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Shine A Light 11 October - Sleep out or donate. We've been supporting Focus Ireland in their fight against family homelessness for nearly 10 years now, donating €4.4 million and contributing thousands of volunteer hours. Each year, we join the annual Shine A Light sleep out to raise awareness of family homelessness. Conor Roe, Head of Advice and Information and Day Services at Focus Ireland, talks about the vital role of the Focus Ireland Coffee Shop in Temple Bar. For almost 40 years this coffee shop has been the first point of contact to access homeless services and in 2023 alone it supported over 5,500 people. With family homelessness at a record high - over 2,000 families are currently in emergency accommodation - we urge you, your colleagues and your network to participate this year. Visit https://lnkd.in/eXYCpfhV #ShineALight #UnseenButNotForgotten #EndHomelessness #ShineALightSleepOut

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

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