Katie Gardiner

Ursuline College Sligo

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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

Shared Page

Self donated

50% of Fundraising Target

Reached Fundraising Target

Increased Fundraising Target

Invited a Friend

Completed Sleepout

Challenged a Friend

Our Team

Ursuline College Sligo (C)

Raised so far:

€100.00

Ella McCann

Raised so far:

€20.00

blathnaid mc carthy

hannah mcnicholas

Raised so far:

€255.00

Ceola Vogt

Meg Heaney

Raised so far:

€190.00

Erin F.Pineda

Sophia Nicholson

Raised so far:

€160.00

Sheena Clarke

Katie Mulligan

Raised so far:

€55.00

Sine Kelly

Katie Gardiner

Sienna Kelly

Raised so far:

€660.00

Aine Devaney

Raised so far:

€55.00

Ava Gerrity

Ciara Beirne

Raised so far:

€203.00

Courtney Walsh lang

Raised so far:

€411.00

Jessica O'connor

Raised so far:

€270.00

Anais Taheny

Raised so far:

€210.00

Saoirse Stallard

Raised so far:

€70.00

Katie Healy

Raised so far:

€90.00

Katie McDonagh

Raised so far:

€140.00

Katie Langan

Raised so far:

€370.00

abbie mcgowan

Raised so far:

€40.00

Emma Carroll

Raised so far:

€150.00

Aimee Flynn

Raised so far:

€30.00

Eabha O hara

Raised so far:

€220.00

Ciara Mc gee

Raised so far:

€50.00

Neela Burgess

Raised so far:

€5.00

kate golden

Raised so far:

€320.00

Sarah Cosgrove

Leah Mccallion

Ciara Murphy

Raised so far:

€50.00

Niamh Murphy

Raised so far:

€50.00

Annie Gray

Raised so far:

€80.00

Caoimhe O’Rourke

Lucy Byrne

Raised so far:

€70.00

Mary-Anne Mitchell

Raised so far:

€320.00

Maria Mcsharry

Raised so far:

€180.00

Aoife Casserly

Raised so far:

€110.00

Aoibhinn Kelly

Raised so far:

€210.00

katie ohara

Nicola Walsh

Raised so far:

€390.00

Caomhóg

Raised so far:

€25.00

Shannon Clancy

Raised so far:

€250.00

Lanna Young

ella rochford

Raised so far:

€1.00

Clodagh Lee

Raised so far:

€50.00

Tara Flynn

Raised so far:

€90.00

Dearbhla Cunningham

Hannah O’Brien

Raised so far:

€115.00

chloe kenny

Raised so far:

€90.00

Eva Mae Sweeney

Grainne Mac Donald

Raised so far:

€115.00

Éabha Fennelly

Anna McGuire

Raised so far:

€235.00

Lidia Raiwa

Raised so far:

€10.00

Terese Monahan

Raised so far:

€130.00

Faye Keegan

Eloise O’Rourke

Raised so far:

€205.00

ally carty

Lucy Keane

Raised so far:

€120.00

Kate Smith

Sophia Sweeney

Raised so far:

€250.00

Faye Mcgarry

Freyja Mullen Whelan

Raised so far:

€265.00

Caoimhe Daly

Raised so far:

€730.00

Ava McGowan

Raised so far:

€185.00

laura walsh

jane oates

Raised so far:

€40.00

Ella niland

Saorla Byrne

Raised so far:

€30.00

Kasia Mcmahon

Thea OBrien

Raised so far:

€250.00

Rhona Kerlin

Raised so far:

€385.00

Grace Marshall

Raised so far:

€255.00

Lanna Young

Raised so far:

€270.00

kayleigh mc loughlin

Raised so far:

€100.00