Welcome to my 100 minds fundraising page and thank you for taking the time to read this.

My name is Sarah Ann and I am final year Human Health and Disease student in Trinity College Dublin. I am so thrilled to be taking part in 100minds this year. I feel privileged to be chosen to take part in such a great cause helping to raise much needed funds for ISPCC Childline.

100minds is a non-profit organization that was set up in 2013. 100minds connects 3rd level college students with a chosen charity and encourages them to run their own fundraising projects. Previous years have seen 100minds raise funds for Temple street hospital, Barnardos and Blossom Ireland. This years chosen charity is ISPCC Childline.

In December 2014, the ISPCC announced that due to extreme funding pressures, Childline was under threat of closing its night time service. To keep lines open, the Childline Emergency Appeal was launched. Thankfully, this generated enough immediate funding to keep Childline’s 24 hour service open. However, for the long-term survival of Childline more funding is needed.

Without Childline, who would have been there to answer 460,000 calls received from children last year? Without this vital service the voices of the children and young people of Ireland would go unheard.

100minds has pledge to raise €1,000,000 for Childline which means that 100,000 voices will be heard in 2015.

Between now and April I will be fundraising to reach my goal of €1,000 by organising various events. You can also donate to this extremely important cause by clicking the 'DONATE NOW' button on my page. Any contribution would be much appreciated and goes directly to this amazing charity.

Thank you! :)