Leicester team manufacture and donate bespoke ‘sleep out’ boxes for charity event
05 Mar 2025
The team at B&P (Leicester) are big supporters of the cities YMCA and most recently, they provided 75 specially designed ‘sleep out’ boxes for a charity sleep out at Leicester City King Power Stadium.
The person sized boxes were manufactured from board donated by the business’s sister company, Board24, and manufactured at the Leicester site before being delivered direct to the football ground.
Gregor Troup, Managing Director, Boxes and Packaging (Leicester) commented; “This is a great event and well done to everyone who took part and helped to raise funds for this amazing charity that does so much for young people in our community.
“We look forward to supporting them throughout the year with other events they have planned.”
Established in the 1800’s Leicestershire YMCA help young people from across the county who have no safe place to call home.
This year’s sleep out event is expected to raise c. ..£…. which will help to support more young people to set up a home of their own and take the small steps required to move on from challenging circumstances or relationships.
A spokesperson for YMCA Leicestershire added; “Our thanks go to Greg, George and all the team at B&P (Leicester) for making such a fantastic contribution to our first sleep out event of 2024, and for their ongoing support to the work we do.”
To find out more about the work that YMCA Leicestershire do, please visit https://www.ymcaleics.org.uk/
The person sized boxes were manufactured from board donated by the business’s sister company, Board24, and manufactured at the Leicester site before being delivered direct to the football ground.
Gregor Troup, Managing Director, Boxes and Packaging (Leicester) commented; “This is a great event and well done to everyone who took part and helped to raise funds for this amazing charity that does so much for young people in our community.
“We look forward to supporting them throughout the year with other events they have planned.”
Established in the 1800’s Leicestershire YMCA help young people from across the county who have no safe place to call home.
This year’s sleep out event is expected to raise c. ..£…. which will help to support more young people to set up a home of their own and take the small steps required to move on from challenging circumstances or relationships.
A spokesperson for YMCA Leicestershire added; “Our thanks go to Greg, George and all the team at B&P (Leicester) for making such a fantastic contribution to our first sleep out event of 2024, and for their ongoing support to the work we do.”
To find out more about the work that YMCA Leicestershire do, please visit https://www.ymcaleics.org.uk/
