HELP US PURCHASE TENTS!
The current political climate is worrying. In Calais and Dunkirk, thousands of people on the move are forced to sleep rough, without access to shelter or essential services.
In 2025, the humanitarian situation along the coast significantly worsened, and we are worried about a similar scenario in 2026: 6,137 women and 6,726 children crossed the border in 2025, compared to 3,200 women and 2,969 children in 2024. Since the beginning of this year alone, Refugee Women's Centre has met 780 new individuals, including 452 women and 2,015 children (32 babies under the age of 2).
For women, sexual and gender-based violence in the camps is increasing. The lack of tents significantly heightens their vulnerability and can create situations of dependency on men to access shelter, leading to control, exploitation, or even trafficking. We urgently need support to purchase new tents and meet the demand in the coming weeks.
✊ Help push reach our target: 1,000 tents before the end of winter. Stand in solidarity! Make your donation today.
OUR 2025 WINTER CAMPAIGN
✨ COME TOGETHER IN SOLIDARITY ✨
In 2025, hateful narratives are growing louder. At Calais Appeal, we are working hard to provide dignified and human support to people on the move at the UK–France border, as they will once again be forced to sleep rough during the freezing winter months.
✊ Help push back against far-right narratives. Stand in solidarity! Make your donation today
📹 by Sophie de Langloy
photo by @abdul_saboor079
WHO WE ARE
We are a consortium of six organisations at the France-UK border. We collaborate to provide essential services like tents, firewood, water, clothing, food, and much more to people on the move.
We initially existed as a crowdfunding campaign due to a sudden pull-out of funding from the region at the end of 2021. Since then, we have grown together as an alliance working on multiple topics. We work towards common goals and are united in finding shared solutions to the challenges we face, both on a daily level, and from a long-term perspective.
WHAT WE DO
Daily Activities
Each member organisation conducts daily vital work to ensure the stability of people on the move in the UK-France border zone. Together, we secure the basic needs for hundreds (and sometimes thousands) of individuals each month, by providing shelter, firewood, clothing, blankets, play and education for children, water, food, essential information, sim cards... We support men, women, children and unaccompanied minors.
Safeguarding and Welfare
We assist our members in safeguarding and welfare through delivering trainings, writing policies and leading the cross-organisational Safeguarding Network.
Fundraising and capacity-building
We build the capacity of our members to fundraise, by helping them with grant applications, donor relations, and their overall fundraising strategies.
Communications and Advocacy
We amplify the voices of grassroot organisations to raise awareness about what's really going on in Northern France. Through the media, report writing and campaigns, we're trying to change the public conversation about people on the move.
by @inisca.studio
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