The SOS tents project held a successful workshop this week, trialing the design worked out over last summer. Volunteers built nine tents out of tarpaulin, bamboo and tape. These will be put to the test at The Big Sleepout in two weeks’ time, when some of CamCRAG’s sponsored sleepout volunteers […]
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Come along to the St Giles’s Christmas Tree Festival, which is open until 4pm on Saturday 8 December. 31 real Christmas trees are decorated by groups, schools, organisations and shops from across our parish community. For the first time there is a CamCRAG Christmas tree! From 2pm to 4.30pm on Saturday is […]
Many thanks to the Small World Dancing Club, which has donated £250 to CamCRAG. The £250 is the proceeds from a collection made at their last ‘oldies’ disco. Find out more about the club here: https://actualworld.net/swdc.html.
CamCRAG has a stall at the Mill Road Winter Fair – taking place on Saturday 1 December, 10am to 4pm. Come and find us by the bus stop opposite the end of Thoday Street, sharing a stall with Friends of Meena. Please get in touch or come along too if […]
Over the weekend our biggest convoy for some time travelled to Calais. With a team of 24 the crew was on a mission to bring cheer to the long-term volunteers based in Calais who, as the weather gets colder and the days darker, can start to lose heart. The crew […]
2018’s Big Cambridge Calais Sleep Out was our most successful fundraiser, with a final total of over £11,000 shared with Wintercomfort. This winter, we’re doing it all again, only bigger and better. Our partner this year will be The Whitworth Trust, a local charity that provides housing for vulnerable girls […]
We have four Christmas card designs to choose from, including two brand new designs by artist Joanna Cooper. These are taken from the children’s book A Christmas Emergency by Keith Hatton, which Joanna has illustrated. The cards, which will be on sale at Mill Road Winter Fair, are available in […]
An owl doorstop workshop was run by the Poncho Group on Saturday 3rd November. Pictured is the fantastic ‘Parliament of owls’ collection of doorstops that were made using the offcuts from the ponchos. Many thanks to Carol Holloway who imagined them and led the workshop superbly despite having lost her […]
Our dynamic new Fundraising and Events Team is up and running after a successful first meeting at the end of October. There is always room for enthusiasm and bright ideas, so if you would like to find out what they have got planned and get involved in organising some exciting […]
We make ponchos for refugees in France and to sell in the UK. Volunteers sew blankets into ponchos, which are sent to Calais in batches of 600 to be distributed to refugees in France. Each poncho sold in the UK funds three ponchos for refugees. The ponchos for autumn and […]