Last November we took a deep breath and put together the most ambitious Sleep-out in our history.

100 participants, including six companies, university students, the entire senior management team of Brighton & Hove Albion, a senior BBC religious producer, pensioners, teenagers, churches and clubs combined forces to raise over £34,000 in just one night.

We are going to do our best to beat that total this year with your help. Were back on North Lawn in York Place, just north of St Peters Church along with cardboard boxes to create shelters, a PA system with an outdoor cinema screen, a street food truck and a bunch of the nicest co-eventers that youll ever meet. The Big Sleep Out is an annual fundraising challenge organised by Off The Fence for you to experience what life can be like for rough sleepers and to raise money to help us help them off the streets and back on track for the kind of normal life that the rest of us take for granted.

When: Friday 18th Saturday 19th November

Time: 5pm 8am

Where: North Lawn, St Peters Church, York Place, Brighton, BN1 4GU

Bring your friends & family, come as a team from work or on your own and well put you in a team. Well have team challenges like Build your own shelter; testimonials, live music, food and a celebrity story time. Brighton & Hove is one of the highest ratio rough sleeper cities in the UK and with the cost of living climbing daily, this shows no sign of getting any better. People sleeping rough die younger, are more likely to get ill and are more vulnerable to violence than the rest of us.It's time to make a real difference to real people in our cityand have some fun whilst fundraising again! All participants will receive a certificate and the pleasure of knowing that youve made a difference.

If youd like to take part in our Big Sleep Out 2022, please contact Event Organiser Sarah Melvin to book your place and for more information on the next steps at sarah.melvin@offthefence.org.uk

Please share the link to the event amongst your networks offthefence.org.uk/thebigsleepout22 and use the hashtag #OTFsleepout22

Check out our fundraising pack and sponsorship form along with information on how to create a Justgiving page.