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Celebrities including presenter Edith Bowman, singer Nicola Roberts and England’s most capped England Lioness Fara Williams will be joining this year’s Sleep Walk for Shelter from the UK’s leading housing and homelessness charity, in a bid to support the 78 families becoming homeless every day.

The 10K event, is back for a second year and will bring Londoners and Mancunians together on the evenings of Tuesday 3rdDecember and Wednesday 11th December for a night time walk through each city.

According to the latest government figures, in the last year a household becomes homeless every 4 minutes in England. Homelessness is continuing to rise in England, with the number of homeless households living in temporary accommodation in England having increased by more than 4,000 since last year.

The findings also suggest that a new generation of young people and families are being hit by the housing emergency, with 56,440 people aged 16-24 becoming homeless or being threatened with homelessness in the last year.

Sleep Walk for Shelter provides an alternative Christmas night out for friends and families, giving Londoners and Mancunians of all abilities the opportunity to brave the winter conditions and walk 10k across their cities to raise much needed funds to help fight the growing crisis. This year, supporters outside of London and Manchester also have the opportunity to organise their own Sleep Walk events in their towns and cities.