Campaign by Story
Will you sleep out for one, cold, wet, uncomfortable winter night so that we can support more young people without somewhere they call home?
Our annual sleepout is back at a new location as we partner with the iconic Brighton pier for hopefully our biggest fundraiser ever, Big City Sleepout 2025.
We’re asking you to raise as much money as possible to make sure that we can keep providing that safe, supportive space for our clients to shape their futures.
The Clock Tower Sanctuary offers warm clothing, sleeping bags, washing facilities, hot nutritious meals, hot drinks and companionship – much needed by our clients at this time of year and all the year through.
“After a while I ran out of people to stay with and spent two weeks rough sleeping. It was really scary. I slept under bridges, in parks. But I didn’t really sleep, I couldn’t. There’s lots of us rough sleeping in Brighton, so all the good spots are already taken.” Sarah, aged 21, she/her
Every penny you raise makes a difference:
•£10 can pay for a young person to have a shower, wash their clothes and eat a healthy, hot meal.
•£20 can go towards a home starter kit so a young person has the essentials to set up their new home.
•£200 can pay for us to train and support a volunteer to support a young person.
•£500 can pay for a young person to access all of our support and facilities for two months.
We know that this is a tiny glimpse into what our young people who rough sleep face. Fundraisers will have access to a toilet, hot drinks and safe in the knowledge that they will not be at risk of physical, verbal abuse or have the fear of their belongings being stolen. Sadly our clients who have experience of sleeping on the street say this is their reality.
Following feedback from our Youth Voice team, we'd like to draw attention to the fact that while this event is a challenge, choosing to sleep out is very different from having no choice.
By raising awareness and vital funds we can continue to give the best support to young people in a whole range of unsuitable housing situations. Whether in emergency or supported accomodation or sofa surfing, the loneliness and fear of homelesssness is exhausting and destabilising.