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CEO Sleepout Nottingham 2019 · 10 October 2019 ·

Business leaders unite to fight homelessness, sleeping outdoors for one night alongside their peers, giving up the comfort of a warm bed to raise funds charities on the frontline of homelessness. CEO Sleepout events take place in cities across the UK. Will you join us?

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Thank you for taking the time to visit my Just Giving page.

I'm Ewan, a solicitor based at Buckles. I've worked in Nottingham for many years and I'm horrified at the amount of people who are homeless in Nottingham. I want to give something back to Nottingham and its fight to eradicate homelessness and am therefore doing something about it. 

I and my fellow sleepers had to spend a night outside to get
some sense of what it must be like for those far less fortunate than
most.  Ewan did manage to get a small amount of sleep and although it
wasn’t too cold, there was a bit of rain to contend with!

It wasn’t something I’d ever done before and I must admit to
being a bit nervous about it beforehand.  But just had to remind myself
that no matter how bad I thought it might be, it was going to be nothing
compared to those who have to go through worse every single night.

It may be a cliché but taking part did make me realise just
how lucky I am to have the things that so many of us take for granted – a bed every night, food on the table, heating.  It really does make you realise that these are things that should never be taken for granted, however bad things may appear.

Please help by making a donation. All funds raised will go to local charities fighting homelessness - Emmanuel House, The Friary and Notts County Football in the Community. These charities are amazing and the funds raised will give individuals and families the opportunity to make positive life changes.

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