Year 11 Roughtober Sleepout

Over 90 Year 11 students have signed up to participate in the Youth Roughtober Sleepout, on Friday 24 October. This is an awareness and fundraising event for Rough Edges, a drop in café for people who are living in vulnerable and at-risk situations to have a place where they can belong, get food, and develop a sense of community with other people each night.

As a school with a Christian foundation, we are guided by the example of Jesus to love our neighbours. When we think about what Jesus meant by love, and how he showed this, we see that he began by noticing who were those people in need, suffering, lonely or forgotten by society. Not only did he notice, but he also then reached out and through these actions was the presence of a loving God to those society had neglected. Our Year 11 students participating in Roughtober have demonstrated a commitment to addressing the injustices of homelessness and disadvantage in our local community and reflecting a core teaching in the dignity of all human beings.

Rough Edges relies very much on the fundraising efforts to sustain its vital services in our neighbourhood of Darlinghurst. You can read about the ways in which this service helps people rebuild their lives and treat patrons who visit with dignity through the love and care shown by those serving and volunteering at the café here. 

We hope that you will help support our Year 11’s who are sleeping rough at St John’s in Darlinghurst through a donation to our SCEGGS Darlinghurst Roughtober fundraiser. 

We thank you for your generosity and support of this important and life changing service. I am very proud of the students who have embraced this fundraising initiative so enthusiastically and have shown great commitment to giving back to our local community.

Dynielle Whitney
Head of Religious Education & Social Justice Coordinator