# Llamau launches fundraising sleepover for 8-18 year olds - Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2019/08/05/llamau-launches-fundraising-sleepover-8-18-year-olds/ - Published: 2019-08-05T08:00:34+01:00 - Author: Melanie May **Welsh charity Llamau has launched a sleepover event aimed at 8-18 year olds.** [Sleep Over](https://www.llamau.org.uk/Event/sleepover-2019) is for young people and children aged 8 to 18 years old and challenges them to spend the night outside to raise funds to help homeless people. Participants can choose to spend the night sleeping in the concourse of the Principality Stadium, or sleep outside on Riverside Walk. ## Advertisement [⌊Posthub advert. You create the campaign. We'll handle the postal journey. Get started at post-hub.co.uk.⌉](https://fundraising.co.uk/ads/posthub-20261007-300x250/) Those who choose to sleep outside will be in a fenced off area stewarded by Llamau staff all night to make sure everyone remains safe and secure, and all children and young people under the age of 18 years old must be accompanied by a responsible adult.   The event will include activities to raise awareness of homelessness as well as games and activities until bedtime.   #### Four more recent or upcoming charity events: https://www.instagram.com/p/B0V2o2eHvau/   #### Lord’s Taverners Wicketz The Lord’s Taverners is holding a couple of events this summer with its community cricket programme [Wicketz](https://www.lordstaverners.org/wicketz), which targets young people aged 8-16 living in areas of deprivation and teaches them crucial life skills as well as offering them the chance to play cricket. 29-31 July at Repton School in Repton, Derbyshire is the seventh annual Boys Wicketz Festival, followed on 19-21 August at the same venue by the first ever Girls Wicketz Festival.   [⌊Guitar Social⌉](https://wfay6x.infiniteuploads.cloud/2019/07/10b01e24-e4e1-43fa-9ac0-d37e4cec443e-3-1.jpg) #### The Guitar Social longest ever guitar lesson On Thursday 18 July [The Guitar Social ](https://www.theguitarsocial.com/)hosted the longest ever guitar lesson at London City Island, breaking the official world record. The event lasted for 24 hours with over 200 Londoners taking part in the group lesson at Trinity Art Gallery, before moving to Trinity Square for a mass gig with the final song played in unison.   https://twitter.com/BeardsJewellers/status/1151124234921566208 #### Beard’s Diamond Rush [Beard’s Diamond Rush](https://www.beards.co.uk/diamond-rush) has raised £10,000 for charities. The event took place on 14 July and saw Beard’s hide nine diamonds worth £1000 each across Cheltenham and the surrounding areas. A tenth was digitally hidden for those who couldn’t make the event. 100% of the money raised by the event through map and clue sales has gone to Maggie’s Cancer Care and the Motor Neurone Disease Association.   > 🍵 Tea & Talk is our fundraising event which takes place on [#WorldMentalHealthDay](https://twitter.com/hashtag/WorldMentalHealthDay?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)– > 10 October. 💚 Get together a group of friends, family or colleagues, put the > kettle on & invite them to make a donation. > ✔️ It’s as simple as that! Get planning > now 👏! [https://t.co/Q3RVVCieBX](https://t.co/Q3RVVCieBX) [pic.twitter.com/rdmNkFec5c](https://t.co/rdmNkFec5c) > — Mental Health Foundation (@mentalhealth) [July 26, 2019](https://twitter.com/mentalhealth/status/1154662679631585280?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)   #### Tea & Talk Mental Health Foundation’s [Tea & Talk](https://www.mentalhealth.org.uk/get-involved/tea-and-talk) fundraising event celebrates its 10th anniversary this year. It asks people to get together with friends, family or colleague on World Mental Health Day, 10 October, to hold a Tea & Talk and fundraise for the charity. * **[2019 Poppy Appeal launches with the help of GCHQ & some famous faces](https://fundraising.co.uk/2019/10/28/2019-poppy-appeal-launches-help-gchq-famous-faces/)**( 28 October 2019) * **[ICAP announces 10 December for 27th annual global Charity Day](https://fundraising.co.uk/2019/12/04/icap-announces-10-december-for-27th-annual-global-charity-day/)**( 4 December 2019) * **[£11.5 million raised by 2019 Prudential RideLondon events and other event news](https://fundraising.co.uk/2020/01/06/11-5m-raised-by-2019-prudential-ridelondon-events-other-event-news/)**( 6 January 2020) ![Loading](https://fundraising.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/page-views-count/ajax-loader- 2x.gif)