Winchester residents will sleep out under the stars on Friday night to raise much needed funds for local homeless.
The BIG SLEEP OUT is designed to raise money and awareness for the work of Winchester Churches Nightshelter and Trinity Winchester.
Residents taking part - on Friday May 15 - will be joined by a team led by Prospective Winchester MP Steve Brine, the Bishop and Mayor of Winchester, local broadcasters and many other local politicians including City Councillor Ian Tait.
The Army will be on hand to keep everyone fed via their giant BBQ and Brasserie Blanc will be brewing a special Sleep Out soup. Entertainment will be provided by the Chesil Street Theatre among others.
Steve Brine, pictured above (on the right with some of his Sleep Out team!) at today’s pre-event publicity photo-call, said; “The issue of homelessness is one very close to my heart and something I want to pursue if I am elected to Parliament. David Cameron has made it quite clear he wishes to tackle the problem if he becomes Prime Minister and I will be right behind him. As a local person I am obviously very aware of the Nighshelter based in Jewry Street (behind the Discovery Centre) and the brilliant Trinity Centre so it was a no-brainer when they asked me to take part in the Big Sleep Out. Please goto our Just Giving site and help us raise some money for this very worthy cause.”
More information and links …
You can see Steve Brine’s short-film from Wednesday April 22 at the publicity photo-call here via his dedicated You Tube TV Channel.
*NEW* - Blog Entry by Jack Curry - Big Sleep Out
You can donate to Steve’s team via their Just Giving page here.
You can find out much more about this special event – which takes place on Friday May 15 2009 - via www.bigsleepout.org