TCP and Homebase sleep rough for charity

In a show of solidarity for homeless charity Centrepoint, Thomas Luecke, managing director of TCP and Andrew Carnie, trading director of Homebase spent the night of November 10 sleeping rough. On the night, the companies presented homeless charity Centrepoint with a cheque for £20,000 following TCP’s pledge to donate 1p for every TCP energy-efficient CFL light bulb sold in Homebase stores.

They joined 650 other fundraising ‘sleepers’ in London’s Exchange Square to experience something of the discomfort endured by homeless people every night.

Centrepoint is the UK’s leading charity for homeless young people, providing housing and support for over 1,200 16-25 year olds every year to help them into education, work and a home of their own.

Commenting on the night, Thomas says: “It was a perishing cold night, the pavement was very hard and Andrew and I got very little sleep. However, I know this is only a fraction of the misery suffered by thousands of young homeless people every night.”

TCP is also sponsoring Team Homebase for Centrepoint, currently in training for a 700km race to the South Pole in December. The team, comprising Andrew Carnie, Benjamin Boyne and Jason Bolton, will be competing against 14 teams of polar explorers, enduring temperatures as low as minus 50°C. Their target is to raise £250,000 for Centrepoint.

Anyone wishing to lend their support can do so at the team’s Just Giving page.

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