Calais people to people solidarity: action from the UK

[Manter]

https://www.facebook.com/pete.gillard.5/posts/10153465046951438

I may be naive for being as shocked as I am.... UKBA detaining people campaigning for Calais at the border.

Can this be real? It seems completely jawdroppingly surreal

 

[tufty79]

Collection points at leeds carnival & black music festival this weekend - https://www.facebook.com/pages/Leeds-Carnival-Calais-Collection-Point/512284255592845 (as well as the leeds fest tent collection this mon/tues) - vans heading over to calais thursday

 

[tony.c]

Collection point in London next Sunday (6 September):

edit: They also need volunteers to help sort the donations next Sunday if anyone is available.

 

[Fingers]

Britain First are disgruntled at us

 

[Treacle Toes]

We are doing everything right. ^^^ That is more proof of that fact

 

[Fingers]

I am really starting to fucking hate this country I was born and grew up in.

 

[purenarcotic]

For those not on FB who are in Birmingham, The Amirah Foundation are collecting donations and will take them over for folk. http://www.amirahfoundation.org/ - their address and opening times there.

 

[Treacle Toes]

Why even waste your time reading that shit? More important things to do...Like planning donation collections and trips to France to help.

 

[Manter]

It's not just leftwingers either. My parents bought two bikes and gave them to their neighbours to join the ride. And they would strongly object to being described as left wing

 

[weltweit]

Collection point in London next Sunday (6 September):View attachment 75966

edit: They also need volunteers to help sort the donations next Sunday if anyone is available.

Neither the jackets jeans or shoes would fit me, are all the migrant males smallish then?

 

[weepiper]

Here are some left-wing idiots giving a free bike to an underprivileged child in the UK. I bet they'll all applaud this. Oh no wait, he's a brown asylum seeker kid so I guess he's scum too.



https://www.facebook.com/GovanCommu...5816126803916/984144938304363/?type=1&theater

 

[Manter]

Neither the jackets jeans or shoes would fit me, are all the migrant males smallish then?

Most are smaller than a typical Northern European. But not all, obv

 

[Fingers]

I should not pay these wankers any attention. They have riled me up because I am in a shit mood today.

 

[tufty79]

xxxxx Fingers

 

[weltweit]

I don't know what part of Britain the whingers come from but I never bought a new bike for my son, we were always being offered hand me downs which were free and very fine!

 

[Manter]

I don't know what part of Britain the whingers come from but I never bought a new bike for my son, we were always being offered hand me downs which were free and very fine!

What has that got to do with anything?

 

[weltweit]

What has that got to do with anything?

Post #36, Alma Fleming said "we would all like a free bike" I was just pointing out that plenty of UK peeps give their Brit friends free bikes .. eta and Roddy Munro..

 

[SpookyFrank]

I am really starting to fucking hate this country I was born and grew up in.

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Surely you can't 'name and shame' people who are happy to promote their activities online to the general public?

 

[Johnny Vodka]

I am really starting to fucking hate this country I was born and grew up in.

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lol

 

[purenarcotic]

This is possibly a stupid question but are they sending food over? If so, are they sending tins with ringpulls? If not I wonder whether some tin openers would be useful. Does anyone know?

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

This is possibly a stupid question but are they sending food over? If so, are they sending tins with ringpulls? If not I wonder whether some tin openers would be useful. Does anyone know?

I saw a list that said kitchen utensils (including tin openers)

Not the website I saw the list on, but similar thing

https://birminghamtocalais.wordpress.com/tag/calais/

 

[tony.c]

This is possibly a stupid question but are they sending food over? If so, are they sending tins with ringpulls? If not I wonder whether some tin openers would be useful. Does anyone know?

Not a stupid question. Tin openers are on the list of Needs, issued by CalAid:
https://www.facebook.com/notes/cala...idarity-action-from-uk/-needs/884788301595918

 

[Red Cat]

For those not on FB who are in Birmingham, The Amirah Foundation are collecting donations and will take them over for folk. http://www.amirahfoundation.org/ - their address and opening times there.

I'm going there this week. Anything you want me to pick up from you? Or anyone else in South Brum without a car.

 

[Greebo]

Not a stupid question. Tin openers are on the list of Needs, issued by CalAid:
https://www.facebook.com/notes/cala...idarity-action-from-uk/-needs/884788301595918

IMHO the smaller, easier to carry and easier to sharpen "survival" type tin opener of this kind would better to send.

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[tony.c]

Neither the jackets jeans or shoes would fit me, are all the migrant males smallish then?

The majority of the refugees at Calais are men under 30, so may not be old enough to have the expanded waistlines we have.
There is no need for trouser sizes over 36". And only about 300 out of the 3,000+ are women, and there seems to be enough clothes for them at the moment. There is limited storage facilities in Calais, so the people helping on the ground only want stuff that is needed now and can be distributed immediately.

 

[purenarcotic]

Right, operation tin opener is a go.

 

[Greebo]

Right, operation tin opener is a go.

Excellent! I've mentioned those tin openers on one of the Calais support bits of fb too.

 

[Manter]

I have been out all day meeting new people and everybody- without exception- has said they are upset and shocked by the plight of the refugees across Europe and most have asked how to donate money, food, time..... It has restored a bit of my faith in people. As I very cheesily said in Facebook, it's a glimmer of light in the darkness. Clichéd, but true.

 

[tufty79]

Same here. Having a cup of tea, feeling fortunate, and just all (((humans))) - loads of people wanting to help, loads of people angry about the media and govt treatment of refugees, and loads of people saying 'what can we do?'. Or even better, 'you're doing something? So am i!'.
Much 'we can all work together' going on.

*slaps self at onset of hippywibble*

 

[Treacle Toes]

Some great pics from the critical mass convoy to deliver bikes:

Critical Mass bike ride to bring aid to Calais refugees & migrants. 30-8-15 Around 100 activists from London head the Calais in France to deliver bicycles and aid to refugees and migrants in the 'Jungle' refugee camp. Most of thme cycled from London on Sa | Guy Smallman