Pupils from a Bushey school spent the night sleeping outside to raise money for a homeless charity.

To mark the 25th anniversary of New Hope, 130 girls from St Margaret's School camped outside last week.

The sleep out raised £3,400 and money is still be donataed.

Gillian Erdil, deputy head teacher at the school said "We are immensely proud to be supporting New Hope once again. It is important to us as a School that our girls recognise that no matter how privileged they might be, homelessness can and does affect all levels of society and we must do what we can to affect positive change here".

Rebecca Palmer, fundraising and communications manager for New Hope, attended the event to share the stories of those are homeless in the Watford area.

She said "St Margaret's has been a long-standing supporter of our work and we are tremendously grateful for their financial contribution, but also for the efforts they make to educate their pupils about the tragic reality of homelessness."