The Big Sleep Out

Ampleforth College FACE-FAW is raising money for Ampleforth Abbey Trust
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The Big Sleep Out · 8 December 2018

Ampleforth Abbey is home to a community of Benedictine monks who welcome visitors into the Abbey for services, and to explore the extensive and stunning Abbey grounds. History & Heritage The Abbey Church and Visitor Centre offer a fascinating insight into a living monastic community. Founded in 1802, the Benedictine community at Ampleforth Abbey is the largest community of monks in the UK. The Abbey Church is filled with furniture, sculpture, and glass from skilled crafts people, including local oak craftsman Robert ‘Mousey’ Thompson. Retreats Our comfortable retreat facilities offer space to rest, reflect and relax away from the routine of everyday life. This place of prayer offers spiritual nourishment for those who seek it. All are warmly welcomed, whether part of a group, for a conference or your own personal retreat. Tea Room Home-made refreshments are available including hot meals and cakes, tea, coffee, and cold drinks including our Ampleforth Abbey apple juice and cider. Outside seating offers stunning views across the Ampleforth valley, and there is baby changing, children’s menu, and plenty of space to park buggies. Explore the Grounds The Ampleforth estate covers 1,200 acres of lakes and woodland in the Howardian Hills National Landscape, with the North York Moors National Park to the north. We welcome walkers and cyclists throughout the year.

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This weekend, Saturday 8th December 2018, 23 sixth form students and two members of staff will be sleeping out in an act of solidarity with the homeless and in order to raise money for our school charity FACE-FAW. The students support various charities that work with, or provide support for, the homeless, including DePaul, The Passage, and St George’s Crypt in Leeds.

We support a range of other worthy charities and projects, and every penny donated to FACE-FAW for our sleepout will be re-distributed to the causes selected by our students.

About FACE-FAW

Many of our students have reserves of empathy and compassion: when they see the suffering that exists in the world, they may be moved to help. Sometimes it is hard to know where to start.

FACE-FAW is the school’s charity and it provides the students with an opportunity to do something in response.

FACE-FAW stands for “Friendship and Aid, Central and Eastern Europe, Friendship and Aid, the World.” It is the name of Ampleforth’s school charity, which I suppose for many, sounds strangely convoluted but as Fr Francis eloquently put it, this name expresses “accurately and beautifully what it is - the word “Friendship” expresses the Motivation, the word “Aid” the Response, the Action.” He also sensed, I think, that FACE-FAW was an implicit invitation to be open to others from all corners of the globe.

We fundraise and then re-distribute all money to charities specifically selected by our students. We support a wide range of worthy causes
and our hope is that this allows our students to engage with the Christian works of mercy:

to feed the hungry; to give water to the thirsty; to clothe the naked; to shelter the homeless; to visit the sick and the imprisoned.

Dan Davison, Coordinator of FACE-FAW

Ampleforth College, YO62 4EY

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