Could you face sleeping out on the 5th December to raise funds for our vital youth homelessness services?
MACS Supporting Children and Young People (MACS) is NI’s youth-specific homelessness charity. We invite you sleep out in recognition, not replication, of youth homelessness this Winter.
Please join us for a group event at Banana Block in Belfast on the 5th December 2024 from 7pm-7am.
Sleep Out is a fun evening. This year we have comedy from Paddy Raff, live music, a drum circle from The Gathering Drum and snacks and hot drinks courtesy of Bodega Bagels.
At 11pm the challenge begins. You get into your sleeping bag and sleep out until daybreak.
MACS vision is an end to youth homelessness in Northern Ireland.
MACS is a youth-specific charity, focusing our services on ages 18-25. Early intervention is key to helping young people prevent and break the cycle of homelessness and the associated risks.
At MACS we concentrate on intensive longer term support- typically each person receives up to 2 years of services. We see first hand how with the right support this age group can and do find a place to call home and build brighter futures. We need your help to do this.
Together, we can end youth homelessness.
MACS are tackling homelessness locally by providing a home and/or support to almost 700 young people across NI each year.
Our support is holistic , wrap around care tailored to each individual’s needs over a period of time that allows a young person time to develop the capacity and resilience to move on.
We offer housing; support with education, health and wellbeing; education, training and careers, social participation in the community and ensure young people have life skills such as shopping, cooking, finance and budgeting, so they can leave MACS more equipped and empowered to achieve their personal goals and build brighter futures.
In today’s climate of funding cuts, housing crisis and rising costs of living fundraising has become vital to MACS and our young people. Every single person taking part in Sleep Out will make a difference to young lives in Northern Ireland.
If you can’t make it on the night, why not plan your own Sleep Out. Email events@macsni.org for tips to get started.
Thank you for making a difference!