Everton in the Community has raised £25,000 for the city’s homeless at its annual Sleepout event at Goodison Park with Blues FA Cup winner Graham Stuart one of 130 attendees at the charity’s sleepout event last Friday. The Goodison Sleepout helps raise vital funds for the charity’s Home Is Where The Heart Is programme, which is dedicated to helping those who are homeless or who are on the verge of being homeless.
Each year, hundreds of people gather in the much-loved stadium to sleep outdoors to get an understanding of homeless people’s plight and how tough it is to stay warm and safe. This year’s event marked what is scheduled to be the penultimate event at Goodison before Everton relocates to their new waterfront home giving fans one of the final opportunities to soak up the stadium overnight.
Former player Stuart attended on the night to meet fans as a charity ambassador and said: “Sleeping rough and battling the cold and rain is something that is sadly the norm for homeless people right across the country – but the work that Everton in the Community’s Home Is Where The Heart Is does is incredible and helps those in need during their darkest hours.
