LFC Basis is as soon as once more difficult supporters to swap their mattress for a sleeping bag for only one evening to boost very important consciousness and funds for 1000’s of individuals sleeping tough throughout the UK.
The ‘Kip on the Kop’ occasion is a fundraising problem that doesn’t replicate what it’s like for individuals who are compelled to sleep tough, however it provides an thought of the scenario that many individuals discover themselves in, while additionally supporting those that face this as a actuality each evening.
LFC Basis efficiently launched its first Kip on the Kop final yr, with greater than £65,000 raised to assist deal with homelessness throughout the Liverpool Metropolis Area.
Kip on the Kop provides supporters the distinctive alternative to spend the evening on the Kop at Anfield and assist to boost funds to assist people who find themselves weak throughout the town, while additionally elevating consciousness of among the challenges that they face.
This yr’s occasion will happen on Saturday, October 12 and you may register to participate now by clicking right here.
Funds raised will go in the direction of supporting LFC Basis’s World Works programme which gives sport-based employability periods and mentoring for younger individuals who have skilled homelessness, in addition to Liverpool Homeless FC, who fashioned an annual 5-a-side league that was based for and is accessed by people who find themselves affected by homelessness throughout the area.
At present the league is made up of twenty-two groups from homelessness organisations that function throughout Merseyside, with a deal with inclusion, enjoyable and serving to to maneuver lives ahead.
Matt Parish, CEO of LFC Basis mentioned: “Final yr’s Kip on the Kop was an unbelievable evening that noticed so many individuals come collectively and assist to boost a unbelievable quantity to assist deal with homelessness in our communities and we hope this yr will be even higher.
“We hope to see as many individuals as attainable unite as soon as once more for what’s a novel alternative for these collaborating and an opportunity to boost funds and consciousness to make an actual distinction within the Liverpool Metropolis Area.”
John Finnigan, CEO of Liverpool Homeless FC, added: “Final yr’s occasion was even higher than we may have imagined and so we’re delighted that the occasion is again and we might help elevate much more funds and consciousness, which is significant for the work that we’re doing day by day throughout our communities.
“The funds from final yr’s occasion meant we had been capable of enhance the variety of groups from 18 to 22 which permits us to assist much more folks and exhibits simply how a lot totally different occasions like this may make.”
Should you want to register for the occasion, you are able to do so by clicking right here or to search out out extra please go to HERE.
Please observe that you simply should be aged 16 and over to participate, and people aged underneath 18 should be accompanied by a accountable grownup.
