Sponsored Sleep-out @ Bromley Parish Church

Homeless - by Stik.com
Friday 3rd November 2017

Our Sponsored Sleep-Out for for Homelessness and the Winter Night Shelter

To support homeless people and the Bromley Homeless Shelter, Churches in Bromley and their friends held a sponsore sleep-out at Bromley Parish Church on Friday 3rd November. It raised over £10,000 for the charity.

Volunteers arrived on Friday evening from 7.30pm for dinner at 8:00 pm and left in the morning after a great breakfast from 06:30.  A hot meal was provided for volunteers by Havet Turkish Restaurant and Tamasha Indian Restaurant.  Hot drinks wereavailable throughout the night.

There was a wonderful a service at10.00pm before people headed off to settle down

Sleeping options included:

      For the hardiest; sleeping in the open air,

      Sleeping in tents or in the ambulatory.

      Sleeping in the church rooms or chapel

Reports of the 2015 sleep-out can be found here.  The 2016 Press Release is at the link below.  Photos can be found here

The photograph is of street art by Stik in Dulwich described by Dr Jill Fenton

A great Video of Stik's work in Dulwich can be found here