A DOZEN daring staff members from Eildon are preparing for a freezing night under the stars.

The housing association employees are taking part in Social Bite’s mass sleep-out next month to raise funds to help eradicate homelessness.

The event on Saturday, December 9 has attracted around 9000 fundraisers to roll out their sleeping bags in Edinburgh's Princes Street Gardens.

One of the Eildon sub-zero heroes’ team is housing officer Susan Turner.

She said: “We will be sleeping out on a freezing cold Scottish winter’s night to raise money for Social Bite and their mission to eradicate homelessness in Scotland.

"All donations will go to solutions in housing, addiction and a nationwide jobs programme for the homeless.

"It's a nerve wracking thing to sleep out in the cold in Scotland, but I only have to do it for one night in a managed event.

"Some of our most vulnerable people have to do that every night.

"Please give what you can to change that in Scotland. Together, we can build a movement to eradicate homelessness in Scotland for good.”

The pledge being made by Social Bite is 'By raising funds and working together, we can stop the sticky plaster mentality and get to the root issues to eradicate homelessness over a f-year period by providing people with housing, rehabilitation, job opportunities and the support they need to get back on their feet'.

The Eildon team would like to thank contractors Terry Frame, Dalex and Collective Architecture for their support and very kind donations.

If you would like to donate, please visit the Sub-Zero Heros page: http://uk.virginmoneygiving.com/team/EildonsSubZeroHeroes