Our dream

At Stand by Me, our hope is for every child in our care to get an excellent education and pursue their dreams. With the support of loving sponsors, our kids are getting a quality education, but we know that having a good day of learning starts before arriving at school. Unfortunately many children don't have a bed to sleep on and often go to school tired, in tattered uniforms and with empty bellies. Through February on the Floor, you can help a child have a good night's sleep and have the best start to their day. Sign up to sleep on the floor for a weekend of your choice, receive your personalised fundraising page and get sponsored!

Want to fundraise as a team?

Combine your efforts and raise funds to change even more kids' lives! If you are a business, group of friends, church, school or club, you can set up a Team Fundraising Page and fundraise towards your target together!

To set up a team page you can get in contact using the box below.

The Challenge

This February we are challenging you to sleep on the floor for a weekend or week of your choice. You can decide how difficult you want to make it. Will you sleep on the floor for a week, all the weekends in February or one big Friday night as a group or class? Will you sleep on carpet, under a blanket or in a sleeping bag? Every £281 raised from being sponsored can help children pursue their dreams, providing beds, uniforms, school bags and breakfasts so that they can have the best start to their school day!

Who can do it?

The challenge is open to any age and any fitness and you can do it as an individual, a family or as part of a group whether from your school, church or company. You simply have to be prepared to have a weekend of uncomfortable sleep in order that a Stand by Me child can wake up and start their day with the energy and resources they need to learn. To confirm this challenge is right for you please visit our page here which is repeated in the fundraising guide which you will receive by email once you have signed up!

What do I need to do?

Signing up is very simple to do and we are here to support you through every step of your challenge.

Pick a week or weekend in February to sleep on the floor and sign up to the challenge. We'll set up your personalised online fundraising page and send you an email with the information you need.
If you are doing it with children we will send you our family pack with a postcard and activities to help the children learn about who they are helping.
Ask your friends, family and colleagues to sponsor you.
Make sure you tell as many people as possible about your challenge before, during and after, whether on social media, by email or face to face. We'll even provide example social media posts to help you.

When you've completed your challenge we'll send you photos of the children and families who have benefited thanks to you taking on the challenge!

Every donation helps a child pursue their dreams

To help encourage people to sponsor you, they will be able to see on your fundraising page how they can directly help children pursue their dreams:

£25 can give child a new uniform and school bag
£66 can provide a child with breakfast for an entire year
£190 can provide a bed for a child who needs a good night's sleep

Uniform and school bags equip children with all they need to learn at school. Daily breakfasts ensure kids will have the energy to concentrate in their lessons. A comfy bed can help children have a good night's sleep and wake up refreshed and ready to dream of a brighter future.

You can help children like Natole and Natinael

Eight-year-old twins Natole and Natinael live in Ethiopia with their mother, Burtukan, and three other siblings. They attend the Stand by Me school where they receive a life-changing education. But each night the twins would sleep on a mattress made of straw, without a blanket, pillow or bed sheet, and would wake to a breakfast that barely filled their stomachs for the day ahead.

When we provided a new bed, school uniforms and breakfast for Natole and Natinael, their mother Burtukan expressed the huge relief they had been: “I now feel free, happy and without worry. Stand by Me’s support with a bed, school uniform and breakfast has lifted me and they have shared my burdens.”

Thanks to our February on the Floor fundraisers, Natole and Natinael wake up for school rested, enjoy a daily nutritious breakfast and wear their school uniforms with pride.

Sign up to get started

Through getting involved with February on the Floor, you can help a child have a good night's sleep and have the best start to their day.
If you have questions, please email hi@standby.me or you can call us on 01708 442271.