For one night only - on Saturday 11 January 2020 - local homeless charity Opendoors will host a sleep out event at St Mary’s Church Devizes where people can either sleep in the church or brave a night ‘under the stars’ (whatever the weather) to raise vital funds for the charity that helps people in the Devizes Community Area to find solutions to homelessness.

Described as inspiring and thought provoking by previous participants, experience a small taste of some of the difficulties that so many people homeless in the country have to deal with - freezing cold, venerability and the difficulty of carrying on your day with very little sleep - and raise money for a very worthwhile cause.

Opendoors depends entirely on donations - both in terms of money and food, volunteers’ time, clothing, books for example and the sleep out is a key fund raising event in the calendar. In 2019 it raised £1,360 representing 5% of the Opendoors total funding for the year. They are aiming for 10% this year and with your help we can make that happen.