Turning Tides is one of the largest providers of homelessness services to single adults in West Sussex. Last year, the charity supported around 1000 people who were experiencing homelessness or living in insecure housing.

Just think - for every person you see rough sleeping there are probably another 20 'hidden homeless': people who are sleeping in their cars or vans, sofa-surfing, or living in a tent on the edge of fields or woodland not far from where you live.

So I'm taking part in one of the charity's big fundraisers this autumn. Starting at 6am on Friday, 4th October I'll be nipping up* Ben Nevis, Scarfell Pike and Mount Snowden - which will take until around lunchtime on Saturday, 5th.

If you could cheer me on my way by making a donation, I'd be very grateful.

*relatively speaking