The Bolton Wanderers Sleepout challenge is back for another year to challenge people to sleep outside in aid of homeless charities.
Bolton Wanderers in the Community, in partnership with Bolton Wanderers are once again hosting the BWFC Sleepout fundraising event at the Toughsheet Community Stadium.
Open to those aged 18 and over, the event will take place on Friday, March 22 from 8pm to 8am, and will challenge Wanderers fans and the Bolton community to spend the night sleeping out pitch side.
The event will raise funds and awareness for Bolton Wanderers in the Community, Urban Outreach and, for the first time, Emmaus Bolton and Backup North West.
The inaugural 2023 Sleepout raised over £27,000 and the funds were split between Bolton Wanderers in the Community and Urban Outreach.
With the money raised, Bolton Wanderers in the Community were able to expand and enhance their ‘warm spaces’ offer, which provide a safe and welcoming environment for members of the community who may need some respite from the strain of energy bills.
The warm spaces also include free refreshments and food alongside further support in areas such as housing, debt advice and health and wellbeing.
The money raised also enabled Urban Outreach to completely refurbish their training kitchen in the new Amber Centre and add to the grounds they use to grow food to cook in the kitchen.
Phil Mason, CEO of Bolton Wanderers in the Community said: “We are proud to once again be hosting this event with the aim to raise both awareness and funds for the local Bolton charities that do so much good work in our community to support the most vulnerable.
“I encourage as many supporters as possible to take on this unique challenge to do something special for our community here in Bolton.”
Bolton Wanderers in the Community deliver projects and initiatives to support children, families and older adults who may be experiencing hardship and multiple disadvantages, exacerbated by the current economic climate.
Bolton Wanderers’ CEO, Neil Hart said: “I’ll be taking part again this year and I hope we can encourage as many people as possible to join us to help surpass last year’s total.”
Urban Outreach deliver services to move homeless people and those who are difficult to house into suitable and sustainable accommodation – so no one has to resort to living on the streets of Bolton at any time.
For more information, please email Francesca Austen at events@bwitc.org.uk
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