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FINE & COUNTRY SLEEP OUT WITH A TWIST
On Friday 8th February, Helping Hands Community Project in Leamington Spa added a new twist to conventional sleep outs with a surprise location.
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Lianne Kirkman, CEO of Helping Hands says: “One of the toughest things about being homeless is the uncertainty of where you will lay your head each night. Our clients experience fear and anxiety each night, made even worse
during the cold and wet months of the year. We wanted to make our sleep out stand out against previous years and replicate this feeling for our participants.”
Sleep outs raise awareness of the difficulties experienced while sleeping rough, without replicating it. Five members from Fine & Country Leamington Spa took part to support Helping Hands and raise more than £1,000.
The participants were escorted from the Helping Hands soup kitchen by members from the Gaydon RAF base to an undisclosed location which was Leamington Spa train station. They were split into groups and placed on the platforms and tunnels.
Mark Griffiths, Partner Agent from Fine & Country Leamington Spa said : “I was relieved to find out that we had cover for the night because our belongings were already damp from walking in the rain to the station. But, I soon realised that the tunnel between the ticket barrier and the platforms where we stayed acted as a wind tunnel. It was loud, windy and uncomfortable. I don’t know how people go through that every night.”
Among the participants were members of the Rugby Football Union team, The Wasps who sponsored the event.
Throughout the evening, members of the public came off their trains and walked through the tunnels, passing the sleep out participants. The last train was at 1am so everyone took the opportunity to get some rest before the morning trains began at 6am.
Nicky Moore, Partner Agent from Fine & Country Leamington Spa said: “The morning was when it really hit home for me. At 6am the first trains began. I looked around to see that lots of people had left during the night or moved to the platform to get out of the wind. It was less obvious that we were doing a sleep out.
“As we stirred and gathered our belongings, members of the public were walking to and from their trains. I saw the look on their faces as they thought we were homeless.
“I was so excited to go home, have a warm shower and get comfortable. It was at this moment that I realised how lucky and fortunate I am to be able to have this luxury.”
Your support is needed to get rough sleepers off the streets permanently. Helping Hands Community Project run a soup kitchen, advice service, employability training and House2Home project to support vulnerable and homeless people in the short term and permanently.
The Fine & Country Foundation is proud to support Helping Hands and dozens of homeless charities across the UK and overseas.
If your community needs support, contact
foundation@fineandcountry.com Donate today at
www.justgiving.com/teams/leamingtonfandc.
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