PLAY 4 CALAIS & BEYOND
Fundraising campaign by
Alix Wilton Regan
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£15,757raised of £20,000.00 goal goal
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BE A LIGHT IN THE DARK
PLAY 4 CALAIS was founded in December 2015, to bring pop-up cinema, sporting activities, play-time and vital aid to the 1000+ children and 10,000+ adults living in The Jungle in Calais. As is the case in camps the world over - and with little to do and tensions high - refugees are desperate for respite care and community building activities to take part in. In particular, we found that football, food and cinema were international languages that spoke to all and helped build bonds among The Jungle’s diverse communities.
Since December 2015, we made
over 30 trips to Calais and “popped-up” over 20 cinema screenings to
about 300 children and 600 adults at a time. We delivered over
£20,000 of unworn children’s winter clothing for distribution and we
handed out over £10,000 of vital aid such as blankets, shoes and kitchen
utensils to refugees. We were always asked to come back as soon as we
can, from residents and long-term volunteers alike.
Whilst the camp in Calais has now closed, our fundraising efforts are ongoing and our work is now taking us to Birmingham, Southampton, Devon, Dunkirk and beyond... Hence we have now become, PLAY 4 CALAIS & BEYOND. We continue to provide tailored and personalised responses for refugees we meet around Europe: 200 bottles of shampoo, baby baskets and baby blankets for new born babies in Calais and Dunkirk; shoes for men and teenage boys who have had theirs stolen by the police, as an act of intimidation, in France; sports and entertainment equipment delivered to youth clubs and safe-houses taking in refugee children across the UK; laptops for skilled IT workers who want to continue their studies here in the UK, whilst waiting for their asylum applications to be processed. The need is endless, but we are determined to provide a humanitarian response to this humanitarian crisis and help give refugees back a sense of humanity in the face of extraordinary adversity.
Every donation you make makes a huge difference; every refugee we meet is an
interesting, intelligent, astonishingly brave and brilliant individual
who's fallen on desperately hard times, but still remembers and craves
the wonder, joy and escapism of cinema, sports, tea groups and meals with friends.
Thank you for helping us to help them.
The PLAY 4 CALAIS
motto is “be a light in the dark”.
We are run and staffed by volunteers
who take no salary and do this around our full time jobs.
Alix and the PLAY 4 CALAIS SUPERSTARS x
Organizer
- Alix Wilton Regan
- Campaign Founder
- London, UK
www.alixwiltonregan.com
www.alixwiltonregan.com
Donors
- Anonymous
- Donated on Dec 07, 2017
Keep going. You are needed.
- Adrian Summers
- Donated on Dec 06, 2017
Good luck on reaching your target Alix great cause! Adrian
"A Day with PLAY 4 CALAIS" by Simon Lenagan, May 2016
Update posted by Alix Wilton Regan at 07:25 pm“I’ve been invited to play football with refugee children in the Jungle at Calais. You wanna come with me?” As an opener it was classic Dave Morrissey. His laconic Scouse drawl had a way of making the most outlandish suggestion sound like the most eminently reasonable thing in the world.. . . . .
NEW! Give people what's really wanted and needed…
Update posted by Alix Wilton Regan at 07:30 pmHere's a great way to donate exactly what's needed to people who need it right now (we know because we asked them!):If you want to provide essentials for the refugees, plus a few little luxuries to help make their lives in the camp a little more bearable, then you can
Football in The Jungle - a short film
Update posted by Alix Wilton Regan at 08:19 amWe are extremely proud to share this beautiful 2 minute film by artist Simon Panrucker about PLAY 4 CALAIS building of a football pitch in the Calais Jungle. Thank you all for watching and sharing this magical mini-piece of art and for being a light in the dark for refugees.
FOOTBALL IN THE JUNGLE by Simon Panrucker, April 2016
Update posted by Alix Wilton Regan at 03:12 pmLast weekend, I went for a whirlwind visit to the refugee camp in Calais to document the first games on a sandy football pitch that my pals Sammy and Tommy at PLAY 4 CALAIS had created. The day was great fun, many people - mostly teenagers - played football and. . . . .
Social Media Circle
Update posted by Alix Wilton Regan at 07:11 amHey PLAY 4 CALAIS Supporters, Our social media sites are all up and running now! You can follow us, Like us and RT us at the following places :)Twitter: Tweet tweet!Instagram: Smile!Facebook: Come say Hi!Love and thanks PLAY 4 CALAIS SUPERSTARS Xx
A great big Thank *YOU*
Update posted by Alix Wilton Regan at 05:30 pmDearest Supporters, We want to acknowledge each and everyone one of you that's donated to our campaign thus far. If you see your name below it's because ***you've officially been made a PLAY 4 CALAIS Superstar***! CONGRATULATIONS ON BEING A PLAY 4 CALAIS SUPERSTAR! YAY! If you have supported us. . . . .
UPDATE ON THE P4C "KITTY"
Update posted by Alix Wilton Regan at 12:55 pmDear Generous Supporters We wanted to share a little love, insight and thanks as to how PLAY 4 CALAIS have spent your money to date. Since launching in late December 2015, PLAY 4 CALAIS have been over to the Jungle eight times! At the time of writing we've raised £8,550.00. . . . .
PERSPECTIVE PIECE by Jack Hawkins
Update posted by Alix Wilton Regan at 09:20 amOne of our newest PLAY 4 CALAIS volunteers, Jack Hawkins, wrote this stunning piece after his trip to The Jungle on Sunday 6th March. Thank you for letting us share it Jack."Today I saw children with nothing, no more than the ill-fitting clothes they picked at, shielded by desperate parents. . . . .
Political comedian Mark Steel features PLAY 4 CALAIS in The Independent
Update posted by Alix Wilton Regan at 11:11 amThank you so much to Mark Steel for this brilliant piece of satire in today's Independent, featuring PLAY 4 CALAIS - you can read it here below. Alix XWe’re mugs: being gassed in the Calais Jungle is an easy life in Europe"I’ve often wished removal men would give me a. . . . .
Thoughts from Calais by PLAY 4 CALAIS volunteer Will Hartley
Update posted by Alix Wilton Regan at 04:33 pmI’m feeling a cold anger within. I have just visited the ‘Jungle’ – a ‘Migrants/Refugee Camp’ in Calais. I did little enough while I was there. Took a little girl – Narika – who had a dangerously high temperature (accompanied by her mother) and a man, Zakir, who needed stitches. . . . .
Donors & Comments
- David Noble
- Donated on Dec 11, 2017
Hope your LoveActually cinema night goes well Sorry can't be there
- Anonymous
- Donated on Dec 07, 2017
Keep going. You are needed.
- Adrian Summers
- Donated on Dec 06, 2017
Good luck on reaching your target Alix great cause! Adrian
- Carolyn Regan
- Donated on Dec 05, 2017
Hope your fund raiser goes well
- Tina Gharavi
- Donated on Dec 05, 2017
Thanks Alix for all this amazing work. X
- Charlotte Watson
- Donated on Dec 04, 2017
- Recurring Donation!
- Charlotte Watson
- Donated on Sep 04, 2017
- Recurring Donation!
- Charlotte Watson
- Donated on Jun 04, 2017
- Recurring Donation!
- Anonymous
- Donated on May 17, 2017
hi, The amazon links are broken? For young men arriving here with no network helping them find thier "Space" locally is also important. Is there any way of maintiaing the concept, and the support for those who make it here? Educating the local sunday leagues at least about your existance to facilitate the transition?
- Charlotte Watson
- Donated on Mar 04, 2017
- Recurring Donation!
Hope your LoveActually cinema night goes well Sorry can't be there