CamCRAG plans to turn 160 blankets into 125 ponchos to send to refugees and other homeless people in Northern France this autumn. This is a pilot project to create wearable ponchos from blankets, for those sleeping rough in Northern France, who are regularly moved on by the police and therefore […]
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Cambridge Convoy Refugee Action Group invites you to our annual gathering and update on the current refugee crisis in France and how you can help. The event will also include our first charity Annual General Meeting. The event will take place in the upper room at St Barnabas Church on […]
We spoke to some of the many people who have volunteered on our convoys over the past two years about their experience. You can watch and listen to what they have to say in our latest video.
The Great CamCRAG Nappy Convoy – what a fantastic response! We received more nappies and sanitary towels than we expected and managed to squeeze hundreds and hundreds into our friend Lucy’s car, ready to go to the CalAID warehouse in Slough this weekend. They will then be sent from there […]
Here’s a special offer for all our supporters – buy one, give one free on all nappies and sanitary towels! We’re collecting nappies and sanitary towels for a refugee project in Greece run by our friends CalAid where they are desperately needed by women there. These products are expensive in […]
Thank you to everyone who came along to our recent donations drop off in Newnham! Packages included food, 30 blankets, six sleeping bags, shoes, clothes, backpacks and other items. Keep an eye on our website and Facebook page for the next drop off event. The next donations drop off events […]
On Tuesday June 20 there’ll be laughter for a good cause at the University Centre in Cambridge. Cambridge Wine Merchants presents Wine Gums for CamCRAG, a night of comedy raising funds for our work. The night starts at 7.30pm and tickets are £10 advance and £12 on the door. The […]
The next CamCRAG food donations drop off event will be at St Mark’s Church, Newnham on Sunday 11th June from 1pm-3pm. Bring along your food donations to be taken on the next CamCRAG convoy to the warehouse in Calais where they will be distributed to refugees in Northern France. The current […]
CamCRAG has helped fund a project providing clean blankets for refugees in Paris. We learnt from Calaid that blankets which had been donated to aid groups in the city were laying unused. Refugees on the streets are being forced to survive in horrendous conditions and there have been outbreaks of […]
The latest CamCRAG convoy has returned from Calais after a busy weekend in the warehouse organising aid for refugees nearby and in Paris. 14 people attended the convoy from Cambridge, many there for the first time, and they worked alongside our friends Herts for Refugees. The convoy worked with Refugee […]