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Closed 18/05/2017
Focus Ireland

Shine a Light 2016

Give one night to change a lifetime
€292,486
raised of €500,000 target
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Closed on 18/05/2017
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On October 21st 2016 Ireland’s business leaders will come together at Dublin’s Christ Church Cathedral and Cork’s historic City Gaol to raise funds and awareness for people experiencing homelessness.

In the last 4 years, over 300 business leaders have raised over €1.5 Million to support our work.

To take part in Focus Ireland’s Shine a Light Night 2015, we ask that individual business leaders raise or donate €5,000 and sleep-out to shine a light on the issues of homelessness in Ireland today.

Recent figures show how vital our work is and why we need the support of the business community. The homeless crisis is deepening.

• Over 2100 children, with their families, are currently homeless and living in emergency accommodation

• More than half of those children are under 8 years old. 

• The overwhelming majority of these families have never experienced homelessness before

Join your peers in the business community and stand in solidarity with the issue of homelessness in Ireland today. 

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About the charity

Focus Ireland works to provide housing and homeless services to young people, adults, children and families who are homeless or are vulnerable to homelessness. The organisation works to make its vision– Everyone has a right to a place they can call home– a reality for thousands of people every year.

Donation summary

Total raised
€292,485.19
Online donations
€263,002.68
Offline donations
€0.00
Direct donations
€660.00
Donations via fundraisers
€291,825.19

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