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The 2025 Vinnies CEO Sleepout has raised more than $8.3 million nationally to support homeless people, with $2.5 million raised in New South Wales alone.

This year, the Vinnies CEO Sleepout will mark its 20th anniversary, bringing together CEOs and senior executives from across Australia for a night outdoors to raise critical funds and awareness for Australia’s homelessness crisis.

The Catholic ethos of the St Vincent de Paul Society is “not history but is really alive today,” freshly-minted NSW chief executive Yolanda Saiz believes. She is stepping into the role as the charity launches a major focus on vulnerable communities, which are harder to reach amid historic demand on its services.

On Thursday 17 June business and community leaders from around the country will spend a night sleeping rough as part of the Vinnies CEO...