{"id":17523,"date":"2018-08-24T15:51:12","date_gmt":"2018-08-24T14:51:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/eslb\/?p=17523"},"modified":"2018-08-24T15:51:12","modified_gmt":"2018-08-24T14:51:12","slug":"social-bite-calls-for-scotlands-young-people-to-join-movement-against-homelessness-with-first-ever-wee-sleep-out-initiative","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/dyw20\/2018\/08\/24\/social-bite-calls-for-scotlands-young-people-to-join-movement-against-homelessness-with-first-ever-wee-sleep-out-initiative\/","title":{"rendered":"Social Bite calls for Scotland\u2019s young people to join movement against homelessness with first ever \u2018Wee Sleep Out\u2019 initiative"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/eslb\/files\/2018\/08\/Wee-Sleep-Out-028-a-SA-.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-17524 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/eslb\/files\/2018\/08\/Wee-Sleep-Out-028-a-SA--200x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a>Social Bite has\u00a0 launched the Wee Sleep Out; a national awareness raising and fundraising campaign to get the young people of Scotland involved in the charity\u2019s mission to end homelessness.<br \/>\nWee Sleep Out is calling on all teachers, youth leaders, parents and guardians to challenge young people between 8 and 16 years old to get out of their beds, and their comfort zones by organising their very own Wee Sleep Outs on 9 November, as part of Scotland\u2019s Year of Young People 2018.<br \/>\nFrom back gardens to school grounds, living room floors to community halls, each Wee Sleep Out is putting young people in the driving seat and giving them the opportunity to showcase their skills and talent. By leading on the development and delivery of their own sleep outs children and young people use their <strong>creativity and enterprising skills to help end homelessness.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Calling all teachers, youth leaders, parents\/guardians and 8-16 yr\/olds. Find out how you can be part of the movement to #EndHomelessness this November 9th at www.weesleepout.co.uk:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Social Bite launches Wee Sleep Out!\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/szBNKMW8Qlg?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>There will be no sign-up fee, and no minimum fundraising target to make this initiative accessible to all \u2013 Social Bite would of course be delighted if young people fundraise as much as they can to contribute to their nationwide movement to end homelessness.<br \/>\nMoney raised from the Wee Sleep Out events will go towards Social Bite\u2019s wider Sleep in the Park total, which includes supporting Social Bite\u2019s major <a href=\"http:\/\/www.socialbitevillages.co.uk\/\">Housing First initiative<\/a>, which is expected to take 800 rough sleepers off the streets by 2020.<br \/>\nA number of young people who organise their own Wee Sleep Outs will also have the opportunity to play a starring role across Sleep in the Park events on 8 December, sharing their personal experiences of delivering their own Wee Sleep Out to participants.<br \/>\nAlice Thomson, co-founder of Social Bite and organiser of the Wee Sleep Out, said: \u201cThe success of Sleep in the Park last year was overwhelming. To bring 8,000 people together and raise \u00a34 million in the process was incredible, and this year we want the young people of Scotland to join us.<br \/>\n\u201cThere\u2019s been a real appetite from the young people of Scotland looking to get involved, and a number of them got in touch after Sleep in the Park, offering their support. We even had Cody McManus, aged 9, brave the Beast from the East and sleep out in an Igloo in his back garden &#8211; raising \u00a31,000 for the cause.<br \/>\n\u201cWe\u2019re proud to launch the Wee Sleep Out during Scotland\u2019s Year of Young People and give the young people of Scotland a voice. We want people of all ages to get involved with Social Bite\u2019s mission to eradicate homelessness, and we\u2019re inviting young people across the country to get creative and take the lead by organising their own Wee Sleep Out this year.\u201d<br \/>\nOlivia Ferguson, a 16-year-old student at Kelso High School, took part in Sleep in the Park last year and contacted Alice after the event, keen to do something involving other young people. She said: \u201cThis a great opportunity for young people to come together to help end homelessness.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLast year my family and I took part in the Sleep in the Park, which was a very humbling experience. I didn\u2019t want my support to end there, so I got in touch with Alice and suggested an event in the Borders, and I can wait to organise a Wee Sleep Out.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Paul Bush OBE, VisitScotland\u2019s Director of Events, said:<br \/>\n\u201cThe Year of Young People 2018 provides us with a wonderful opportunity to celebrate, showcase and most importantly empower young people to make a difference.\u201d<br \/>\n\u201cWe are delighted to be supporting Social Bite\u2019s Wee Sleep Out as part of Scotland\u2019s current themed year. It provides a fantastic opportunity for young people across Scotland to lead the way in the delivery and development of events in their communities and at home to raise awareness of an important issue. 2018 is the time to give young people the power to create change and celebrate their spirit of creativity and innovation &#8211; we can\u2019t wait to hear all the ways in which they plan to take part in the Wee Sleep Out.\u201d<br \/>\nThe Wee Sleep Out is now open for registration at <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.weesleepout.co.uk\">www.weesleepout.co.uk<\/a><\/strong><br \/>\nJoin the conversation #WeeSleepOut #YOYP2018<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/eslb\/files\/2018\/08\/WSOInfoBooklet_12pp_5mmBleed_PRINT.pdf\">WSOInfoBooklet_12pp_5mmBleed_PRINT<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Social Bite has\u00a0 launched the Wee Sleep Out; a national awareness raising and fundraising campaign to get the young people of Scotland involved in the charity\u2019s mission to end homelessness. Wee Sleep Out is calling on all teachers, youth leaders, parents and guardians to challenge young people between 8 and 16 years old to get out of their beds, and their comfort zones by organising their very own Wee Sleep<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/dyw20\/2018\/08\/24\/social-bite-calls-for-scotlands-young-people-to-join-movement-against-homelessness-with-first-ever-wee-sleep-out-initiative\/\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":72655,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17,11,62,38,98,90,39,22],"tags":[161,237,52,266],"class_list":["post-17523","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-early-learning-and-childcare","category-health-and-wellbeing","category-inclusion-and-equality","category-outdoor-learning","category-primary","category-secondary","category-skills","category-social-studies","tag-entrepreneurial-skills","tag-homelessness","tag-skills-for-learning-life-and-work","tag-wee-sleep-out"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/dyw20\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17523","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/dyw20\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/dyw20\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/dyw20\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/72655"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/dyw20\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17523"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/dyw20\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17523\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/dyw20\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17523"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/dyw20\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17523"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/dyw20\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17523"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}