Tuesday, February 15, 2011
Find your nearest Sleepout!
Across the country students will be sleeping out to raise awareness of destitution and to campaign for permission to work. Read about their plans, visit a nearby sleepout or organise your own!
What are we doing?
People fleeing war and torture are sleeping on the streets in Britain today. We are taking action to end the scandal of destitution!
STAR & Amnesty Sleepouts to End Destitution (21-27 Feb) is just one week away and we have over 25 Sleepouts planned across the country!
There’s still time to plan a Sleepout! Anyone can do it – big or small, every Sleepout is important!
The Sleepouts:
Kent
Date: 22nd February
Time: 7pm+
Address: outside Templeman Library, University of Kent, Canterbury, Kent, CT2 7NU
Visit Kent’s Facebook event
Essex
Date: 22nd February
Time: 9pm
Address: Opposite Café Zest, between Square 2 and Square 3
Visit Essex Facebook Event
Bradford
Date: 24th February
Time: Day of events from 9am, Sleepout begins at 9pm
Address: Desmond Tutu House, 2 Ashgrove, Bradford, BD7 1BN
Bradford have organised a whole day of events! They are starting off with a panel discussion on the topic of ‘community building’ where refugees and practitioners in the field will share their experiences. This will be followed by an afternoon of informational stalls, an evening film screening of ‘In This World’ and finally the Sleepout from 9pm.
Manchester
Date: 24th February
Time: 7pm+
Address: University of Manchester Students’ Union steps, Steve Biko Building, Oxford Road, Manchester, M13 9PR.
Manchester are holding a Sleepout on the Student Union steps. There will be food, music, a speaker from the BOAZ trust and possibly even a play from Women Asylum Seekers Together.
London (LSE, UCL, City University, Barts Medical School, SOAS, UAL)
Date: 24th February
Time: 8pm+
Address: St Paul’s Church, Covent Garden, Bedford St, London.
Visit London’s Facebook event
London universities are working together to hold a Sleepout in Covent Garden. As well as food and entertainment, there will be speakers from the Zimbabwe Association, Asylum Aid and the Refugee Council.
Lancaster
Date: 24th February
Time: TBC
Address: TBC
Lancaster are hoping that some acoustic bands and speakers will join their Sleepout, and maybe even their local MP. They also see the Sleepout as a potential way to raise some money through sponsorship.
Exeter
Date: 24th February
Time: 7:30pm+
Address: Streatham Campus, outside Cornwall House, St Germans Road, EX4 6TG.
Visit Exeter’s Facebook event
Exeter will be holding a fun event with bring-and-share food, guitars and more!
Cardiff
Date: 25th February
Time: 7:30pm – 8am
Address: St John’s Gardens, The Hayes, Cardiff City Centre. In the pedestrianised area by the Hayes/St David’s Arcade
Visit Cardiff’s Facebook event
Cardiff are working with Home4U, Amnesty, People & Planet, Medsin, community groups and more to organise a Sleepout which they hope to be bigger and better than their 2008 Sleepout! They also will use their Sleepout to fundraise for Home4U.
York POSTPONED
Date: previously 25th February
Glasgow
Date: 25th February
Time: 8pm onwards
Address: Steps of Wellington Church, University Avenue, Glasgow, G12 8LE
A representative from the Unity Centre, Glasgow will be along to give an insight into their valuable work with refugees and Asylum Seekers throughout the city. The Heatherington Occupation have kindly aggreed to cook up a hot meal!
Sheffield
Date: 25th February
Time: 8pm – 8am
Address: (Under bridge on concourse) University of Sheffield, Western Bank, Sheffield S10 2TN
Southampton
Date: 25th February
Time: 7pm+
Address: Student Union concourse, University Road, Southampton, Hampshire SO17 1BJ
Visit Southampton’s Facebook group
Plymouth
Date: 25th February
Time: 8:30pm
Address: outside Portland Square, Plymouth
Visit Plymouth’s Facebook group
Aberdeen
Date: 25th February
Time: TBC
Address: Aberdeen University campus
Liverpool
Date: 25th February
Time: 8pm+
Address: St. Luke’s Church (Bombed Out Church), Berry Street, Liverpool
Visit Liverpool’s Facebook event
Nottingham CANCELLED
Date: 25th February
Oxford
Date: 26th February
Time: 9pm+
Address: Outside the Radcliffe Camera, Radcliffe Square, Oxford.
Cambridge
Date: 26th February
Time: 10 – 4 Stall; 8pm Talk and Film; 9pm Sleepout
Address: Churchyard of Great St Mary’s, The University Church, Senate House Hill, Cambridge, CB2 3PQ.
Cambridge will be holding a stall in the market square from 10 – 4. They will begin the Sleepout with a talk and a video and are collecting money for a drop-in centre for destitute asylum seekers in North London.
Leeds
Date: 3rd March (moved from 24th Feb)
Time: 8pm
Address: Student’s Union, 12 Back Cromer Terrace, Leeds LS2 9
Visit Leeds Facebook Event
Leeds are also holding a demonstration on 24th Feb from 5:30pm with a speech from Fabian Hamilton MP on the Town Hall Steps about the need for a more human asylum system.
Hull
Date: 4th March (moved from 26th Feb)
Time: 7pm – 7am
*Address: Outside Student Union, University of Hull, Hull, HU6 7RX
Visit Hull’s Facebook Event
Hull have already held a ‘demo’ Sleepout, earlier this month and are working hard planning the real thing for Action Week!
Birmingham
Date: 4th March
Time: 8pm
Address: Grounds of Saint Philips Cathedral
Visit Birmingham’s Facebook event
Birmingham are planning a Sleepout and are holding a library cake stall soon to raise awareness about it. At the Sleepout there will be acoustic music, Frisbee, football, a petition to sign and displays with information about the campaign and the importance of the Sleepout.
Newcastle
Date: 4th March
Time: 7pm+
Address: Church of St Thomas the Martyr, Haymarket, Newcastle-Upon-Tyne
Visit Newcastle’s Facebook event
Newcastle will be creating a friendly and approachable environment, with food, acoustic music and lots of information, in order to raise awareness about destitution and to challenge the myths surrounding refugees and asylum seekers.
Warwick
Date: 11th March
Time: TBC
Address: the Piazza, Gibbet Hill Road, Coventry, CV4 7AL
Warwick Engineers Without Borders are constructing a huge ‘slum’ in the university Piazza, in which students will stay out until evicted by their Student Union. This will be accompanied by a photography exhibition.
Bristol
Date: 18th March
Time: TBC
Address: TBC
Edinburgh
Date: TBC
Time: TBC
Address: TBC
Visit the ‘events’ tab of our Facebook page to see the latest details of all our Sleepouts and to view our Google map of events.
Posted by Communications on 15/02/2011 at 11:09 AM
