This year, our charity is marking 30 years since our first ever sleepout in 1988. Over three decades, the initiative, which invites people and groups to spend a night sleeping away from the comfort of their bed, has seen more than 50,000 people take part and raise over $3 million for vital homelessness services.
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Now we’re calling on everyone in our Southern Tablelands community to consider hosting their own “eye-opening” sleepout to raise much needed funds and raise awareness about this important issue.
Because it’s unacceptable that more than 116,000 Australians are experiencing homelessness.
We are proud of the work that we do at Mission Australia, but we know we couldn’t achieve such positive outcomes for vulnerable Australians without community support.
In asking individuals and community groups to rough it for just one night, we hope that the experience will give people a brief glimpse into the reality of the lives of the homeless.
Of course, many of us can’t truly understand what it’s like to be homeless. But the sleepout experience is an opportunity for people to comprehend and reflect on the plight of people who are homeless, which we hope will equip them for further action and advocacy.
If you want to do your bit to end homelessness, we’d love for as many individuals and groups here in the Southern Tablelands to participate in a sleepout this year. For more information and to register for Mission Australia’s Sleepout visit www.missionaustralia.com.au/sleepout
