Monday 30 January 2012

Big Sleep Out Success

Cllr Tris Osborne in a cutting mood [making his box]

The cardboard wigwam

KM Journalist Dan Bloom lobbing some hay onto the fire... [ignore what else he had in hand.]

Not a nuclear bunker but probably the best insulated of all the boxes. Inside was just as padded!


A few pictures from The Big Sleep out event sponsorsed by MHS Home which raised £11,000 for Emmanus and the Alzheimer's Society.

Volunteers from across Medway, including mhs homes staff, customers, business contacts, suppliers, Councillors, journalists [and a lot of RBS staff] all decided to spend a night in a box in -2 degrees centigrade to highlight how those who are without a home have to survive in similar conditions this winter.

It is very easy, in the comfort of a warm and loving home, to remember that there are hundreds of people from all backgrounds living on our streets tonight.

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