The Castle Tap's second group outing to Big Sleep Out, and we hope to have more of us and more fundraising!

On Friday 31st August, we will be heading down to Queen Anne’s School in Caversham for around 7pm till 6am the next day. Sleeping with only a sleeping bag and some cardboard for shelter.

From Ele Buckley Launchpad’s Event Manager “our Big Sleep Out is very much a tiny insight into what it’s really like to sleep rough. Everyone is in the safe grounds of Queen Anne’s they have access to toilets and after 12 hours they head back to the comfort of their own homes and families. The reality of homelessness is sleeping out carries on night after night with no safe home to return to.”

I believe this is an amazing and very worthy local charity who is battling continuously to support those with housing, substance and mental health issues.

While we can help gain donations, we can also learn from this experience each time buy reminding ourselves of all the things we take for granted in our relatively stable and plentiful lives. A bit of personal reflection is a great thing to take away from the event.

Thank you for reading this and we hope that you are in a position to donate and help some of our towns most disadvantaged people.