A sleepout held at the Molineux home of Wolverhampton Wanderers has raised £30,000 to help homeless people in Wolverhampton in 2019.
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00:00We decided a few months ago, in conversations with the Good Shepherd, about trying to do something really positive within the city.
00:11Wolves Foundation works in the city with local people every single day of the week, 364 days of the year.
00:18Engaging people in positive activity hopefully encourages them to make positive decisions, change their lifestyles.
00:24And that's from 4 years of age to 90 something years of age, across all different types of projects and initiatives.
00:32Do you want to do anything?
00:33How you doing guys? You got your sleeping bags, you all set?
00:37We don't need to look like a family photo.
00:39Who do you represent?
00:41We work for the Refugee and Migrant Centre in Wolverhampton.
00:44Yeah, and is the cold setting in yet?
00:47You can tell by my nose dripping.
00:49I won't get too close with the camera then.
00:51So you've raised a few pounds between you?
00:53About £1200.
00:55Yeah, seriously?
00:56Yeah.
00:57So what have you done to prepare? Is it extra thick socks, extra thick undies?
01:01Yeah.
01:02Yeah.
01:03Plenty of thermoses with tea, you all set?
01:06Yeah, lots of honey and lemon.
01:08Are you going to last the distance?
01:10Now I know about lemon.
01:12Right, good luck guys.
01:15So we've got a Wolves fan, and we've got a...
01:20Don't judge a book by its cover.
01:23You are a Wolves fan, aren't you?
01:25I am a Wolves fan, yep.
01:26I've been a Wolves fan since 1979.
01:28What do you reckon, any extra cash for charity you can tempt a man into?
01:33I think it's been worth it, absolutely fantastic.
01:36So you're getting extra cash for wearing someone's page you haven't you?
01:39Absolutely, you've got to thank the Wolves Twitter.
01:42They've been absolutely phenomenal.
01:44And you've raised how much do you reckon, roughly, yourself?
01:46Over £1000.
01:47£1000.
01:48I mean that's fantastic, isn't it?
01:49It is, but it's all for a worthy cause.
01:51So we've got Jackie Graham here in Essex, legendary producer.
01:57Pleased to be here, supporting the cause.
02:00This is real.
02:01I'm in between a tour at the moment, so I had to come and hang out for a little bit,
02:05just to try and put a little toe in somebody's shoe.
02:08Because, you know, this isn't the real deal, but we're going to be out here all night.
02:13So I've got my sleeping bag and everything.
02:16And Essex, you've just flown in from the States, yeah?
02:18Yeah, just today, I've come back from LA.
02:20So you're keeping yourself busy over there?
02:22In my shorts, man.
02:23Because he believes me.
02:24He's hardcore.
02:25So you were saying number 18 song in the charts?
02:29Yeah, we've got the number 18 song in the UK charts today.
02:32That's good going.
02:33Well done.
02:34And you're a Wolves lad, Wolves fan?
02:36Yeah, yeah.
02:37So flying the flag for the black country in LA?
02:39Trying to, yeah.
02:40Good man.
02:41What do you reckon, Jackie?
02:42Oh, awesome.
02:43It's nice, isn't it?
02:44You know, and it's just lovely because there's talent everywhere.
02:46And it's just lovely to hang out.
02:48He said that I may have gone to school with his mum at some point.
02:51So yeah, we're going to hook up and see.
02:54Yeah, yeah.
02:55Nice one.
02:56Cheers, guys.
02:58Thank you, darling.
02:59You keeping the troops fed then, sir?
03:00Yeah, just for a few hours.
03:02I've got work in the morning at half past five.
03:04So we've just come in.
03:05We do Samosa Saturday outside the football grounds.
03:08So what we do is we raise funds for Dementia UK.
03:10Anyone who puts anything in the bucket, whether it's a penny or a pound,
03:13we give them a Samosa back.
03:14Last season, we gave 9,000 Samosas away.
03:17Many of them were cooked by mum and our family.
03:21So we just brought Samosa Saturday onto the Friday
03:23and just give fans something back for this amazing work that they're doing.
03:28It's awesome, isn't it?
03:29Yeah, brilliant.
03:30They're having superstar legends like you.
03:32Superstar my foot.
03:33It's your foot.
03:34I'm still working on that one down there.
03:38Yeah, yeah, brilliant.
03:39It's great.
03:40How you doing, lads?
03:41Back at the Walls Ground, all for a good cause.
03:42Pleased to be here, supporting.
03:44Yeah, it's good to be here.
03:46Obviously, always good to see the guys.
03:48Fantastic club, fantastic fans for such a good cause
03:51with the Good Shepherd and the Walls Foundation.
03:53So, yeah, it's nice to be here, but also remember the reason why we are here.
03:58You were saying in your speech earlier, Matt,
04:00the club, I mean, obviously, it's a fantastic club.
04:02Great stuff on the pitch, but the fans,
04:04and it really is a part of the community, and this just reinforces that.
04:07Yeah, look, I think every club should be the pillar of the community,
04:11and it's amazing what the club's doing on the pitch
04:13and flying in the Premier League, flying in Europe,
04:16but it's still so important what they do.
04:18So I think all the guys would agree it's a special club,
04:20and good to see the fans here.
04:22And came to Mr. Henry, of course,
04:23you'll be spending all night out here in a sleeping bag, yeah?
04:26I'm not spending the night out here.
04:28Henry is, though.
04:30Does Mr. Henry know he's spending the night out here?
04:33I've seen him bring his stuff in, yeah.
04:35I'm here and prepared, yeah.
04:36I've got my three or four sleeping bags, so I'm ready for it.
04:40Hardcore.
04:41Cheers, lads. Thank you.
04:45What did I do this for?
04:47Who have we got down there? What's your name?
04:49Rachel Wilkinson.
04:50You're making yourself proper, aren't you?
04:52Yeah, it's going to be done.
04:53You are planning on leaving tomorrow, aren't you?
04:55Depends how I get on.