CEO Sleep-out
On Thursday 21 March a select group of CEOs and senior level executives will give up their beds for one night to help those who don’t have one.
Chief financial officer, Stuart Simpson, will be representing Royal Mail in the CEO Sleep-out event in London’s Paternoster Square, on behalf of our charity partner, Action for Children.
CEO Sleep-out is an exclusive Action for Children event for business leaders, which started in 2014. Since then, it has raised a staggering £2 million to support vulnerable young people in the UK and build awareness of youth homelessness.
‘I am privileged to be taking part in Action for Children’s CEO Sleep-out this March,’ said Stuart. ‘Out of the approximately 83,000 young people currently living homeless in the UK, one in four (27%) has been diagnosed with a mental health problem, while one in five (21%) has self-harmed.
‘I hope that by taking part I can help raise some much-needed awareness and funds for such an important cause’.
A safe and loving home
One of the leading causes of youth homelessness is a breakdown of relationships between a young person and their parent or carer. This is the reason two in three young people are in homelessness accommodation and it has been a driving cause of youth homelessness for decades.
Living in a safe and loving home is essential for children to grow up healthy and happy, and to enable them to make the most of opportunities. That is why a central part of our charity partner, Action for Children’s work is providing secure and stable homes – supporting families to stay together, or helping children who are unable to live with their birth family.
In 2017/18, Action for Children:
- Supported 1,967 young people to remain in, safe, secure and appropriate housing
- Worked with more than 2,618 young people and their families to improve relationships
Helped 2,580 young people to develop improved support networks including with wider family members and leaving care services.
