Grace Crawford

Edmund Rice College Blanchardstown

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Thanks to your support, my sleep out could provide:

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

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nutritious meals in the Focus Ireland Coffee Shop

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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

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Self donated

50% of Fundraising Target

Reached Fundraising Target

Increased Fundraising Target

Invited a Friend

Completed Sleepout

Challenged a Friend

Our Team

Stephen Kavanagh (C)

Raised so far:

€70.00

Eibhleann Kennedy-Rynne

Raised so far:

€130.00

Rebekah Niland

Genevieve Eyzat

Raised so far:

€40.00

Aimee Corcoran

Conor Kelly

Katie OToole

Layla Hanney

Hugh Barnard

Raised so far:

€5.00

Mia Boland

Raised so far:

€50.00

Killian Byrne

Raised so far:

€50.00

Maeve Brady

Raised so far:

€5.00

Cian Stack

Federica Feraboli

Emily Costa

Cara Faherty

Bohdan Khavrus

Raised so far:

€25.00

Oisin Martin

Hugh Barnard

Seb Corkey

Nathan Connolly

Alexander Hanney

Christian Boisse

Raised so far:

€650.00

Laragh Gibson

Raised so far:

€5.00

Yanni Hans

Dianthe Dogo- Esekie

Luke Brady

Kayla Condron

Maeve Brady

Ivy Brereton

Isabel Percy

Raised so far:

€25.00

Oisin Campbell-Shaw

Aoife Flanagan

Roisin Sadlier

Rian Power

Ciara Reid

Raised so far:

€235.00

Callum Devine

Aria Byrne

Carla Galicia

Jeffrey Jose

Raised so far:

€40.00

Sean Tobin

Thomas Ralph

Niamh Race

Clara Byrne

Raised so far:

€20.00

Cillian Wall

Lily Kelly

Odhran McDonnell

Precious Olorungbohunmi

Finn Greene

Raised so far:

€80.00

Sabina Shved

James Thornton

Andrea Chapman

Diana Serebruskina

Finn Gormley

Caoimhe McCoy

Nicole Menezes

Aisling Casey

Raveesh Fernando

Tadhg Coyle

Ben Kelly

Ethan Brogan

Charlie Keenan

Aoife Mae Infante

Abbie Grimshaw

Alex McDowell

Matthew Keane

Liam Byrne

Cillian Lam

Grace Crawford

Carmen McCanney

Raised so far:

€1.00

alex martin

Gerda Blazyte

Tereska Niemirowska

Raised so far:

€40.00

Liam Battigan

Cillian Ribeiro

Grace Kelly

Raised so far:

€50.00

Simona Kobzosova

Brenda Braskute

Aran Moffitt

Aoife Franzoni

Róisín White