Rub shoulders with a host of celebrities
Young Scots from across the country are being recruited to support the world’s biggest ever sleepout.
Young people aged 16-26 are being asked to this year’s Social Bite Sleepout – the world’s largest – backed by youth charity Young Scot.
They are being asked to each raise £50 for and will join an estimated 9,000 others on Saturday 9 December at the mass ‘Sleep in the Park’ in Princes Street Gardens in Edinburgh.
Participants will be joined by some of the world’s biggest stars including Liam Gallagher, Sir Bob Geldof, John Cleese and Deacon Blue.
Thanks to a £100,000 from four philanthropists, 2,000 tickets for ‘Sleep in the Park’ have been made available to young people from a variety of organisations.
So far, 1,500 have already been claimed.
Josh Littlejohn of Social Bite said: "We are really grateful to the team from Young Scot for spreading the word amongst young people throughout Scotland to sign up to Sleep in the Park.
“The fact that four generous philanthropists donated £100,000 to pay for 2,000 young people means this is a great opportunity to take part for free if you are at high School or University, so I would encourage young people from across the country to get involved."
Louise Macdonald, chief executive of Young Scot, added: “Social Bite wants to make Scotland an example for the whole world to follow – young Scots play a vital part in that.”
Participants must be aged 16 or above to take part in the sleep out challenge. Those aged 16 or 17 must be accompanied by an adult aged 21 or above.
Young Scot Rewards issue points tht can be exchanged for bespoke money-can’t-buy experiences or exclusive rewards such as sports kit and tech products.
