Since Sunday evening me and my friend have been voluntarily sleeping rough. We're doing this for three days and three nights until Wednesday. We both have homes to return to at the end of this, but fear not because we are not taking advantage of you or profiting from your money. Anything you have given will ultimately be given to a homeless charity like shelter or city lunches (a church group from the Oxford Community Church and St Aldatess providing free meals for the homeless twice monthly), and nothing will be kept by us - so If we receive £10 throughout the three days we will buy food with it, then give £10 back to one of those charities. If after reading this you regret giving to one of us, or feel used, then please leave me a message.
The post 'homelessless' will tell you a bit more about the plans for these three days however they have changed slightly since that was posted, and I will summarise it here. Sunday night will be the first night sleeping out (probably around Headington), Monday we are spending the day along the river and finding our own food (mostly berries), Tuesday is when we will be living in the city and begging/ busking/ scavenging and Wednesday will be similar to Tuesday except the focus of the day is to spend time with others who are homeless or sleep rough (we may have our own money on that day, unlike the others where we are being very minimalistic). We are doing this for three reasons: firstly to become more grateful for the food and shelter which we often take for granted, secondly to spend some time out from the busy world in which we live, and finally to try and understand what life is like for those for whom homelessness is an every day reality. I will update this section of my blog more after the project ends, but feel free to comment about anything or ask for any more information.
Update:
Since starting this blog I became a Counsellor. You can read more on blog on subjects like Therapy at:
www.simonslistening.co.uk
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