Layla Caraher

Loreto Secondary School Balbriggan

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Thanks to your support, my sleep out could provide:

12

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

or

14

nutritious meals in the Focus Ireland Coffee Shop

or

19

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

Thank you to my Sponsors

20

Marianne Vicidomina

20

Lisa Caraher

10

Trisha Donnan

10

Gillian Caraher

10

Noel And Susan Byrne

Our Team

Katherine Kearns (C)

Raised so far:

€100.00

Daniel Toomey

Raised so far:

€25.00

Lauren Garraway

Gerard Shanahan

Tegan Gordon

Raised so far:

€70.00

Caoimhe Darcy

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€20.00

anna canavan

Anna Watters

Raised so far:

€160.00

Sadie Rooney

Sophie Mohan

Raised so far:

€10.00

Pulari Saji

Raised so far:

€60.00

becca sheahan

Ciara Bassett

Erin McFadden

Raised so far:

€20.00

Caoimhe McEvoy

Raised so far:

€371.90

Erin Higgins

Caroline Cox

Raised so far:

€30.00

Emilia Merfeldaite

Julie Collins

Raised so far:

€310.00

Anne-Marie Dowling

Zara Bradvica

Faith Moriarty

Rebeca Pop

Raised so far:

€30.00

Aaliyah Raji

Raised so far:

€75.00

Delmia Deleep

Raised so far:

€60.00

Katie Mallon

Raised so far:

€50.00

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Únaín Browne-Donnan

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€50.00

Gemma Curran

Emilia Merfeldaite

Raised so far:

€10.00

Jayla Farrell

Raised so far:

€185.00

Meghan Ward

Raised so far:

€130.00

Hazel Larkin

Méabh Lee

Raised so far:

€260.00

RUTH MCKENNA

Jaida Njagi

Kupakwashe Maforo

Sumeia Lloyd

Raised so far:

€105.00

Abbie Leonard

Raised so far:

€100.00

Anne-Marie Dowling

Raised so far:

€100.00

Skye Keane

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€135.00

pascale morgan

Lucy Loughrey-Grant Rogers

Raised so far:

€216.00

emma curley

Kate O’Brien

Raised so far:

€105.00

Holly Mccaffrey

Raised so far:

€90.00

Aoibhín Malone

Phoebe Macken

Raised so far:

€130.00

Katie Bryans

Raised so far:

€576.00

Niamh Rowney

Raised so far:

€520.00

Keelin O'Callaghan

Raised so far:

€110.00

Marie-Clare Delaney

Raised so far:

€350.00

Sinead Van den Berg

Raised so far:

€125.00

Erin Angela Porlante

Raised so far:

€120.00

Kayla Boylan

Raised so far:

€310.00

Grace Nicholson

Layla Caraher

Raised so far:

€70.00

Emer Dawson

Chloe Ricart

Raised so far:

€110.00

Molly O'Toole

Sarah Butler

Éibhín Colman

Raised so far:

€205.00

Jessie Swan Murphy

Emilia Chwala

Raised so far:

€30.00

Hollie Leech

Raised so far:

€40.00

Elsie Gilmurray

Keeva Murray

Raised so far:

€110.00

Blaithin Ni Dhuinn

Clodagh Farrell

Raised so far:

€75.00

Roisin Delany

Raised so far:

€15.00

Lucy O’Brien

Raised so far:

€175.00

Nan Richardson Kavanagh

Raised so far:

€270.00

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Sophie Mohan

Raised so far:

€40.00

Ciara Lattimore

Emilija Rondzaite

Raised so far:

€25.00

Mona Treinovska

Lorena Carmi

Yelena Carmi

jane morgan

Sarah Pop Pop Buia

Sophie Skilling

Ella Nicholson

Raised so far:

€255.00

Ruth Mullen

Sienna Mc Guire O'Dowd

Raised so far:

€160.00

Aoibheann Meally

Raised so far:

€145.00

Niamh Culleton

Raised so far:

€60.00

Ashley Muvungani

Raised so far:

€31.00

Mya Lynch

Raised so far:

€130.00

Nessa Farrell

Raised so far:

€240.00

Kate Donnelly

Raised so far:

€95.00

Nayeli Ganet

Raised so far:

€165.00

rida baloch

Aoibhe Brangan

Raised so far:

€340.00

Sienna Mullen

Manaal Garana

Raised so far:

€10.00

Mannant Ihsan

Raised so far:

€10.00

Anu Olubajo

grace allen

Raised so far:

€50.00

Zofia Marek

Kate Munro

Lily Byrne

Olwyn McCabe

Chidinma Uchegbu

Grace Mullett

Raised so far:

€75.00

Chiamaka Uchegbu

Lily Russell

Raised so far:

€35.00

Tanisha Nicholas

Patricia Kanku

Maya Dooley

lihnat odukoya

Jessie Walsh

Katelynn Loughran

Raised so far:

€20.00

Eibhlinn Kelly

Raised so far:

€250.00

Raina McFadden

Raised so far:

€50.00

alanna harris

Sangeetha Chattukulam

Raised so far:

€4.72

Maeve Conway

Maya Ojikutu

Raised so far:

€90.00

Vlada Denisarova

Lilyrose Cullen

Raised so far:

€220.00

Emily Dunne

Raised so far:

€20.00

Leona Gomulka

Emma Offor

Jessie Tuffour

Aisling Ní Aonghusa

Raised so far:

€20.00

Hannah Barlow

Leah matthews

Laura Conmy

Raised so far:

€10.00

Aine Murray

Muireann Bagley

Raised so far:

€270.00

Leah Moore

Leah Moore

Raised so far:

€15.00

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Erin Mchale

Ailbhe Hartford

Raised so far:

€340.00

Emma Okoebor

Raised so far:

€25.00

Sophie Malone

Grace Downey

Raised so far:

€560.00

Heather Newman

Raised so far:

€280.00

Rebecca Doran

Claire Heffernan

Raised so far:

€25.00

Nina Callan

Lilia Cunningham

Kamanpreet Kaur Singh

Aisling Browne

Raised so far:

€110.00

Ruby Russell

Raised so far:

€5.00

Robyn Foster

Raised so far:

€10.00

nikola bodrova

Aine Houston