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Byte Night is the UK’s largest corporate sleep-out. Byte Night is coming to Swansea for the very first time this year! This year it is taking place on Friday 4th October across 12 locations in the UK. Byte Night is an evening where team and individuals sleep out to raise money towards youth homelessness.Byte Night works to support some of the 83,000 young people who are homeless in the UK every year through no fault of their own.Family breakdown, mental health issues and abuse in the home are just a few of the causes which lead to many young people becoming homeless.Stats on youth homelessness 20% of young people say they have sofa surfed. 17% of young people say they have slept rough. 27% of homeless young people have been diagnosed with a mental health problems. 50% of homeless young people use illegal substances. 21% of homeless young people have self-harmed