sleep out on Friday
€20
Mairead Hogan
€20
Edel Cummins
€20
Geri Clancy
Well done to all involved, great cause👏
€20
Aoife Cooley
€20
Mikey Noone
€20
Zara Noone
€20
Ruth Barry
Go cora
€20
Adrian & Anne Nolan & Family
Well done to you all
€20
Noel & Nuala Coppinger
€20
Helen Cuddy
Well done Karen, Moya and everyone who Took part.
€20
Declan Hughes
Well done everyone, especially Moya and Karen 👏🙂
€20
Siobhan & Darragh O’donohue And Family
Best of luck! A great cause!
€20
Derek Quinn
Well done to everyone taking part
€20
Emer Hoarty
Well done to Gort/Beagh Foroige club
€20
Nessagh Quinn
Best of luck to everyone taking part
€20
Una Kelly
€20
Laura Coppinger
€20
Ciara Fahy
€20
Dolores
€15
Gerry Coyne
Best of luck to you all
€15
Linnane Ruth
€15
Eva Birdthistle
The very best of luck!
€15
Fiona O Driscoll
Well done guys, an amazing thing to do.
€15
Aoife Linnane
€10
Anonymous
€10
Edel Considine
€10
Aileen Harte
€10
Brian Reilly
€10
Teresa Coll
Best of luck Elise & all the gang on Friday night. Ye are a mighty bunch
€4
Anonymous
Good luck Everyone