Thanks to your support, my sleep out could provide:
317
hours of one-on-one support for a child with a dedicated Child Support Worker
or
351
nutritious meals in the Focus Ireland Coffee Shop
or
487
hours access to Focus Ireland’s education service PETE (Preparation for Education, Training & Employment)
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
Thank you to my Sponsors
€70
Al
€70
Ardscoil Na Mara
€70
Rachel Fleming
You are AMAZING and all the other teachers and students partaking! God bless you all, what an humble act of true kindness and support for all those who truly need it 🙏🏼💜
€40
Sean Finnegan
Best of luck tonight
€40
Jean Finnegan
Best of luck tonight.
€40
Olive Hackett
€40
Patrick Kirwan
€40
Shive
Well done Ellie G and all the gang . Amazing what ye did. Thanks to Kealan 🤩 Shive Gillane 🌸
€40
Aoife Denton
Well done to all taking part in our sleep out tonight. We are thinking of you all in the US.
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Faye O Mahony
€30
Ardscoil Staff Mc Laughlin
€25
Christina Wilkinson
Well Done Ruby your fabulous for doing for great cause👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
€25
Mick Ahern
Great work Keelan. Well done. Will be a cold one tonight. Hip flask of whiskey at the ready. 👏👏
€25
Deirdre Gillane
Well.done to all who participated, a small look into the scary reality for some people .
€25
Deirdre Hassett
Donating for Katie O’Neill. Stay warm!
€25
Brendan Cahill
Having a great night here in the school and spirits are high. Well done to everybody
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Anonymous
€25
Sarah Farrell
Well done everyone!!!
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Claire Mcveigh
€25
Jenny Harrington
€25
David Leahy
Fair play to everyone taking part tonight. A great cause! 👏
€25
Nanny G❤️
Well done Ellie and all who slept out in the cold . 🥰
€25
Olivia Ahern
Keep dancing/sleeping
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Leona O’doherty
Fair dues Kealan & gang!! Hope it stays fine
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Louisa Murphy
Well done girls
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Micheál O Neill
€25
Sharon Power
Well done on your great work Kealan & Team
€25
Niamh Shannon
Well done guys, thank you!
€25
Ernest Cooney
€25
Donncha Crotty
€25
Anonymous
Well done Eve lanigan
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Hollie Hickey
You are all amazing!!! Thanks Mr Mc Laughlin!
€25
Sarah Dwan
Well done Ruby and to everyone that did it. Amazing!
€25
Anonymous
€20
Teresa Wright
€20
Patricia Hassett
Good luck Katie &Co.!
€20
Aoife Cronin
Ye are amazing,fair play!!
€20
Claire Adamson
€20
Anonymous
Stay warm Ellie Gillane
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Laura White
Well done everyone
€20
Flannan Cleary
Well done Kealan and team 👏
€20
Eileen Daly
Well done to all who took part👏👏👏👏
€20
Jean Power
Well done Sophie and pals, and teachers. Great work done by all
€20
Vicki Marchant
Best of luck Jolie and all the students ❤️
€20
Emily Campbell
Well done to you all. Wrap up well tonight.
€20
Terry Lonergan
Best wishes to Ellie and her class mates, wrap up well.
€20
Breda And Mick Flavin
€20
Edel Shanahan
Well done Kealan and co!
€20
Paul Flavin
€20
Colm O Neill
€20
Dolores Wall
Best of luck with your fundraising.
€20
Treasa Power
€20
Anonymous
Well done folks
€20
Michelle Barry
Wonderful cause. Delighted to be a part of it
€15
Paul Fitzpatrick
€15
Anne O'neill
Well done Katie, Kealan and co.
€10
Orla Crotty
€10
Noeleen O Byrne
Well done Ruby power and Team.
€10
Anonymous
€10
Bernie Crehan
€10
Steph
Well done to all x
€10
Yvonne Lanigan
Well done girls
€10
Bianca Fagan
Well done everyone!
€10
Chelley Brennan
€10
Orla Walsh
€10
John Keane
€10
Aoife Uí Chuilleanain
Well done to all involved 👏
€10
Leanne Dunphy
Well done everyone :)
€10
Luke Flynn
€10
Rosa Alonge
€10
Anonymous
Well done eve ros
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Arleen Flavin
€10
Anonymous
Mags Duffy. Go on Eve
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John Mulvaney
Fair play Katie, hope it goes well!
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Elaine Phelan
€10
Katie Power
€10
Tara Carton
€10
Kieran Hassett
€10
Lesley🤩
Well done to all , a great cause . Lesley 🤗🌸
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Anonymous
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