Category: Roughin’ IT

We’ve had quite a year and made a lot of progress. Probably not as quickly as I’d like but progress nonetheless.

Our Roughin’ It Sleep Out on December 7th at The Macs Farm in Ditchling was a huge success and we fundraised a total of £1,650 from the event. More info and photos on our Facebook page for those who would like to learn more about the sleep out.

We will be registering as a Social Enterprise in January 2020 and this will enable us to deliver charitable work without being a charity. For those unfamiliar with this type of organisation, you can learn more here:

https://www.socialenterprise.org.uk/

In 2020 we will progress work on Pocket Angel Restore which is our project in collaboration with four great organisations aligned to achieve the same outcomes for people experiencing homelessness. You will hear more about this in the New Year.

The launch of our app is now planned for Spring 2020 and we will be making the last push to get the final few service providers for pet products, food and clothing. If you or anyone you know can help please email us on volunteer@pocketangelhome.co.uk.

We did it! Thank you to The Macs Farm for hosting and everyone who knitted, baked, fundraised, donated and slept out for the #homeless! The Sleep Out was successful and a learning experience…our speakers were awesome! We’re already planning for next year!

As part of the Sleep Out campaign Pocket Angel called all knitters to help make covers for hot water bottles and the response was heart warming to say the least. Ree of the Hot Water Bottle Project Brighton was thrilled to receive the 62 hand knitted hot water bottle covers plus 19 off the shelf covered hot water bottles. They will make a real difference to homeless people on the streets of Brighton this winter.

The event was well supported and a great success, we raised £1,300 towards the development costs of Pocket Angel Assist.