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BIG SLEEP OUT – Help Stonepillow reach their £20,000 fundraising target!

Did you see our annual BIG Sleep Out take place on the Chichester Cathedral Green last month? The music, dancing and pop-up cardboard village tempted large crowds to discover what was happening on the Cathedral Green, as Stonepillow’s flagship fundraising event got underway, and 62 sleepers built and decorated their cardboard shelters. Sponsored by Barratt Homes and Home and Dry, the event was made the spectacle and success it was by the support of all the local dance groups, bands, singers and local businesses who performed, entertained, supplied food and drink and volunteered on the day.

Before bedding down, the sleepers – including Chichester MP Jess Brown-Fuller  – enjoyed a moving church service following the theme of ‘home’. The evening included emotional performances from Ukrainian choir Voitvoice – who having fled the war in Ukraine now find Chichester their ‘home’.  Former Stonepillow client Mike played guitar and told his story to the sleepers as they devoured sausage and chips courtesy of Yoddi and his fabulous team at LA Fish.

The BIG Sleep Out does not aim to replicate homelessness but to take participants out of their comfort zone and offer a small insight into the harsh realities of rough sleeping. Stonepillow works daily at the coalface of the cost-of-living crisis; last year alone our Day Hubs in Chichester & Bognor Regis supported a total of 729 clients, the equivalent of filling 8 double decker buses. If you’d like to show your support for those who slept out at the Cathedral, and those who sleep without a home day in day out, please check out our campaign page and help us reach our £20,000 target! https://www.justgiving.com/campaign/stonepillowbso2024

 

 

Photo Credit: https://gscreativephotography.co.uk/