Dear All,
On Friday 6th October, I will be giving up my warm bed in my comfortable home to sleep rough on the street. Why? Alongside some of the highest-value property in the country, West London also has one of the highest numbers of rough sleepers. I would like to do what I can by raising funds for a very worthwhile local charity, Glass Door Homeless Charity. Glass Door runs London's largest winter night shelter for the homeless and offers casework to get people into stable accommodation and work.
I can't pretend it will be as frightening for me to sleep rough, in company with up to 300 others, on Duke of York Square with portaloos and stewards, as it must be for people who are truly homeless, alone and with no other option but to sleep on the street. It probably won't be too cold (let's hope it doesn't rain) and it's only for one night. Then we'll be back in our own homes and beds. The men and women who come to Glass Door's emergency winter night shelters have no such comfortable expectation, and nowhere else to turn.
I know you have many calls on your generosity, but if you would like to help, please sponsor me at https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising-edit/Frederique-Feder-Macleod. 

To find out more about the charity, go to http://www.glassdoor.org.uk

Many thanks for reading this and for supporting me if you choose to do so. I'll let you know how I get on!
Yours,

Frederique & Vincent