As part of Student Volunteering Week, students from Warwick’s Politics Society slept out in Coventry War Memorial Park this week to raise funds for the homeless.

Equipped only with sleeping bags, a sandwich and a bottle of water, 17 students were in the park from 8pm on Tuesday 26 February until 8am on Wednesday morning.

The group have now surpassed their original fundraising total, making over £3,000 for homeless charity Coventry Cyrenians.

Their fundraising page is still open and you can make a donation at: www.justgiving.com/teams/polsocsleepout2014

Further information…

• More about the event: http://warwickpolitics.co.uk/charity/sleepout.html
• Facebook event page: www.facebook.com/events/216105911907941/?fref=ts
• Student Volunteering Week took place from Monday 24 February to Sunday 2 March. You can read a a series of articles celebrating the fantastic work that Warwick students do in the local community at www2.warwick.ac.uk/insite/news/intnews2/student_volunteering_week_2014