We are happy to report that over 100 shelters have been produced and gone up in the camp, which means we’ve already beaten our target for Christmas. This has been a collaborative effort and could not have been done without the hard work of many people. The teams who live and work in the camp deserve huge credit for working through rainstorms and...
Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) are an NGO who are renowned for operating in in some of the most dangerous situations and environments around the world. Six week ago MSF began operations in the camp at Calais. They were immediately impressed with our shelter project and subsequently asked if we would collaborate with them to build shelters. MSF have their own design which is...
As the scale of the crisis here in Calais and also across Europe continues to grow, so does our ambition and determination to do more to help. We are now working in partnership with local charity L’auberge des Migrants, and international NGO Médicine Sans Frontièrs to create 600 shelters in Calais housing half the camp – around 3000 people. Additionally we have recently...
We want to say a massive thank-you to everyone who contributed to our recent crowd-funding campaign to fund the building of 100 shelters for displaced people living in the camp in Calais - by the time the campaign was over we had raised nearly £12,000. Your donations are making an immediate difference here in Calais, with over 60 shelters already built for the...
Since we have stated our project over 80 have been built. This is a tremendous amount and now with our workshop fully set up this number will rise rapidly. We made a trip down to the camp the other day to document our shelters in use and are here for you to see. Normal 0 false false false EN-US JA X-NONE Continue Reading
Many people have contacted us recently asking how they can donate to A Home For Winter now that our JustGiving campaign is over. To make this possible we have recently registered as a collective fund, operating under the auspices of Prism The Gift Fund (registered charity no 1099682), and have a new donation page, which you can find: www.ahomeforwinter.org/donate/ This helps to facilitate...
The new workshop is now in a settling down into a productive flow. We have been learning how to deal with the large number of challenges that we face on a daily basis, and the rapid turnover of volunteers who can often only stay for a few days at a time can sometimes make things difficult. On a good day the workshop can...
A huge thank you from the Team for all that supported and spread the word of our fundraiser. We managed to raise more then we set out to do. This money will be put straight to work and please follow this blog to see it in action. ...
With the increase of volunteers and items donated, the warehouse has become very crowded and busy. It is becoming increasingly difficult for us to work effectively, with space and calm at an increasing premium. We discovered there was another huge warehouse space ‘hidden’ around the back of the existing warehouse. The owner of the warehouse said we could use the space if we...
