Free Family Fun Day in aid of the Winter Night Shelter MK

Staff at one of MK’s largest employers, Cranswick Convenience Foods, have organised their third Family Fun Day taking place on Sunday 3 September at Middleton Pavilion to benefit The Winter Night Shelter MK – one of Cranswick’s long-term charity partners.

This free event will give families a great day out in the last weekend of the school holidays – packed full of fairground rides, delicious food and drink, craft stalls, a football tournament and much more.

The Winter Night Shelter MK, run a range of services, including a year-round welfare team who offer practical and emotional advice. Their latest figures show that in June 2023, nearly 50% of their guests had not experienced homelessness before, with around 20% needing advice regarding their finances. Funds raised at the Family Fun Day will support the charity’s vital work in Milton Keynes, helping some of the most vulnerable people across the city experiencing, and at risk of, homelessness.

Cranswick Milton Keynes has raised over £70,000 to date for The Winter Night Shelter MK – funding the equivalent of five highly-qualified welfare workers for a whole year - and aims to smash its £90,000 fundraising target by the end of March 2024.