I will be taking part in this Sleep Out on a c-c-cold November night to raise vital funds for MACS who are tackling youth homelessness locally by providing homes and support to over 700 young people each year.

https://MACSSleepOut2023.eventbrite.co.uk

Many of the young people MACS work with have experienced the care system, homelessness, poverty, adverse childhood experiences, generational trauma, the criminal justice system, low educational attainment and/or mental health challenges including substance dependency and self-harm.

MACS provide holistic needs-based support with education and training, health and wellbeing; mental health, social participation, helping each young person to build a pathway out of the homelessness cycle towards a positive future.

£450 can provide a rental deposit to secure a place to call home

£55 can pay for an hour with a specialist health practitioner

£5 can pay for transport to their first job interview

Thanks for your donation!

(Ps that Lesley Doherty donation was in fact from Caroline Dixon - I didn’t sponsor myself!)