Grace Downey

Thanks to your support, my sleep out could provide:

101

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

or

112

nutritious meals in the Focus Ireland Coffee Shop

or

155

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.

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

Raised

€560

My Goal

€250

My team Lorbal has raised €12,651

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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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Thank you to my Sponsors

€155

John Downey

Best of luck grace and well done👍👍

€50

€20

Uncle Gareth Aka Gd

€20

Anonymous

€20

Brian

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€5

Emma D

Good luck Grace! - Emma 😄

€5

Grace Downey

Loreto Secondary School Balbriggan

Thanks to your support, my sleep out could provide:

101

or

112

or

155

Mission Statement

I’m sleeping out against homelessness.

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

Raised

€560

My Goal

€250

Select amount to donate

Or enter an amount

Staying in touch

My Achievements

Thank you to my Sponsors

John Downey

Susan Brown

Flo And Caroline Derham

Niall Downey

Roanna Byrnes

Michael Downey

Zoe And Bronwyn Downey

Des Culleton

Sam

Carl Gilroy

Donal Duffy

Eva Bridgeman

Uncle Gareth Aka Gd

Anonymous

Brian

Emma D

Anonymous

Our Team

Katherine Kearns (C)

€100.00

Daniel Toomey

€25.00

Lauren Garraway

Gerard Shanahan

Tegan Gordon

€70.00

Caoimhe Darcy

€20.00

anna canavan

Anna Watters

€160.00

Sadie Rooney

Sophie Mohan

€10.00

Pulari Saji

€60.00

becca sheahan

Ciara Bassett

Erin McFadden

€20.00

Caoimhe McEvoy

€371.90

Erin Higgins

Caroline Cox

€30.00

Julie Collins

€310.00

Anne-Marie Dowling

Zara Bradvica

Faith Moriarty

Rebeca Pop

€30.00

Aaliyah Raji

€75.00

Delmia Deleep

€60.00

Katie Mallon

€50.00

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Únaín Browne-Donnan