St Basils is a fantastic Birmingham charity providing advice and support to young homeless people in our city. They provide housing advice, family mediation, emergency housing and supported accommodation. They will be 40 in October 2012 and have the opportunity to win £250,000 to extend their services – what’s more you can help them win it. The money would come from Persimmon Homes, one of the UK’s largest house builders, who are giving away a £250,000 home also, as it happens, to celebrate their 40th birthday. There are 24 organisations hoping to win the home, who gets it will be decided by a public vote. You can vote at www.persimmonhomes.com/40 and its possible to vote once a day until the vote ends later this month. Please do!