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THOSE WHO’VE SIGNED UP
FOR THE SLEEPOUT SO FAR:
Andy Preston / CEO Sleepout
Dave Allan / Tees Business
Michelle Barry / Total Hair & Beauty
Training
Jonathan Bean / Eldon Financial
Planning
Richard Bendelow / 888 Properties
Alisdair Beveridge / The Build Directory
Sar ah Botez / Studio Botez
Fundraising?
You can do it
in your sleep!
C
alling Teesside business owners,
directors and senior executives – we
need your help in the fight against local
poverty and homelessness.
Last year Tees Business organised a
hugely successful event for Middlesbrough-
based national charity CEO Sleepout, raising
£45,000 for Teessiders in need of a helping
hand.
On November 2, we’re doing it all again!
We’re looking for Teesside business
leaders who are willing to get sponsored to
give up the comfort of their own bed for just
one night sleeping under the stars.
Tees Business co-editors Dave Allan and
Martin Walker are organising what promises
to be another memorable fundraising event
for CEO Sleepout.
Following last year’s successful event on
the outdoor Victorian Street within Preston
Park Museum, Stockton Council has again
agreed to make the unique setting available
for an event that is sure to make a lasting
impact on all participants.
Fundraisers are allowed to bring along a
sleeping bag and mat, while warm clothes
are recommended. There will also be access
to hot drinks and toilets throughout the night.
Last year’s event helped to launch The Fork
in the Road restaurant, a not-for-profit project
that also funds a dry bar, Bar Zero, for the
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local recovery community. Both The Fork in
the Road and Bar Zero provide training and
job opportunities for long-term unemployed
Teessiders, including ex-offenders, recovering
addicts and those affected by homelessness.
Proceeds from this year’s event will help
to fund the creation of Fork in the Road
apprenticeships for long-term unemployed
Teessiders, including ex-offenders, recovering
addicts and those who may have been
affected by homelessness.
Allan said: “This is an opportunity to
spend a night alongside your business peers
doing something extraordinary to help make
Teesside a fairer place.
“We were delighted by the response we
got from Teesside business people last year
but we want even more business leaders to
raise even more cash this time around.“
Wen Cai Bowman / UK-China Connex
Trading
John Clayton / UKRD/Star Radio
Gavin Dawson / Skytographer
Productions
Ian Donley / Tees Valley Innovation
Julie Easley / Shanti Vegeterian Cafe
Paul Ferguson / Bishop of Whitby
Ged Flanagan / Endeavour Partnership
Nicola Gray / Lindy Electronics
Reuben Hanlon / Linthorpe Interiors
Debbie Hatch / Hatch Recruitment
Jane Hunt / Goodbodys
Mark Hynes / Prodrive Property
Matty Hynes / The Fork in the Road
Russ Jackson / Bespoke Motor Works
Leslie Kerrison / TFM & Metro Radio
Daniel King / Bespoke Motor Works
AJ Kuzgun / Al Forno
Josh Lane / SG Petch
Greg Langstaff / Espresso Web
Samantha Lindsley / Bel Viso
Tommy Lowther / Sporting Force
Lee Mableson / Mabo Media
Dorothy Newbury-Birch / Teesside
University
Jeremy O’Connor / Adore Properties
Olalekan Odedeyi / Save the Woman
Anthony Payne / Stoneacre
Roberto Pittalis / Café Lilli
Gary Pollard / The Men Tell CIC
Idrees Rashid / CVfm Radio
Stephen Robinson / Espresso Web
Gavin Scotchbrook / Stratus
Technologies
Graeme Skinner / Naturally Wild
Anna Smith / Total Training Teesside
Paul Smith / Bakers Tailoring
Mark South / Double Eleven
Darren Sutherland / Utility Alliance
> CEO Sleepout UK is a national fundraising phenomenon that has already raised
more than £1m to fight homelessness and poverty around the country.
> Since the first CEO Sleepout outside Middlesbrough FC’s Riverside Stadium in
2013, business leaders have slept rough at a range of landmark venues, including
Wembley Stadium, The Oval, Lord’s Cricket Ground, Newcastle’s St James Park,
Birmingham’s Villa Park and Everton FC’s Goodison Park in Liverpool.
Matthew Telling / Solutions Recruitment
Kimberley Turner / Double Eleven
Azrini Wahidin / Teesside University
Martin Walker / Tees Business
Ian Willis / Utility Alliance
CEO Sleepout Teesside takes place at Preston Park Museum on Thursday, November 2. To register, visit www.ceosleepoutuk.com or
email [email protected] with any questions.