The team : Dion Smith, Michael Kenney, Samantha Nowlan, Jon Rhymes, Kerrie Wheatley, Dave Warke, Ian McFadden, Brendon Rockey, Stephen Davies, Hannah Pankhurst, Tariq Hussain, Daniel Maley, Ann Atkinson, Nick Pontin, Oli Turnbull, Derrick Khan, Jason Martin
Byte Night is the IT Industrys Annual sleep out to raise money for Homeless Children in the UK.
When - Friday 2 October 2009 at Potters Field, London.
Goal - Raise awareness of youth homelessness and raise vital funds to support young people who are currently homeless or facing life after care.
Byte Night is the IT industry's annual sleep out in support of Action for Children. Each year hundreds of individuals and teams from the technology and IT industries spend a night exposed to the elements in a bid to raise sponsorship and awareness of Action for Children's work. The event began ten years ago when 30 individuals from the IT industry slept out and raised £35,000. Since then the event has grown to extraordinary heights, attracting 400+ sleepers and raising almost £500,000 in 2008 alone.
How far does your money go....
· £5 pays for emergency overnight support for a young person living on the street· £10 pays for a child to have a hot lunch every day for a week
· £15 pays for a bath, three emergency meals, laundry, personal items and emergency medication for a young person living on the street
· £20 pays for a personal adviser to help a young person find work or training
· £25 pays to keep the doors of one of our youth homelessness projects open for one hour
· £90 could finds a home for a teenager who’s got nowhere to live
· £100 buys a bed and bedding for a young homeless person moving into their first flat
· £500 pays for emergency overnight accommodation for 20 vulnerable children
· £600 keeps the doors of one of our leaving care and homelessness projects open for one week
So please sponsor us now!
For comprehensive information on Byte Night please go to : www.bytenight.org.uk
On behalf of the person you are sponsoring at DELL, Action for Children and myself we would like to personally thank you for any gift you can put towards this great cause.
