ByteNight 2009

ByteNight 2009 will launch on Tuesday 30th June. This year it will take place overnight on Friday 2nd October, nearly 400 IT professionals will be sleeping out under the stars in central London raising funds for Action for Children. I took part for the first time last year in a team pulled together by silicon.com (The Silicon Comrades) and between us we managed to raise around £7,000 with the whole event raising in excess of £450k. This year, I was asked to join the ByteNight board and I've also managed to persuade some of my work colleagues to join me in a team. We've just kicked off our fundraising efforts for this year, with the team aim of raising at least £5,000, but the overall aim is to exceed the last year's total.

I've added a widget on the side of my blog to show how well we're doing raising the cash, if you are reading this and feel you can help, just click here and give us some money. If you'd like to know more about ByteNight or even want to take part, then go and check out the website and also take a look at the Action for Children website too whilst you're at it.