Last year Mission Australia partnered with HRX for a hugely successful Winter Sleepout in Sydney's Centennial Parklands. This year we're doing it all again and we'd love you to come along.

There will be activities for the kids, buskers, food stalls and the Sleepout Cinema, so grab your friends and family and join us on World Homeless Day

Find out more and register

Thank you for being a part of this year’s Winter Sleepout. Registrations and fundraising pages will still be open until 31 October 2011 as money continues to come in.

For any info about banking money offline or after this date, or to register your interest for next year please contact wintersleepout@missionaustralia.com.au

Keep up to date with Mission Australia’s Fundraising initiatives

Neil Fairbrother is a youth worker from YASS (Youth Accommodation & Support Service) in Victoria Park, WA.

Neil explains how his strong Christian faith led him to missionary work and how his faith has helped him through his work at YASS.

Find out more about YASS and Neil's work

Devan Pillay is an educated young guy who works as a sales assistant and barista at Mission Australia’s Café One.

Devan tells us a little more about Café One and how easy it would have been for him to end up on the other side of the counter.

Read Devan's story

After the success of his friend Juliette (Team Radelaide) in her Winter Sleepout in 2010, Jordy from Mill Valley Crew decided to get involved and was amazed at the amount of support he received.

Jordy Bowen, the leader of the Mill Valley Crew Sleepout tells us how he encouraged 70+ people to sleep under the stars for a night.

Find out what Mill Valley are getting up to for their Winter Sleepout

When a bunch of co-workers from the consultancy firm GHD needed a place to host their Winter Sleepout, they looked no further than under the stars just footsteps from their Newcastle office.

The group - known as the Young Professionals - continue their company’s proud tradition of supporting charity events with the success of their 2011 Winter Sleepout and let us know how it all began.

Find out how GHD’s Winter Sleepout plans are going

Walking between pubs after a day at the footy Jay found his friends had some pretty different views on homelessness that were much less compassionate than his own.

While many of us would change the topic or walk away, Jay walked straight into a small alcove down an alleyway to spend the first of a few very cold, lonely and uncomfortable nights out in his effort to understand a topic he was already passionate about.

Find out what Jay is getting up to for his Winter Sleepout