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A BED FOR THE NIGHT

It’s a cold winter night, and while you’re tucked up inside with a satisfying warm dinner, others aren’t so lucky. In the UK, over 200,000 people face a night on the streets every single day.

And that’s where Nightstop comes in.

Providing a safe, welcoming place for young people in crisis, Nightstop have managed to accommodate 482 people into loving, warm homes, thanks to some very special volunteers.

A SAFE PLACE

I knew it was time to do something

Clare Smyth, 40, from South-East London

Lugging my bags home from my local Sainsbury’s, I passed a pregnant lady begging on the side of the street.

Watching as other people walked by without so much as a smile, my heart sank.

Seeing her out in the freezing cold, I thought back to being pregnant and couldn’t imagine not even having a warmhome with me.

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