Fresh food for Calais

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"Alone we can do so little, together we can do so much".

We are a newly formed volunteering team and our aim is to help in anyway we can those caught up in the humanitarian refugee crisis across Europe.

We have already given over our pub cellar to take in donations of camping gear, clothing and other essentials for those stuck in the limbo of the French coast. The response, within 24 hours of a request being put out, has been staggering. Locals queued to bring us so much stuff we quickly ran out of space and had to find other places to store.The chance to not just sit and watch the crisis deepen, but to help, swept through Beeston. Many people asked 'What else can we do?' this inspired us to come up with an idea:

We want to go down to Calais ourselves, and deliver aid directly. While we are there we want to cook a hot, healthy meal for as many of those stuck in refugee camps as possible. Its only a small thing, just one meal, but as a simple act of kindness to people who have seen little compassion of late, fleeing conflicts and disaster, hopefully show some humanity. We have the equipment, the skills…now we need just one more thing to make it possible, and thats where you come in.

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  • Sergio Rocha
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  • Campaign Owner

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  • Sam
  • Donated on Sep 11, 2015
  • so amazed by you action. :-)

£10.00
Sep 17

First time in Calais

Update posted by Sergio Rocha at 10:00 pm

Here we are in Calais. Everyone's help has been amazing and made all this project possible. This is not the end, actually this is the very beginning. We will come back to Calais very soon. Thank you for all the support!"Together we can do so much more!"Check the new pictures

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Sep 10

Update 1

Update posted by Sergio Rocha at 07:56 pm

It is great to see how much we achieve when we work together. We have already dispatched 3 loads of goods to be then transported to Calais. Today we got so many donations again that we had to start using a second room to put everything. If you want to

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  • Sam
  • Donated on Sep 11, 2015
  • so amazed by you action. :-)

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  • Sheraz Mumtaz
  • Donated on Sep 08, 2015
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  • Donated on Sep 08, 2015
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  • Alison Holman
  • Donated on Sep 07, 2015
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  • Jenny Swann
  • Donated on Sep 06, 2015
  • Great initiative. Proud to be a Beestonian.

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