List of Tipperary schools participating in Jersey Day fundraiser revealed

GOAL’s Jersey Day will take place in 500+ schools and businesses across the country on Friday, October 11.

13 schools in Tipperary will take part in the fundraiser. They are:

St Joseph's Primary School, Tipperary Town;
Scoil Mhuire, Tipperary;
Terryglass NS;
Bansha National School;
St Mary's Secondary School Tipperary;
Golden National School;
Boher NS;
St Francis NS, Donohill;
Clogheen School;
Lissenhall National School;
St Mary's CBS, Clonmel;
Gaelcholaiste Chaitinn;
Scoil Mhuire, Nenagh;

GOAL ambassador, athlete, Olympian, and athletics commentator, David Gillick, recently teamed up with his three children Oscar (aged 8), Olivia (aged 6), and Louis (aged 3), in Marlay Park, Dublin, to announce the return of the humanitarian aid charity’s national flagship fundraising campaign, Jersey Day.

This year, GOAL is celebrating 36 years of Jersey Day.

Schools and businesses will be swapping out their uniforms and usual office dress for their favourite sports jerseys.

All funds raised will go towards supporting GOAL’s life-saving humanitarian aid and development work, in 14 countries across Africa, the Middle East, and Latin America.

Jersey Day is a household favourite, having raised over €5 million to date.

Last year, 40,000 people across 136 businesses and state organisations, and 476 primary and secondary schools, took part in Jersey Day. The campaign raised a total of €208,000.

In Tipperary alone, 13 schools will be participating. They're joined by Bulmers Ireland.

You can register to take part in Jersey Day via jerseyday.org.

Supported by Folens, Ireland’s leading School Books Publisher, this year’s Jersey Day also invites participants to showcase their involvement and inspire others by sharing images and experiences on social media using the hashtag #GOALJerseyDay.