Date: 20th March 2026
Time: 8pm – until 8am
Price: £20
Venue: King Power Stadium
All of the money raised from Sleep Easy benefits local young people and adults who are experiencing homelessness. by enabling YMCA Leicestershire provide safe and welcoming housing for homeless people aged 16-25, as well as personalised skills sessions to enable young people move forward positively with their lives.
The charity also offers a safe and welcoming environment for street sleepers of all ages to get some home comforts such as a cup of tea, breakfast and clean clothes, as well as advice on finding suitable accommodation and support for issues such as poor mental health, unemployment and loneliness.
Our Sleep Easy gives you the chance to spend a night pitch-side, under the stars at Leicester City’s King Power Stadium. Whilst we know this won’t replicate what it really feels like to be homeless, participants will raise awareness and vital funds by swapping their beds for cardboard boxes on the concrete.
New for 2026 we’re pleased to be able to welcome younger fundraisers, from age 10+ accompanied by an adult. We ask for no more than 3 children to one adult, but please get in touch if you have an organised team such as Scouts or a school group. Once pitch side places are filled we will allocate places in the concourse. Participant data will be shared with Leicester City Football Club for the purpose of running the event safely. You can view the attached event pack for the itinerary and kit list.
In addition to the entrance fee we expect participants to raise sponsorship from friends, family and colleagues for taking part in this challenge. We have not set a minimum target because we understand people have different life circumstances. We just ask that you set up a fundraising page and actively fundraise to support YMCA Leicestershire.
If you want to do more to help, there are other ways you can be involved. You could sponsor our cardboard boxes or breakfast, donate a prize, play music, volunteer, take photos… We’d LOVE to have you on-board!
Want to find out more? Please email [email protected]
Over 80 people joined us at King Power Stadium on 19th March 2025 – what an incredible difference you made, raising over £16,000.
We couldn’t have done it without these amazing companies and individuals: Leicester City Football Club: Kayleigh Biggs, Donna Reynolds, Kim Alinea, John Oxley, Stewards and First Responders, Holiday Inn Express Leicester, Boxes and Packaging, Leicester City in the Community, Matt Glover Photography, Iconic Music: Curtis Matthew, Charmaine Brocklebank and Steve Smith.
Well done to everyone who experienced sleeping outside on the concrete, and a special shout out to our teams: PA Housing, Unite Students, Central England Co-op, Morro Partnerships, Leicestershire Law Society, Foxes Trust, WBR Group, Good Name Pending, Make Change Team and WBR Group
