If you have ever fancied spending the night on Pendle Hill then this is the charity challenge for you

One hundred people are needed to take part in a mass sleep-out atop Pendle Hill to raise money for young homeless people in Pendle, Burnley and Rossendale.
(Left to right)  SafeSpace project manager Ben Peverley, Silentnight Hippo, Ian Fortune, operations process improvement and industrial engineering manager at Silentnight and  Claire Bennet, charity manager for Positive Action in the Community(Left to right)  SafeSpace project manager Ben Peverley, Silentnight Hippo, Ian Fortune, operations process improvement and industrial engineering manager at Silentnight and  Claire Bennet, charity manager for Positive Action in the Community
(Left to right) SafeSpace project manager Ben Peverley, Silentnight Hippo, Ian Fortune, operations process improvement and industrial engineering manager at Silentnight and Claire Bennet, charity manager for Positive Action in the Community

Survival on the Summit, which is a first for the famous hill, will take place on the night of June 29th when the 100 participants will leave Barley and walk up Pendle to set up camp, returning to the village 12 hours later.

Positive Action in the Community, which runs the SafeSpace supported accommodation project for young homeless people, is hosting the event in conjunction with Rossendale & Pendle Mountain Rescue Team and Silentnight beds, and by kind permission of Lord Clitheroe.

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Money raised will go to SafeSpace, which provides high quality, purpose-built accommodation for young people aged between 16 and 21, and also delivers homelessness awareness and prevention projects throughout Burnley, Pendle and Rossendale.

Every year SafeSpace receives more than 350 referrals and has an ever-growing waiting list of young people who are at risk of, or who are homeless.

Charity manager Claire Bennett said: “We’re delighted to be able to mark our 21st birthday by putting on such an iconic event. Never before have people had the opportunity to sleep out on top of our most iconic landmark, so we hope lots of people will get involved”.

“The money will be put to really good use too, supporting young homeless people right here in our area. We’re so very grateful to everyone who’s jumped on board to support this momentous event”.

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Peter Goble from Rossendale and Pendle Mountain Rescue said: “This isn’t an event for the faint-hearted. Whilst this is a summer evening, it’s rarely baking hot on the top of Pendle, but we’re really looking forward to helping logistically with the event and being on hand to keep everyone safe, something we do 365 days a year on this beautiful hill.

“We’re really looking forward to being able to provide 100 lucky people with this opportunity, which truly is a first, to be able to say they’ve slept under the stars on top of Pendle Hill and it raises money for a great charity too.”

Richard Logan, Chief Operations Officer at Silentnight said: “SafeSpace is a project Silentnight has supported previously and our colleagues are really proud that we’re able to again.

“Whilst we provide millions of people with a goods night sleep every night, being able to ensure we can help the most vulnerable in society to have a safe place is something that’s really important to us.

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“The work that SafeSpace do is incredible and this event will mean they’re able to continue doing that."

People wishing to participate in Survival on the Summit can sign up at www.survivalonthesummit.co.uk.