In 2016 Deborah headed up the creation of the Irish fashion collective, along with Siobhan Grant the fundraising manager in St Joseph’s care home in Shankill. This event is a collaboration of Irish designers from home and abroad including Philip Treacy, Don O’Neill and Paul Costello to name a few, raising much need awareness and funds for the only care home in Ireland that soleycares for people living with dementia. They are cared for together in a ‘homelike’ environment where the focus is on people’s emotions and making them feel like they really matter, despite living with a diagnosis of dementia. A cause very close to the designer’s heart as her father spent many years here and was looked after exceptionally well. Here you can see Deborah along with her good friend Lorraine Keane who MC’d for the event along with Deborah’s SS21 collection.