On Friday 3 October I am taking on the challenge of Boycott your Bed, sleeping out overnight in London to raise vital funds for Action for Children.

Please could you help me to do this by sponsoring me with whatever you can spare. 4.5 million children now live in poverty in the UK - that's 31% of all children!!!! Tonight, many children will go to bed hungry, will struggle to sleep in a cold, damp house, will start the next day without a warm coat or shoes that fit.... it’s relentless.

Please help me and my colleagues at Tandem to help these children across the UK who go to bed every night feeling unsafe, cold, hopeless.

This year Tandem have pledged to raise as many money as we can, over various initiatives, to help Action for Children give a child warm clothes, hot meals and a proper bed. Please give what you can.