Hi everyone thanks for visiting my 100minds page!

My name is Shane Hudson and I’m a final year student in Business & Management DIT.

100minds is a social enterprise founded in 2013 that brings together Ireland’s students and connects them with one cause of raising necessary funds for a chosen charity. 100minds has recruited 1,000 students from across the country and challenged them to raise €1,000 each in a creative and entrepreneurial way. This year’s charity is ISPCC Childline. Collectively, the goal is to generate €1,000,000.

Last year Childline launched an emergency appeal regarding extreme pressures funding it’s 24 hour service. Childline answered 460,000 calls from children - listening to 300 urgent risks of suicide and receiving 1,208 calls on Christmas day. The support we give to Childline this year will help fund the answering of 100,000 calls from children in need - that’s 12 missed calls every hour. Any donation – big or small - is extremely appreciated and will make a genuine difference to the children of Ireland; every cent received from you goes directly into Childline’s bank account.

As of now I am in the early stages of brainstorming events and ideas that will help me reach my fund raising target. I will keep everyone informed of my progress and how my ideas evolve through this page. Any donations to my 100minds profile or through any successful ideas & events that I will organize will go directly into Childline’s account. Every donation will provide the training and funds for a person to be on the other end of the line when a child rings who needs someone to listen and make them feel safe.

This is an essential service for the children of Ireland and I would ask that you support this initiative in any way you can. Thanks for taking the time for reading my profile, together let’s make a big difference!

Shane