Railway Children Sleepout<\/a> will take place on Thursday, March 14th\u00a0with 12 different locations confirmed, including Glasgow Central, Manchester Piccadilly, Derby, Leeds, Swansea, Birmingham New Street, London Waterloo, London Liverpool Street, London St Pancras and London Bridge.\u00a0<\/p>\nAlthough the event does not replicate the hardship faced by so many children around the world, who are often deprived of shelter and safety at night, it does help to create awareness and raise crucial funds to support them.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Railway Children CEO, Rob Capener,\u00a0said: \u201cOur Sleepout always has a brilliant atmosphere and we\u2019re hoping this year\u2019s event will have a big impact with the help of our supporters and the rail community. \u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cWorking closely with the British Transport Police, we know\u00a0that\u00a0hundreds of vulnerable young people are identified\u00a0on the UK\u00a0rail network every day. Many are running away from difficult situations at home, being groomed by abusers or exploited by county lines gangs. The challenges children and young people face are more prevalent than ever with increasing levels of poverty, exploitation, poor mental health and the lasting effects of the pandemic on their wellbeing and development.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cThe Sleepout event is a great way to raise vital funds for our programmes that help us reach children in need of urgent support while increasing\u00a0awareness of our work with thousands of people who use the transport system every day.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Andrew Wilkins, Finance Director at VolkerRail, said: \u201cVolkerRail has, for many years, been supporting Railway Children and the valuable work they do to make the lives of countless vulnerable young people much better. We are delighted to be able to continue our support by sponsoring and participating in the 2024 Sleepout.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cI have taken part in all the previous Sleepouts and whilst it is always a cold, uncomfortable and sometimes noisy experience with not much sleep, it is also a memorable and uplifting experience, shared with others. I am fortunate, as all participants are, that we can go home the next day back to our warm and comfortable houses. Each year as I\u2019m travelling home, I think of all the young people who have also spent the previous night sleeping outside \u2013 alone, hungry, cold, uncomfortable and often in danger \u2013 and who will be doing the same that night. I think about how different their lives are, how fortunate we are and realise why we support Railway Children.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
To join the Sleepout, all you need to do is register, choose from one of the 12 venues across the UK and raise a minimum sponsorship of \u00a3100. The Railway Children team will be on hand at every station to answer questions and make sure everyone knows just what a positive difference they are making to vulnerable children in Tanzania, India and the UK. You can take part as an individual or get a team of colleagues and friends together and challenge yourself to give up your home comforts for one night \u2013 either way, you\u2019ll have a roof over your head, warm food and drink, companionship and the knowledge that it\u2019s all for a good cause. \u00a0<\/p>\n
The 2024 Sleepout is sponsored by VolkerRail and, with the support of Network Rail, it means any money raised by participants will go even further and change more children\u2019s lives.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Capacity at each station is limited so visit\u00a0The Railway Children Charity Sleepout | 2024 Event<\/a>\u00a0to find out more and register to take part now.\u00a0<\/p>\nPhoto credit: Railway Children<\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Railway Children is urging the rail community to swap their warm beds to spend the night on a cold station floor to support their work […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":4729,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[47],"tags":[7,11],"class_list":["post-4728","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-rail-news","tag-transport","tag-usa"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4728","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4728"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4728\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/4729"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4728"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4728"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4728"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}