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We’re sleeping out against homelessness

For years, we've watched the homelessness crisis grow in Ireland. Thousands of children are caught in the middle of it, and it's simply not right. This isn't something we have to accept; it is a question of political will, and choice. And we can’t, as a nation, allow this to continue. 

That's why we’re taking action together. On Friday 10 October, our team are going to take part in the nationwide sleep out for Focus Ireland's Shine A Light, trading our cosy bed for a sleeping bag for the night. This isn't just about a single night of discomfort; it’s about raising absolutely critical funds for Focus Ireland to help them meet the growing demand for their services.

More than that, though, it’s about making a stand and saying that having thousands of children without a home is just unacceptable.

Please show your support by donating to our team's fundraising page: every contribution, big or small, gets us closer to creating a future where every child has a safe place to call home.

Our Achievements

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50% of Fundraising Target

Reached Fundraising goal

Increased Fundraising Target

Completed Sleepout

Thank you to our Sponsors

300

Cathy Healy

Great cause; good luck!

250

Anonymous

Well done to all the TY students

250

Bread 41

One night, one purpose: to bring hope to those in need.

250

Elina Birova

250

Laura Naidoo

Best of luck Iseult. Great cause

250

Aidan And Patti Shields

150

Cuan Management And Consulting

111

Mum And Dad

Well done Honor and friends, a really worthy cause. Love Mum and Dad x

111

Suzanne Breslin

111

Sherif Khalifa

111

Ian Dillon

111

Andy Mcconnell

Top marks

111

Joe And Helen Melvin

Good one Sean!

111

O.

Great cause, positive action.

111

Anonymous

111

Ciara Mc Kenna

Good luck Scott

111

Lisa, Fintan & Andrew Keogh

Good luck and remember to get some kip! Well done to all of you great guys doing this 👏👏👏

111

Barry Doyle

111

Niamh Bownes

Well done Nathan and to all in TY a very worthwhile cause.

111

Michael Hughes

Well done Keelin

111

Anonymous

111

Ro+ Kris Hughes

Fair play Keelin, a cause that’s close to our hearts

111

Gribben Family

Good luck.

111

Judy Mcnulty

Well done to all sleeping out tonight 👏

111

Grainne Flynn

100

Ramzi Salman

100

James Farrell

100

Leo & Breda Hogan

100

Beth

Well done Scott

100

Muriel Farrell

Proud of you Nathan. Love Nana

100

Janet & David Mcconnell

Good luck Hugo.

100

Anonymous

100

Stephen A Mckenna

Well done Scott.

100

Sabdra Carroll

100

Frank Mckenna

100

Robert Whelan

100

Nicola & Turlough

Well done Iseult!!!

100

Anonymous

Great cause Jess

100

Patricia Mc Kenna

Good luck Scott

80

Callaghan Cotter

80

Aileen And Owen Mcconnell

Well Done Hugo!! Good luck with your fundraising x Ails and Owen

75

Stuart Mullion

A wonderful cause. Well done

55

Patrick Brangan

Well done, Honor!

55

Anonymous

Well done Emma best of luck!

55

Mark Hogan

Fair play Emma.

55

Jennifer D’arcy

Well done and best of luck Ali x

55

Claire Ley

Best of luck & well done Keelin!

55

Anonymous

55

Theresa Kelly

Thanks. Hazel your doing very good work

55

Mary Flattery

Best of luck

55

Hernan Morales

Great cause Vincenzo!

55

Natasha Devereux

Best of luck Bibi & TY year 💙💚

55

Anonymous

55

Joan Oconnor

55

Rhona Barry

Best of luck Sean

55

Danny

Good work Conor! 🤙

55

Ita&sean

Fair play, Annie. Proud of you.

55

Debra Roberts

Great work Allene!

55

Georgina Sheridan

55

Susan Wilkinson

Well done Alannah! Brilliant cause. Stay warm 🧤🧣

55

Ces Livingston

Fair play to you Sam👏

55

Sharon Malone

55

Trish Butler

Well done Conor!

55

Ursula Cloonan

Well done Alex!

55

Olivia Murphy

A great cause, well done Callaghan!

55

Kevin

55

Pamela Walshe

55

Georgia & Family

Great cause. Well done you xx

55

Peter Smith

Good luck!!

55

Tom Staunton

Best of luck

55

Anne O Lesry

Well done Ali

55

Angela Grant

55

Brid Whelan

55

Noreen Woodcock

55

Ian Woodcock

Great stuff Ali! 👍👍

55

Darren Anderson

Go you- great cause - happy to donate. The Andersons.

55

Anonymous

55

Annmarie Vickers

Well done Ali xxx love Annmarie, Jay, Freddie and Charlie

55

Karen

Well done Conor!

55

Eimer D

Well done Luke!

55

Greg Mcguinness

Well done!

55

Sharon

Well done Ali

55

Julie Flattery

Good luck!

55

Alison

Best of luck Fionn.

55

Amy Hardy

You're brilliant xx

55

Aileen O’sullican

55

Marie Nally

Wonderful cause

55

Cathal Donnelly

55

Barry

Great cause! Well done!

55

Anonymous

Go Jess!! Xx

55

Simon Joyce

Good man. Worthy cause.

55

Anne O'donohue

Well done Fionn. Proud of you

55

Paddy & Maria Mccloskey

Great cause

55

Sinead Donnegan

Well done! Great cause.

55

Deirdre Mccarthy

55

Niamh Mccloskey

Best of Luck Jessie

55

Áine And Chris Hopkins

Well done Caitlin, a great cause

55

Sarah Carty

Good luck Emma love the Cartys xxxx

55

Ciaran Mooney

55

Marcus Mullion

You’re doing something truly special

55

Ray And Maeve Hogan

Well done Emma!

55

Trevor And Dax Bayard-murray

Good on you, Darragh! All the best from New Hampshire.

55

Anonymous

50

Mags Kearney

Best of luck Annie- a worthy cause.

50

Your Tipp Cousins

Beware of the night creatures!!

50

S Cronin

50

Gail And Alice Paterson

Best of luck! Hope it’s not too chilly x

50

Olwyn Ní Chróinín

Good luck!

50

Mauro & Olivia Di Biasi

Well done Vincenzo, very proud of you. Best of luck to all in TY raising funds 🙏

50

Gerard Tamakloe

Hi Alex, Hope the night goes well for you and your classmates.

50

Mary Smith

You are wonderful doing this.

50

Fiona Smith

50

Margaret Culhane

Well done Callaghan 💞we are so lucky to have nice warm homes. Thank you for doing this xx the Culhane Family

50

The De Bries.

A worthy cause. Stay safe.

50

Shirley Harty

Well done to everyone.

50

Orla Hoey

Well done Callaghan, a very generous thing to do to raise such needed funds.

50

Colin Goulding

50

Anna Leonard

50

Michelle Farrell

Well done Nathan and friends.

50

Anonymous

Well done Vincenzo. From Ballyelan

50

Jane Owens

Best of luck!!!

50

Eavan Diamond

Hope you don’t get too cold Luke.

50

Bernie Duggan

Best of luck Abi- well done- it’s a great cause.

50

Bernie Duggan

Best of luck Erin- well done- great cause!

50

Margaret Duggan

Well done Abi. Hope you weren’t too cold

50

Beth Mckenna

Great cause Scott Ryan well done

50

Kathy & Pat Breslin

Best of luck to James and co! Great cause well done 👏🏻

50

Iwona & Fergal

50

Matt Canavan

50

Winnie Liu

50

Lin Cui

50

Margaret Duggan

Well done Erin. Hope to raise lots of money to help people to have to sleep out every night

50

Jamie Burke

50

Mat

50

Linda

Well done

50

Emma Coulson

Best of luck to you all!

50

Carmel Mcelroy

Well done Callaghan.A wonderful cause.

50

Jacquie Sheridan

50

Meabh O'carroll

Well done Caitlin! Meabh, Paul, Aoife & Ciara xx

50

Catrina Bowtell

Good luck . Proud of you for doing this!

45

Colette Khalifa

45

Nan & Grandad Hughes

Well done Abi

45

Nan & Grandad Hughes

Well done Erin

41

Sam Grant

40

Denis And Nuala Hanlon

Good girl Caitlin

40

David And Granny

40

Alison Ķenny

Well done

40

Nicky Duggan

Well done Abi

40

Nicky Duggan

Well done Erin

31

Anonymous

30

Anonymous

Best of luck. Well done to all involved.

30

Aoife Mcnerney

30

Shona Oertig

Great cause, well done to all who participate 💪

30

Lorna & Barry Murphy

Fair play Ali well done

30

Cian Hanlon

Well done Caitlin.

30

Julian Mcdowell

30

Anonymous

Amazing stuff, James!

30

Tona Viney

Amazing Juliet super proud xxx

30

Maighread Gehring

Well done Jessie 😘

30

Maura Geoghegan

30

Fiona Geoghegan

30

Derval Diamond

Well done

30

Lynda & Derek

Great idea Alex, well done jn advance 🐾 Lynda & Derek

30

Teresa Scanlan

30

Caroline & Bill

Best of luck Alex🥰

30

Frank Scanlan

25

Joan Gosling

Stay warm

25

Anonymous

Go Jess & friends !! X

25

Lorna Rice

Great cause Cal - well done!

25

Luke Joyce

25

Elaine Walsh

Well done!!

25

Sarah

Lots of love x

25

Nuala Mcdowell

25

Jenny Mooney

23

Deirdre Waters

Great cause, well done!

21

William & Anita Smith

Well done Juliet

21

Izzy

Good luck Juliet

21

Anonymous

Great initiative for the younger generation to appreciate their own home comforts!

21

Christina Egan

Love Nancy Bonny & Zelie-Rose

21

Margaret Brien

Good luck Alex

21

Anonymous

21

Carmel Duggan

Well done Erin !!

21

Conor & Shirley

Best of luck Caitlin

21

Carmel Duggan

Well done Abi !!

21

Aisling Fowler

Best of luck Alex x

21

Sacha Jones

Well done Alannah for supporting such a worthy cause

21

Emma Fortune

Best of Luck to Bibi and the rest of TY. A great thing to do, well done.

21

Aisling Gorman

Best of luck Ali with your fundraiser great cause Aisling

21

Linda Walsh

Best of Luck James!

21

Nuala Gribben

Good Luck Jamie - Nana

21

Carmel Finnegan

Well done Callaghan

21

Audrey Mceneff

Fantastic work Jessie! Well done 👏⭐️

21

Aaron Kinsella

21

Patrick Mahon

Well done to all involved.

21

Kate O'grady

Well done Conor!

21

Jonathan, Tracey, Sonny & Tess!

Well done Ali!

21

David Kirk

21

Nina ❤️

Wrap up warm!

21

Sinead Tuite

Well done Ali 👏. A great cause.

21

Anonymous

Well done

21

Clare Foley

21

Kate Finn

Well done James!!

21

Andrew Woodcock

21

Paula Kidd

21

Shane Hogan

21

Anonymous

Well done TY's

21

Shane Hogan

21

Byrl Grant

Best of luck Sam

21

Elena Drummond

21

Sinead And All The Parkers

Well done Ali!! X̌xx

21

Cal Cotter

Good onya Bosco

21

Anita Gunn

Well done Ali xx

21

Mary Condren

21

Jill Mccarver

21

Craig Bownes

good luck Nathan from Uncle Craig 😀

21

Larissa Hughes

21

Susan Bownes

Good luck with your challenge from auntie Sue

21

Margaret And Joe

Well done Nathan. Hope it keeps dry for you all xx

21

Larissa Hughes

21

Elaine Montgomery

Best of luck with sleepout Nathan

21

Ciaran Hogan

Proud of you Emma!! 🙏

21

Clodagh And Breifni

Best of luck x

21

Daniel B

21

Alan Hughes

Well done Abs

21

Sadhbh Clissmann

21

Kim Murphy

Well done Abi xx

21

Sara Woods (aunt Of Millie C)

Well done all.

21

Erin

Well done Erin

21

Kim Murphy

Well done Erin xx

21

Sarajane Mccarthy

Best of luck Jessie!

20

Martha Mahon

Best of luck

20

Susanne Monks Martin

Best of luck Ali

20

Adrian Mcdowell

20

Katharine Gosling

20

Niall Diamond

20

Christine Hennessy

20

Luke K

Well done Ali

20

Millie Smith

Best of luck, Juliet.

20

Joan Gosling

Stay warm roan

20

Orla Mccarron

Good luck tonight Luke, great cause well done. Orla & Fran

20

Pearl Cotter

Hope it stays dry. Well done Callaghan.

20

Deirdre Greally

Well done Conor 🥰

20

Warren Gormley

Good luck Jessie

20

Bronagh Myers Lake

Good man Nathan

20

Barbara

Well done Callaghan, a lovely thing to do for a very important cause

20

Nick & Ais Loomes

What a great cause. Nick & Sis

20

Stephen Joyce

20

Angela Duggan

Fair play Abi

20

Quiney

Well done 👏 Ali my love., Great cause. 👍 John & Bernie xx

20

Angela Duggan

Fair play Erin

20

Boylan

Best of luck Callaghan, a great cause, Grania and Michael Boylan

20

Edel & Keith

Well done Luke.

20

Michael Kirk

20

Nicola Kirk

Sleep tight x

20

Zara Mccreery

20

Amanda Ca

20

Deborah Young

Don’t ever give up

20

Anne Woodcock

Well done Ali ❤️❤️❤️

20

Anonymous

20

Alyson Joyce

20

Anonymous

20

David Linnie

15

Harry Kirk

❤️

15

David Fitzpatrick

For homeless hugo

15

Anonymous

15

Robbie Carson

15

Melanie Doran

Well done Bibi and to everyone else involved .

15

Anonymous

15

Amalia Mihalec

15

Jordan Fahy

13

Lee Gorman

13

Anonymous

10

Ann Marie Bridges

10

Sophie

10

Cain Caraon

10

Anonymous

10

Violet Wilkin

Well done all

10

Anonymous

10

Jacinta

Well done Ali, great cause.

10

Aileen Considine

10

Myles Thompson

10

Johanna Doyle

Well done Ali 🙏

10

Saoirse Di Biasi

10

Maxine

Well done to the lovely teenagers we met on the street in Greystones. Great cause

10

Mary White

Best of Luck

10

Penny Power

10

Jade Mcmeekin-quinn

Well done Luke and friends!

10

Roisin Rooney

10

Stephen Callanan

10

A Guilfoyle

10

Deirdre Dillon

10

Russell Rabbit

Well done from Russell, the handsome rabbit 👏🏼

10

Tim Smith

10

A G

10

Trish Byrne

10

Elaine Kinsella

Well Sone Ali 👏

10

Jane Mcloughlin

10

Victoria Duff

Great work

10

Anonymous

10

Trish

10

Sinead Mcguinness

10

Anonymous

10

Anonymous

10

Ciara Caffrey

10

Alwin Holden

10

Matthew Kilkenny

Well done proud of you great cause 👏

10

Pauline Anne

Well done Ali

10

Night Put

10

Siobhan Kilkenny

Well done Allie, Siobhan K 🙏

10

Leanne Scanlon

Well done Ali great cause

10

Eva Smith

Good luck Juliet.

10

Emily Heagney

10

Sallyann Murray

10

John Woodcock

Ali I send 10

10

Triona Driscoll

10

Nuala

Welldone Luke from Nuala

10

Andrea Mccormack

Well done

10

Shane Hayes

7

!!!

Absolute cinema

6

Conor Redmond

5

Carol Mccaffrey

5

Anonymous

5

Serena Kilkenny

Well done Ali 💕💕

5

Gillian Carson

5

Jessie Mooney

5

James Fitzpatrick

5

Alex Whelehan

Well done Jamie!

5

Orla Gibson

Well done Ali

5

Terry Glass

Well done all… special thanks to John for organising QR code

5

Anonymous

5

Anonymous

5

Paula Gaskin

5

Aran Mc Mahon

We are proud of you

5

Raids F

5

Sara Prenderville

5

Jadvyga Petrikiene

5

Aoibhe Macmanus

5

Mia Browne

5

Gavin Mckenna Phd

Got pressed Felt bad Donates Unfollowed🔥

5

Steve Martin

4

Person On Street

3

Carlos Constantino

2

Jason Potts

I mess hella wit them homies in the street without no home, ramzi and Darragh convinced me to donate

2

Vanja Petrie

1

Anonymous

1

Catriona Healy

♥️

1

Jonah Logan-patterson

Jonah loves the homeless

1

Anonymous

Good job Caitlin…

1

Anonymous

1

Michael Mulloy

1

Orla

Well done Ali

Our Team Members

James Farrell

Raised so far:

€807

Sam Grant

Raised so far:

€222

Callum Gilmartin

Hugo McConnell

Raised so far:

€351

Bibi Devereux

Michael Mulloy

Molly Browne

Raised so far:

€250

Ethan Bradshaw

Ali condren

Raised so far:

€756

Lucy Daly

Abi Duggan

Hannah Boczkowska

Roan Stanley

Honor Mullion

Raised so far:

€406

𝒜𝓁𝒾𝒸e paterson

Roan Gosling

Raised so far:

€265

Ryan Quinn

luke carroll

Raised so far:

€235

Michael Kinsella

Raised so far:

€55

Samuel Walsh

Alannah Smith

Raised so far:

€477

Iseult Naidoo

Raised so far:

€350

Joseph Liu

Raised so far:

€100

William Hall

Ali Rose Malone

Alek Birov

Raised so far:

€267

Millie Coulson

Juliet Case

Raised so far:

€92

Annie Dillon

Raised so far:

€351

Keelin Hughes

Raised so far:

€332

Grace Earley

Ollie Focas

Raised so far:

€111

jessie mooney

Raised so far:

€1,051

Síofra O Farrell

Emma Haugh

Raised so far:

€472

Abi Duggan

Raised so far:

€310

Caitlin Hopkins

Raised so far:

€252

Fionn Stroh

Raised so far:

€110

Andrew Chen

Raised so far:

€55

Patrick Breslin

Raised so far:

€111

Matthew Nolan

Amelia Murphy

Raised so far:

€110

Millie Coulson

Abaigeal Flynn

Raised so far:

€111

Alexandra Bruce-Tamakloe

Raised so far:

€381

Darragh Donnegan

Raised so far:

€355

Criostoir O Duill

Fin Black

Emma Gheta

Paresia Phelan

Matthew Magee

Erin Duggan

Raised so far:

€310

Vincenzo Di Biasi

Raised so far:

€250

Seán O’Neill

Raised so far:

€593

Luke Joyce

Raised so far:

€150

Euan Kocikowski

Scott Ryan

Raised so far:

€450

Hazel Carroll

Raised so far:

€135

Nathan Bownes

Allene Shields

Raised so far:

€305

Jamie Burke

Raised so far:

€263

Nathan Bownes

Raised so far:

€375

Cathal Donnelly

Raised so far:

€55

Noah Nyarko

Ramzi Salman

Raised so far:

€100

Abigail Galligan

Callaghan Cotter

Raised so far:

€512

Conor Khalifa

Raised so far:

€206