“Concerning for me is the deep trauma that homelessness causes… particularly for children.” (Evelyne Legaux, Finance OTC Consulting Ltd) Join us and #SleepOutAgainstHomelessness with your family, friends, colleagues or community and support over 14k people experiencing homelessness in Ireland. Sign up now: https://lnkd.in/eENAuaki Shine A Light is proudly supported by Bord Gáis Energy #EndHomelessness #UnseenButNotForgotten
Focus Ireland
Individual and Family Services
Challenging homelessness. Changing lives.
About us
Focus Ireland works with people experiencing homelessness or at risk of losing their homes across Ireland. We believe that everyone has a right to a place they can call home. We are driven by the fundamental belief that homelessness is wrong. Wrong because it is a failure of society that creates victims out of ordinary people and robs them of their potential. Wrong because it can be prevented, it can be solved but is allowed to continue and in doing so, undermines society. We need to challenge our society to think and act differently. We are committed to challenging everything about homelessness; the causes, systemic failures, people’s perceptions and how it is tackled and we challenge ourselves in how we allocate resources to maximise our ability to prevent people from falling into homelessness and to help people find and keep a home. Homelessness is wrong and we make that felt in every thing we do and say. For more information about our work or to make a donation, please visit our website at FocusIreland.ie Focus Ireland Charity Number CHY 7220
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http://www.focusireland.ie
External link for Focus Ireland
- Industry
- Individual and Family Services
- Company size
- 201-500 employees
- Headquarters
- Dublin
- Type
- Nonprofit
- Founded
- 1985
- Specialties
- Helping those at Risk of Homelessness, Advice and Information on Homelessness, Supporting those who are Homeless, and Changing policy based around homelessness
Locations
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Primary
Get directions
9-12 High Street
Dublin, 08, IE
Employees at Focus Ireland
Updates
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Focus Ireland reposted this
WE DID IT 🥳 In September last year, we set out to raise €2000 for Focus Ireland and we surpassed it 🥹🌟🥳 One Year No Beer ✅ Thank you to everyone who kindly and generously donated to our fundraiser over the last 12 months! Giving up alcohol for one whole year isn’t an easy task, but knowing the money we were fundraising during the 12 months was going to an amazing cause made it all worthwhile 🫶 Over €2000 is going towards helping people find a place to call home, have a meal or cover the basics for everyday life, some things we might take for granted. We can’t thank you enough for supporting us & helping us help others 🌟 🏡 Thank you Focus Ireland for all the work you do 💛
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Focus Ireland reposted this
Sisk is proud to announce that we will have 45 of our staff participating in Focus Ireland #ShineALight sleep out aiming to raise €100,000 for homeless services. Homelessness is a complex issue with devastating consequences. By joining Shine A Light, we hope to contribute to a future where everyone has access to safe and secure homes. Yesterday we welcomed Pat Dennigan, CEO, Focus Ireland to Sisk HQ to meet with our staff members and explain the reality of homelessness and the difference that Focus Ireland makes in communities all over Ireland. Maura O'Farrell - Toles, Company Secretary, Sisk said: “We are delighted to be participating in Shine A Light again this year, with the added incentive to collectively raise €100,000 and with 45 of our staff participating across the entire Sisk Group of companies, it promises to be an amazing night. Pat Dennigan, CEO, Focus Ireland, said: “Shine A Light primarily connects with the business community and I’m delighted Sisk staff are playing their part again this year with 45 staff. It means so much to us as an organisation (Focus Ireland). We need more than just homes for people, that’s what we are all about.” Please donate whatever you can by scanning the QR code or clicking the link below to each of our participants individual fundraising pages. https://lnkd.in/ekDnaiaF #WeAreSisk #ShineALight #Homelessness #SocialValue Paul Brown Maura O'Farrell - Toles Sean Fitzpatrick Marcus C. Brian Kennedy Paul Laffan BSc (Hons) MRICS MSCSI Tom G. John Devereaux Tom Wall BE CEng FIEI Kevin Coyle Sarah-Jane Pisciotti Sensori Facilities Management Ltd Vision-Built Susána Ramjit Jennifer O'Brien Sonya Winters Jenny Brady Brian Dillon Barry Ryan Lorraine O'Toole Tomás Ruane Sean Ahern Ita Malone Bernard McGarrity Maria Kennedy Maria Hurley Maeve Carney Alan Gorman
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“I feel comforted in the knowledge that my grandmother’s legacy of care and compassion for vulnerable people in our country lives on through me.” (Elizabeth, Legacy Donor) From your heart to their home. #EndHomelessness with a gift in your Will to Focus Ireland. To find out more about the difference a gift in your Will can make and hear more about our Free Wills writing services, contact Assia on 086 103 3130 or assia.buono@focusireland.ie #MyLegacyWillBe
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Focus Ireland are currently hiring Social Care Workers for a number of our Under 18’s Residential Services in Dublin (Dalkey, Templeogue & North Dublin Grange Lodge). This role offers a Full-time Permanent Contract and is suitable for those who have 2-3 years' experience, providing professional services such as support and assistance to young people aged 15-18 who are out of home in a short-term residential setting. The ideal candidate will have a degree in social care, or similar third level degree. The #SocialCareWorker is committed to living the organisation's values and has a clear understanding of Focus Ireland’s mission and strategic vision. For more details and to apply: https://lnkd.in/ez75C9Aq #JobFairy #WorkWithUs #EndHomelessness
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"Never before has this issue been so urgent. Homelessness figures are at 14,429 which is a record high for Ireland and includes nearly 4,500 children living in emergency accommodation." Thank you to Bord Gáis Energy for their continued commitment to supporting Focus Ireland and our customers experiencing homelessness. You can join #ShineALight on Friday 11 October and #SleepOutAgainstHomelessness or donate here: https://lnkd.in/eENAuaki #UnseenButNotForgotten
Sleep out or donate - Shine A Light 11 October. We've proudly supported Focus Ireland since 2015 in their essential work to end family homelessness, donating €4.4 million to help more than 7,500 families find a home, and more than 1,000 volunteer hours through our staff initiatives. Every year we join Focus Ireland for Shine A Light, their annual sleep out against family homelessness. In this video series we ask staff from across Bord Gáis Energy and Focus Ireland about their involvement with Focus Ireland and what it means to them. Catherine Lonergan, Director of Energy, Marketing and Data at Bord Gáis Energy talks about the staff of Bord Gáis Energy's support of Focus Ireland over the years including our service engineers ensuring step down facilities for families are energy efficient and colleagues across the business contributing more than €670,000 in donations. Never before has this issue been so urgent. Homelessness figures are at 14,429 which is a record high for Ireland and includes nearly 4,500 children living in emergency accommodation. We want to actively encourage businesses, schools, community centres and individuals to either sleep out or donate on Friday 11 October. Visit https://lnkd.in/ei6ciJd7 for more information. #ShineALight #UnseenButNotForgotten #EndHomelessness #ShineALightSleepOut
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We are currently hiring for the role of Social Care Leader within our Under 18s Residential Service in South Dublin (Templeogue). The purpose of this role is to provide care, protection, and support to the vulnerable or dependent clients, individually or in groups, in conjunction with the wider multidisciplinary team and other relevant agencies. The primary aim is to provide intervention necessary to address the young person’s issues or the issues that are preventing them from living at home or in relative/foster care. The Social Care Leader is committed to living the organisation's values and has a clear understanding of Focus Ireland’s mission and strategic vision. For more details and to apply: https://lnkd.in/ez75C9Aq #JobFairy #WorkWithUs #EndHomelessness
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We are delighted to have Brendan Courtney join us again for this year's Shine A Light #SleepOutAgainstHomelessness on Friday 11 October. #ShineALight is proudly supported by Bord Gáis Energy ✨ Sign up: https://lnkd.in/eX7VBrKB #UnseenButNotForgotten
Sleep out or donate - Shine A Light, 11 October. We've proudly supported Focus Ireland since 2015 in their essential work to end family homelessness. We've donated over €4 million to help more than 7,500 families find a home, and more than 1,000 volunteer hours through our staff initiatives. Every year we join Focus Ireland in their annual sleep out against family homelessness initiative, Shine A Light. In this video series we ask staff from across Bord Gáis Energy and Focus Ireland about their involvement and what it means to them. Brendan Courtney is kicking off this series as he joins us once more as our Shine A Light ambassador to ensure that those families in homelessness who may go unseen, are not forgotten. Never before has this issue been so urgent. Homelessness figures are currently at 14,429, which is a record high for Ireland and includes nearly 4,500 children living in emergency accommodation. We want to actively encourage businesses, schools, community centres and individuals to either sleep out or donate on Friday 11 October. Why not do your bit! For more information visit https://lnkd.in/ei6ciJd7. #ShineALight #EndFamilyHomelessness #UnseenButNotForgotten
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Focus Ireland reposted this
We’ve only gone and won an award 🏆 Thanks to DIGITAL MEDIA AWARDS IRELAND for awarding Today FM bronze for Best Use of Video for the #BigBusk with Focus Ireland 🎸🎶 Over €1 million raised to support those experiencing homelessness 💛 #DMA2024
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“I wrote my Will when I was 21 years old. It may seem like an early age to some, but life took a course that I didn’t expect.” Rita, a dedicated staff member, shared her story about why writing her Will at a young age was one of the most impactful and important decisions in her life, following the sudden loss of her father. She speaks about how you can continue to ensure that your values, and causes that mean the most to you, are supported long into the future. Focus Ireland offers a Free Wills writing service, both in person and online, to people who are interested in writing their Will. To find out more call Assia on 086 103 3130 or visit focusireland.ie/legacy #MyLegacyWillBe #EndHomelessness #IrishCharity