James Whelan

Sligo Grammar School

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Thanks to your support, my sleep out could provide:

65

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

or

72

nutritious meals in the Focus Ireland Coffee Shop

or

100

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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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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Anonymous

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Morag Devins

Well done James love Auntie Morag

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Whelan

Well done James

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Anonymous

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Susie Devins

Well done James!

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Mick And Miriam Whelan

Well done James

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Siofra Devins

Well done James!

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Michael Whelan

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James Whelan

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Jimmy

Well done James

Our Team

Padraig Giblin (C)

Raised so far:

€445.00

Owen McNamara

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€180.00

Ava Quinn

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€30.00

Eilidh Richardson

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€200.00

Lola Seymour

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€185.00

Emma Kay

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€30.00

Oscar Brady

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€460.00

Kenneth Kalu

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€360.00

Noah Newell

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€290.00

Rosie Armstrong

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€240.00

Simone O'Reilly

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€30.00

Ruaridh Macpherson

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€150.00

Ralph Schiller

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€30.00

Carys Griffiths-Maher

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€140.00

Órlaith O'Callaghan

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€175.00

Clodagh Moynihan

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€210.00

michael Concannon

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€190.00

Gwen Seibert

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€85.00

eleora guminski

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€50.00

Penny Barlow

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€120.00

Jessica Reynolds

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€180.00

Antoni Marszalik

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€50.00

Kai Griffith

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€70.00

Dylan Anderson

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€88.00

Lilly Duggan

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€60.00

Eibhear O'Hara

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€225.00

Ruairí Gurrie

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€200.00

Lily Gordon

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€200.00

Zoe McNamee

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€250.00

sarah Cafferkey

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€100.00

Rosie Symonds

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€75.00

Jose Manuel Marin Martinez

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€30.00

Ignacio Garcia

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€30.00

Yasmin Hughes

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€255.00

joseph behan

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€70.00

Emily Gavin

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€145.00

Sean Duffy

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€305.00

Evan Barrett O'neill

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€115.00

kelvin Kalu

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€255.00

Katie Gallagher

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€270.00

David Taiwo

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€55.00

Nidhi Anilkumar

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€780.00

Oscar Feeney

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€85.00

patrick McKenna

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€430.00

Roisin Van Aswegen

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€153.00

Ellen Tempany

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€200.00

Arnau Xirau

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€30.00

Sean Farrell

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€140.00

Adriana Garcia-borbujo

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€30.00

Marcús Kielty

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€200.00

Emily McGinty

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€100.00

Meabh McCallion Gleeson

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€385.00

Aaron Gavin

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€195.00

Momofuku Uchida

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€30.00

Lara Macsearraigh

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€30.00

Eabha quinn-conway

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€170.00

cody o'brien

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€185.00

Molly O’Byrne

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€716.00

Abbie Clancy

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€235.00

Blanca Albarran

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€30.00

Katie walsh

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€70.00

Adam Foley

Raised so far:

€231.00

Aarya Garrib

Raised so far:

€100.00

James Whelan

Raised so far:

€360.00

Patrick Bamber

Raised so far:

€60.00