Sleeping rough for one night will never represent the true experience of homelessness. But it is a chance to gain an insight into what that experience might be like.
We’re believers in better at RD. And we know that there’s more we can do to help the ACT’s homelessness crisis.
This year there are four of us taking part in the Vinnies CEO Sleepout to raise money for the St Vincent de Paul Society to support Australians in need. Colder and more exposed than in other parts of the city, for one night, our team will be sleeping outside at the National Arboretum. We hope that the experience will offer us a better understanding of some of the realities of sleeping rough.
To help break the devastating cycle of homelessness, we need your help. Check out our team page - RD Consulting, or our individual pages:
Colin Anstie
Kat Archibald
Madeline Bonfini
Andrew Baker
Will you help us to reach our target?
Any donation, large or small, can make a huge difference to the people who need it most.
So far this year we helped provide

15
Individual support programs

40
Beds

160
Meals
Thank you to our Sponsors
Mitch Flaherty
Great work RD team! Colin you can finally put that Snuggie you love to good use ;)
$310
Kai Broderix
Excellent initiative, Colin. There are no easy solutions to this but the provision of a safe shelter and food should be available to everyone in a rich country like ours.
$310
Kai Broderix
Good work Madeline. This issue is close to my heart. It should be a minimum standard of life in our society that everyone has a save shelter available to them.
$310
Kat Archibald
$208
Rd Consulting
$208
Rd Consulting
You're a rockstar Mads!
$200
Rd Consulting
Love your work Col!
$200
Rd Consulting
Way to go Kat!
$200
Rd Consulting
Awesome work Bakes!
$200
Lakshmi West
Such a great cause Colin! Thank you for taking part.
$124.80
Aaron Wild
Great work Col,
$124.80
Skye Forster
Go you good thing! X
$124.80
Larry & Lil Tisdell
👍👍👍
$120
Paul Farmer
Super effort mate and am sure you are going to need all those marshmallows to keep you warm in Canberra in June.
$120
Kris Archibald
Xoxoxox
$120
Astral Float Studio
You’ll need a float after this, Bakes. Good work.
$104
Emma Shaw
Onya, Colin!
$104
Kevin & Marjorie Dreyer
$100
Sarah Tisdell
Great cause. Go Mads!
$100
Hugh Allison
$100
Max
Awesome, Col! I hope you hit your goal!
$93.60
Erica Boyles
Very proud of you! This is a great cause.
$57.20
Sally
Go Kat!
$57.20
David Smith
Bakes, well done mate.
$57.20
Mark Greed
$57.20
Ilona Purcell
Thank you for doing this, thank you for being the incredible woman you are. Very proud of you 🥰
$57.20
Ian Reiser
$57.20
Jess Duffy
$57.20
Amy Mills
Great cause Colin!
$57.20
Peter Fowles
$57.20
Paula Bonfini
Well done Madeline very proud of you and RD consulting for participating in this worthy cause.
$57.20
Tina
Good luck Maddz! Xxx
$55
Madeline Power
$55
Libby Beattie
$55
Si Harris
Good on ya Col and team...
$55
Yvonne Soper
$52
Andrew Baker
$52
Matt M
$52
Megan Whittle
Go Mads!! Not an easy challenge, but a worthwhile one. Very proud of your leadership. Sending warm thoughts!
$50
Megan Whittle
Nice work, Col! Such a worthwhile cause, great to see you and the RD Consulting team getting behind it so wholeheartedly. Best wishes for the night itself!
$50
Thomas Tadic
You go girl!
$50
N Harvey
Such a fantastic cause! Wish you and your team the very best with your night under the stars.
$50
Fiona Heydon
$50
Ange Magliulo
Such a great cause - Well done!
$31.20
Daniel Connolly
Such a great cause, go Mads!
$24.96
Grannyb Cooper
Proud of you Madeline
$20.80
Sam Irvine
$20.80
Natalie Stankovski
Great Cause, Well Done Colin 👍
$20.80
Tara Cooper
Good luck Mags - proud of you! xoxo 💕