Hall-Fast MD Malcolm Hall MBE will be joined by local business directors on the Stags Sleep Out
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Pictured: Photo from the last sleep out[/caption]
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Malcolm will be joined by Paul Nyland from Mansfield Town FC, Andy Plant from Acorn Signs, Steve Devine-Bradbury (Riley & Co), Mark Burton (Ulyett Landscapes) and Paul Andrews and Connor Doran of Mansfield Manor on a night of freezing temperatures inside One Call Stadium on Friday 29 January.
The local businessmen will be ‘sleeping rough’ inside the One Call Stadium to raise awareness of homelessness and will be raising money for Joint Forces Alliance, a charity committed to helping homeless military veterans and local people.
Jason Rathbone, founder of the charity said: “We’re a volunteer-lead organisation and we need the donations; furniture and food is all donated by the local community and any money raised goes towards fuel to put in our van, volunteer costs, various types of insurance and our overheads.
“We try to help everyone in their time of need, so we supply beds, water and anything they need to get ‘back on their feet’. We really ‘kit people out’; so we’ll give them four sets of knives, forks, bowls, saucers and other things like cleaning materials.”
Jason continued: “We wouldn’t exist if there wasn’t the need for it. We operate only on donations and we put in 300 volunteer hours a week.
After completing the Sleep Out last year, Malcolm is pleased to be taking part in this year’s event “I am really looking forward to this year’s Sleep Out, hopefully our other community partners Nottingham Rugby and Paviors Rugby will support us to raise awareness of what we are doing and with some of our friends, family, customers and suppliers donating hopefully we’ll raise enough money to support Joint Forces Alliance and the excellent work they do, both for the military veterans and the local community’’.
On the night of the event, there is going to be a party in the Sandy Pate Sports Bar to raise as much money as we can for the charity. Everybody is welcome but all we ask is that every attendee brings a tin of non-perishable food to donate to Joint Forces Alliance
The event in the Sandy Pate Sports Bar starts at 8pm on Friday 29 January and will include a disco, karaoke and a raffle. Entry will be free for all.
Last year’s Sleep Out raised £2,317.36 and the group are looking to beat that figure this year. Their fundraising campaign has already started and you can donate here: http://www.stagssleepout.co.uk/donate/4591483878
To view updates on the night of the Stags Sleep Out, like their Facebook page
