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Integrity Software Supports Byte Night 2011

Fundraisers: 
Stewart Holness, Joe Hanly

My page: http://uk.virginmoneygiving.com/team/integritybytenight11

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As part of Byte Night 2011, Directors of Integrity Software Stewart Holness and Joe Hanly are sleeping rough to help raise money for Action for Children.

Sleeping in a field on an icy October night, armed with just a sleeping bag and 'warm' clothing, is not the idea of fun for many. On the 7th October 2011 IT professionals will take time out to put themselves in the shoes of homeless children for whom sleeping rough is all too familiar.

Supporting Action for Children

With at least 75,000 children homeless each year the money raised at Byte Night goes towards Action for Children’s vital work to support vulnerable and neglected children and young people across the UK who are at risk of youth homelessness, helping to prevent them from ending up on the streets.

Byte Night is the IT industry’s annual sleep out in support of Action for Children. Each year hundreds of individuals and teams from across the IT and business community spend a night exposed to the elements in a bid to raise sponsorship and awareness of Action for Children’s work.

It all began 12 years ago when 30 individuals from the IT industry slept out and raised £35,000. Since then the event has grown to over 700 sleepers raising almost £550,000 in 2009 alone. Patrons, sponsors and sleepers include celebrities and leading figures, CIOs, systems developers, business managers, marketers and more.

Taking part

This year, Integrity Software Directors Stewart Holness and Joe Hanly will be sleeping rough at the London event, hoping to raise as much money as possible for this important cause.

If you can't sleep out, chip in!

With your help we are aiming to raise £2,000 to support Action for Children.

Thank you for your support!

Recent donors

13.10.11

12.10.11 a good cause

11.10.11

10.10.11 Better late than never but we thought you might have bailed for NZ!!! Lots of love

07.10.11 Good luck guys!!

07.10.11 Good Luck Guys!

07.10.11 good luck with your efforts for a great cause

07.10.11 The Randolph and Mortimer of the software world..

07.10.11 Best of Luck lads ..

07.10.11 Good Luck!

07.10.11 Good luck guys- hope weather and natives favourable.

07.10.11 Hope it doesn't freeze - there's snow in the hills in Scotland!

07.10.11

06.10.11 Stew let me take the privilege of getting you over £4k. I hope its very cold and a little drizzly to play absolute havoc with your bad back, to remind you what a fabulous thing you are doing!

06.10.11 Best of luck guys - staying out all night (presumably with little or no sleep!) will be a good 'dress rehearsal' for the Integrity christmas party!

05.10.11

04.10.11

03.10.11 oh to have a video recorder when the Holness finally realises his sleeping bag is 2 ft to small for him!

03.10.11 Best of luck Joe. I admire your courage. Hope all goes well on the night.

01.10.11 well done from the Lincoln team

30.09.11 An excellent effort for a worthy cause.

29.09.11 Well done guys. Great cause. Stew, at 6ft 7", you could be a trip hazard out there so keep your feet tucked in!

28.09.11 Tough gig Justin but at least its one night only

27.09.11 Good luck from Sue-Jane Hairdressing Horley

26.09.11 hot soup is a must, good luck

26.09.11 Well done the pair of you.

26.09.11

26.09.11

25.09.11 Joe and Stewart Good luck, I hope its a dry night for you. Kind regards Simon and Ian Epaccsys Limited

24.09.11 Well done Joe & Stewart, Next time I'll Join you - sleeping on the streets of Cambodia has prepared me for the worst London can throw!! Please take photos for the Integrity Facebook page! :)

23.09.11

23.09.11 The best way to prepare for life is to begin to live.

23.09.11

23.09.11

23.09.11

23.09.11 Your braver than me. . . .Good Luck

22.09.11 Sleeping bags are cheating :) Have fun

22.09.11 Next year, we'll join you!

22.09.11 Good luck.

22.09.11 October 7th is forecast for heavy rain , hailstones and a plague of frogs. You must be mad

22.09.11

22.09.11 Good luck Joe!!

22.09.11 Best wishes, wrap up warm.

22.09.11 Hope there are no riots that night!

21.09.11 Great cause - watch out for all those Oracle reps - dodgy place Reading.

21.09.11 good luck!

21.09.11 Good luck guys. make sure you have that hip flask with you

21.09.11

21.09.11 cheaper than a hotel in London for the night..!

21.09.11

£3,605.00

Running total

Target:
£3,000.00
Total raised incl. Gift Aid:
£3,948.75
Total donors:
54
Biggest donor:
Integrity Software
£500.00  
Last donor:
All at Fileturn Limited 13.10.11  
Offline fundraising:
£750.00