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Craig Williams

Glasgow locals invited to swap warm beds for cold Central station floor for charity sleepout

Glaswegians are being invited to take part in a sponsored sleepout within Glasgow Central station.

The event is being held to raise awareness and much-needed funds for UK charity Railway Children, which supports children at risk on the streets in the UK, India and East Africa.

Participants are being invited to swap their warm beds at home for the cold floor of the railway station for the sleepout - with Glasgow Central one of eight train stations across the UK to welcome folk taking part in the fundraiser.

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Also signing up to take part are Leeds, Manchester Piccadilly, Derby, Birmingham New Street, London Liverpool Street, London Waterloo and London Victoria.

Over 300 people slept at nine UK stations during the last event in 2020, raising a whopping £160,000 for the charity, while last year’s alternative version, The Sleep In, was bulled by Railway Children as being another huge success.

The Glasgow Central sleepout takes place on March 31.

Anyone interested in participating can check out the event page here

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