# BT Giant Sleepover aims to set new world record

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2007/04/26/bt-giant-sleepover-aims-set-new-world-record/
- Published: 2007-04-26T00:00:00+01:00
- Author: Howard Lake

The 4th annual BT Giant Sleepover on 16/17 June 2007 is expected to be the largest
ever, when 50,000 children take part across the UK. This would create a new Guinness
World Record for the world’s largest simultaneous sleepover while raising an excess
of £50,000 for ChildLine.

BT has raised £6 million for ChildLine to date, meeting its 2002-2008 fundraising
target a year earlier than anticipated thanks to initiatives such as the Giant Sleepover.
The 2006 BT Giant Sleepover set a Guinness World Record with 33,093 participants
and raised almost £35,000 for ChildLine.

This year’s green theme encourages kids to evaluate their carbon footprint prior
to the event by logging onto www.btgiantsleepover.com/content/goinggreen.asp and
accessing a carbon calculator made especially for children. Discussions about their
results as well as ways of reducing their personal impact on the environment will
take place during the event through debate, games and puzzles.

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Anyone wishing to take part can register a group sleepover on www.btgiantsleepover.
com or call 0870 240 1640. It costs £20 for a group and £1 per child taking part.

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