Supporting Beddown in Shed Your Bed
October Update:
We are thrilled to announce that in October we raised $3,735 for Beddown’s ‘Shed Your Bed’ initiative that raises money for the vulnerable in our community sleeping rough.
Our team spent the night shedding their beds and sleeping in parking lots, on couches and in backyards all to attempt to imitate what it might be like for those we were raising money for.
A huge thank you to our friends, families and colleagues who supported us in this fantastic initiative, and if you would still like to donate to Shed Your Bed you can here.
The Bluebird team and our community here at One James Street, Frank Developments, TRIBE, Media Playground, Hickey Oatley and MOTIV, are participating in Shed Your Bed and raising money for Beddown. We will be camping out in our office on Saturday 10th October to help raise money and awareness for homelessness.
Beddown is a registered Australian charity that take spaces that are commonly used and busy during the day but at night are left vacant or empty. Beddown then activates and repurposes the spaces into pop-up accommodation to ensure our homeless population have somewhere to rest their heads at night.
It’s hard to imagine being homeless, let alone in the midst of a pandemic. Invisible, overlooked, and moved along. Tired and unsafe. And more than 8,000 Australians are living this way - every day - including 400 children under the age of 12. Everyone deserves a safe place to sleep. That’s why we’ve decided to join the SHED YOUR BED challenge.
It’s a simple way all of us can make a difference, build awareness, and raise funds for people in our community who are sleeping rough, or vulnerable to homelessness.
You can donate to our team via this link, or set up your own team and join the challenge! All you have to do is ditch your bed for ONE NIGHT on World Homeless Day, Saturday 10 October, and ask your friends, family and colleagues to sponsor you.
You can sleep on your couch at home, or your lounge room floor with a pillow and blanket. Or camp in your back yard. Or like us, in the office on the floor for the night!! However you like, it's only for one night.
For more information visit shedyourbed.org. You can also follow the campaign on Instagram and Facebook.
Thank you for your support,
Team Bluebird