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Boycott your Bed: Wales

Penarth, near Cardiff 6th Oct

Give up your bed for one night and help raise vital funds for vulnerable children. Get together with your colleagues and join us in Penarth

On Friday 6 October 2023, the Boycott your Bed Wales sleep out will be held at Headlands School in Penarth, near Cardiff.

Get together with your colleagues. Create a dream team. And take on the challenge of sleeping out.

Fundraise in the lead up to the national event on 6 October and on the night you'll be involved in a unique experience of bonding with your team. Spend an unforgettable night sleeping out under the stars and help make children’s dreams of a safe and happy childhood come true.

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By boycotting your bed, you’ll raise vital funds to support children in need of help across the UK.

What to expect on the night

Corporate teams will gather at Headlands School for a meal designed, cooked and served by the young people who attend Headlands School.

After a night of food, networking and some entertainment, teams will head out to the all-weather football pitch to sleep under the stars. You may even receive a visit by the resident alpacas during the night.

More details about the event will be released soon so make sure you’re signed up to get the latest news.

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What is Action for Children’s Headlands School?

We are so excited to be hosting Boycott Your Bed Wales at Action for Children’s Headland’s School. At this unique venue, you'll be surrounded by history and the exceptionally forward thinking, innovative services we deliver.

Headlands is an independent day and residential special school that provides high quality education and care to children and young people aged 7 to 19 years. The school is designed for those with emotional, behavioural and social difficulties, challenging behaviour and Autistic Spectrum Disorders. Headlands helps develop young people's wellbeing and independence through an individual approach to education and care.

We look forward to welcoming you and your team for a very unique Boycott Your Bed at Headlands School.

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FAQs

The event and sleepout will take place at Action for Children’s very own Headland’s School, 2 St Augustine’s Road, Penarth, Vale of Glamorgan, Wales. This is one of our services which supports children and young people with emotional, behavioural and social difficulties, challenging behaviour and Autistic Spectrum Disorders.

The evening starts with arrival at 6pm for food, drinks and networking. Sleepers head outside between 10pm and 11pm, and are given breakfast at around 6am the following morning before heading home. Sleepers will be emailed full details about timings closer to the event.

Yes. Before participants sleep out, there's an indoor event with networking, food and drinks. You’ll meet the other teams participating in the event.

There are no minimum or maximum limits on team-sizes, but we like to go by ‘the more, the merrier!’.

While there's no minimum fundraising amount, we suggest all participants aim to raise at least £500.

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Yes, although we’ll be sad to see you go, there’s always a drop out option for those who need it.

Always! There will be ideas and resources available in our emails, on our website and on social media.

The team are also always available on [email protected] if you need more specific support.

As this is a corporate networking event, it's encouraged you bring along a team of colleagues. However, we welcome anyone to take part in Boycott your Bed Live 2023.

We advise that you bring warm clothes and something you would like to sleep in/on, i.e. a sleeping bag or sleeping mat. You may wish to bring your own tarpaulin/waterproof sheet to lay on. Foil bags will be provided for the safety of all participants, and in the event of bad weather, ponchos and umbrellas will also be available. For further details on kit, please read our Sleeper Safety Guidelines.

Due to the nature of this event, it's for over-18s only.

Unfortunately this is a live event, although there are options to re-create the event yourself, should you be unable to attend one of our live events, please email us on boycott[email protected] to request further information.

The team will work hard to ensure that all participants are safe throughout their Boycott your Bed experience, with dedicated security, safety equipment and processes in place to take care of every eventuality. Please read our Sleeper Safety Guidelines for further details. If you have any specific safety-related questions, the team will be happy to answer them at [email protected]

We do ask that a team attends the same event – but by all means, within your company you can create multiple teams who can sleep out at different regions. There will be some interactive moments (like a quiz) on the night bringing everyone together!

Dependent on the nature of the disability, some people might find participating in the event uncomfortable. However, the Events Team will do everything they can to make the event fully inclusive and accessible. If the team are made aware of specific accessibility issues in advance, they can work with you to ensure that necessary measures are in place, and help decide whether the event is a good fit for you/the person.

Action for Children’s vision is for every child in the UK to have a safe and happy childhood and the foundations they need to thrive. We protect and support children and young people. We do this by providing practical and emotional care and support. We make sure their voices are heard. And we campaign to bring lasting improvements to their lives. For information on more specific projects and services, you can visit www.actionforchildren.org.uk

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