Raising money for homeless veterans

[Stigmorgan]

Currently at £845 only had a couple of the school parents donate, I guess most don't read the school newsletter no matter, I'm over the moon at raising so much

 

[Bingy man]

Currently at £845 only had a couple of the school parents donate, I guess most don't read the school newsletter no matter, I'm over the moon at raising so much

An amazing job , and all you have to do is the sleep outs and your helping many others. I’m glad to help and wish you several hopefully warm and cozy nights out .

 

[Stigmorgan]

An amazing job , and all you have to do is the sleep outs and your helping many others. I’m glad to help and wish you several hopefully warm and cozy nights out .

I'm sure I'll be fine, I've got the firepit cleaned up and plenty of fire wwoodready just in case

 

[Stigmorgan]

Woohoo, another donation today put me at at £875 total still a few promises to donate so I might just make my goal of £1000
My first 2 nights out will be this weekend coming hoping the weather improves a little by then

 

[Sachakins]

Good going,

 

[Fred48]

Woohoo, another donation today put me at at £875 total still a few promises to donate so I might just make my goal of £1000
My first 2 nights out will be this weekend coming hoping the weather improves a little by then

Brilliant well done.

 

[Bingy man]

Absolutely amazing work mate , well done and a mere £125 away from your target .

 

[Stigmorgan]

OMG was it cold out there last night, there was frost on the ground around midnight, didn't get a lot of sleep so once it was daylight this morning I was straight into bed , spent this afternoon getting the firepit ready for tonight. Fundraising seems to have stalled at £895 but that's an amazing amount of money

 

[Phill05]

Well done mate are you inviting the other half out tonight !!

 

[Stigmorgan]

Well done mate are you inviting the other half out tonight !!

There's more chance of raising £1,000,000

 

[Bingy man]

OMG was it cold out there last night, there was frost on the ground around midnight, didn't get a lot of sleep so once it was daylight this morning I was straight into bed , spent this afternoon getting the firepit ready for tonight. Fundraising seems to have stalled at £895 but that's an amazing amount of money
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Friday morning I scraped a healthy layer of frost from my windscreen at 6.am ( doing my elderly aunts garden ) then drove to Brum , same again this morning- so far you couldn’t of picked a colder weekend so a massive well done from me too . The thing is when you are homeless you don’t get to choose the weather so I guess if you did this in the middle of July it wouldn’t make much sense.

 

[Stigmorgan]

Friday morning I scraped a healthy layer of frost from my windscreen at 6.am ( doing my elderly aunts garden ) then drove to Brum , same again this morning- so far you couldn’t of picked a colder weekend so a massive well done from me too . The thing is when you are homeless you don’t get to choose the weather so I guess if you did this in the middle of July it wouldn’t make much sense.

Friday morning was frosty here too but I thought it would be OK, was not expecting to have frost on the ground at midnight, it was cold then and it's just as cold now, the firepit doesn't make much difference in the shelter either.
I imagine March is chosen because it's cold enough to be uncomfortable but hopefully not so cold it's dangerous, having experienced sleeping rough near folkestone for almost a year around 2010 I've experienced colder nights than tonight so I'm staying put, as it's already past midnight I only have another 6 or 7 hours to go definitely need gloves for next weekend.

 

[Bingy man]

Friday morning was frosty here too but I thought it would be OK, was not expecting to have frost on the ground at midnight, it was cold then and it's just as cold now, the firepit doesn't make much difference in the shelter either.
I imagine March is chosen because it's cold enough to be uncomfortable but hopefully not so cold it's dangerous, having experienced sleeping rough near folkestone for almost a year around 2010 I've experienced colder nights than tonight so I'm staying put, as it's already past midnight I only have another 6 or 7 hours to go definitely need gloves for next weekend.
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Yeah that makes sense and definitely get a good pair of gloves ,thankfully I’ve never been homeless and even when night fishing I go armed with a all seasons sleeping bag , Twin skin bivvy , Thermal everything and yet even with all that equipment I’d not venture out until the warmer weather and the frosts are but a distant memory. Many year’s ago ( 40 odd ) I stayed out with a mate after rabbits / no tent , sleeping bag , or even a heavy coat in the middle of July - don’t think I’ve ever been that cold , managed to get a fire going at 2 am and spent several hours shivering no matter how close we got to the flames . Good luck to you

 

[Stigmorgan]

Yeah that makes sense and definitely get a good pair of gloves ,thankfully I’ve never been homeless and even when night fishing I go armed with a all seasons sleeping bag , Twin skin bivvy , Thermal everything and yet even with all that equipment I’d not venture out until the warmer weather and the frosts are but a distant memory. Many year’s ago ( 40 odd ) I stayed out with a mate after rabbits / no tent , sleeping bag , or even a heavy coat in the middle of July - don’t think I’ve ever been that cold , managed to get a fire going at 2 am and spent several hours shivering no matter how close we got to the flames . Good luck to you

The frost is the killer, it's hard to keep warm when the air around you wants to turn you to an icicle.
Technically I wasn't homeless, I was on a construction job in Romney near Folkestone, it was 100miles door to door and I couldn't afford the petrol every day and a room anywhere was way out of my budget (i was only earning £90 a day) initially I started sleeping in the site office Mon-Fri but got caught after a while and spent the rest of that week in an upturned boat on the beach, this would have been around October with a lot of snow on the ground, the next week I discovered that the old people's home across from the school we were building had a bin shed and it wasn't locked so once it got late enough I would head in there and wrap up in my sleeping bag, we had a lot of snow over that Nov, Dec and January, was very happy when we finished the job.

 

[TRITON]

I started sleeping in the site office Mon-Fri but got caught after a while and spent the rest of that week in an upturned boat on the beach,

One spot I found to sleep(I was homeless about 5 years, including all the moving about the country as part of tory(scum)initiatives on the unemployed etc etc) was on the ferry terminal on the pier at Ryde on the isle of white. I (very happily) discovered the booth the car park attendant sits had a heater in it and i slept sitting on a chair leaning onto the desk, with the electric blow heater set at low so I didnt boil..

I spent about a month there till they worked it out and put a lock on the booth

By far the coldest place I ever slept, was in the underground carpark in Fort William in February. Its just ice cold concrete, and not even 10 layers of cardboard under me managed to stop the cold from getting in. That was the time I ended up in hospital with hypothermia. I went wandering up Glen Nevis and was found in the snow by some soldiers on exercise, who recognized the symptoms.

 

[Stigmorgan]

One spot I found to sleep(I was homeless about 5 years, including all the moving about the country as part of tory(scum)initiatives on the unemployed etc etc) was on the ferry terminal on the pier at Ryde on the isle of white. I (very happily) discovered the booth the car park attendant sits had a heater in it and i slept sitting on a chair leaning onto the desk, with the electric blow heater set at low so I didnt boil..

I spent about a month there till they worked it out and put a lock on the booth

By far the coldest place I ever slept, was in the underground carpark in Fort William in February. Its just ice cold concrete, and not even 10 layers of cardboard under me managed to stop the cold from getting in. That was the time I ended up in hospital with hypothermia. I went wandering up Glen Nevis and was found in the snow by some soldiers on exercise, who recognized the symptoms.

Hypothermia is horrible and what most people don't realise is that you have to be careful not to warm the body too quickly or shock will set in too.

 

[paulrbarnard]

Hypothermia is horrible and what most people don't realise is that you have to be careful not to warm the body too quickly or shock will set in too.

Stig,

Your sponsor link shows a different amount how short of the £1000 mark are you

 

[Bingy man]

The frost is the killer, it's hard to keep warm when the air around you wants to turn you to an icicle.
Technically I wasn't homeless, I was on a construction job in Romney near Folkestone, it was 100miles door to door and I couldn't afford the petrol every day and a room anywhere was way out of my budget (i was only earning £90 a day) initially I started sleeping in the site office Mon-Fri but got caught after a while and spent the rest of that week in an upturned boat on the beach, this would have been around October with a lot of snow on the ground, the next week I discovered that the old people's home across from the school we were building had a bin shed and it wasn't locked so once it got late enough I would head in there and wrap up in my sleeping bag, we had a lot of snow over that Nov, Dec and January, was very happy when we finished the job.

In my book that’s homeless- at the very least sleeping rough , my old manager on my 1st official job was a carpenter , he used to tell me about doing loft conversions when he was young and couldn’t afford digs . They would sleep in the open roof or in the grounds of the large houses or gaffs as he described them . He said luxury came in the form of a small unheated caravan which they would all cram into. The only other time I slept outside was after a row with my mom so I went to my allotment and slept in my shed with my onions drying around me ..makes me glad for what I have ..

 

[Stigmorgan]

Stig,

Your sponsor link shows a different amount how short of the £1000 mark are you

There are 2 fundraising pages, not sure why they don't it that way, causes confusion, my total so far is £895.

 

[Stigmorgan]

In my book that’s homeless- at the very least sleeping rough , my old manager on my 1st official job was a carpenter , he used to tell me about doing loft conversions when he was young and couldn’t afford digs . They would sleep in the open roof or in the grounds of the large houses or gaffs as he described them . He said luxury came in the form of a small unheated caravan which they would all cram into. The only other time I slept outside was after a row with my mom so I went to my allotment and slept in my shed with my onions drying around me ..makes me glad for what I have ..

I guess it was really, only difference really was that I got to go home at the weekend, being over autumn and winter that was without doubt the hardest 8 to 9 months of my life, SWMBO thought I was safe in the office, I never told her when I got caught, I only recently told her the truth about some of the things I've had to do to keep a roof over our heads, she was absolutely furious after I told her.