Authors for refugees – Help is at hand

THANK YOU!

October 3, 2016 — 18 Comments

Just added! Signed copy of TATTYBOGLE, by Sandra Horn, plus a CD of the songs from Tattybogle the Musical

October 1, 2016

Signed copies of THE GIANT OF JUM, SWASHBUCKLE LIL and THE DRAGON & THE NIBBLESOME KNIGHT, by Elli Woollard

September 30, 2016

Picture book critique from author Elli Woollard

September 30, 2016

Signed copy of WAR HORSE, by Michael Morpurgo

September 29, 2016

Copy of WHERE MY WELLIES TAKE ME, signed by Clare and Michael Morpurgo

September 29, 2016

A copy of WRITING CHILDREN’S FICTION (includes contributions from authors such as Meg Rosoff and Marcus Sedgwick), signed by author Linda Newbery

September 29, 2016

Manuscript critique (fiction or memoir) from author Angela Clarke

September 29, 2016

Ten signed picture books by Nicola Davies, assorted illustrators

September 29, 2016

Signed copy of THE TIGER WHO CAME TO TEA, by Judith Kerr

September 29, 2016

Due to so many exciting latecomers, I have had to re-extend the deadline. You now have until 12.00 midnight Sunday Oct 2nd (i.e. Sunday night) GMT to bid for items. There will be NO further extensions.

HOW TO BID
Found something you want? Click on the item, and post your bid as a comment. That's it! Oh, and keep track, make sure you don't get outbid. *NB* All signed books are SIGNED AND DEDICATED, unless otherwise stated. Go! Bid away! And spread the word. Tweet, blog, Facebook etc. Let's do this thing!
*PLEASE NOTE* BIDS ARE IN £ STERLING ONLY. PLEASE DO NOT BID IN $ OR ANY OTHER CURRENCY: THANK YOU.
You have until 8AM SATURDAY OCTOBER 1ST 2016.
Twitter handle is @Authors4Refugee, hashtag is #authorsforrefugees.

ABOUT US

This is an online auction to provide urgent aid to refugees held in camps around Europe, and to unaccompanied minors with a legal right to come to the UK.

There are currently around 88,000 unaccompanied children in refugee camps in Europe; Interpol reports that 10,000 have gone missing in the past year. This report highlights just how desperate the situation has become: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/aug/02/child-refugees-calais-failed-by-britain.

Funds raised by this auction will go directly to these charities:

HELP REFUGEES www.helprefugees.org.uk
Assisting refugees in camps throughout Europe such as Calais, Dunkirk, and 22 camps across Greece.

SAFE PASSAGE
http://safepassage.org.uk
Unites unaccompanied children in Calais with their family members in the UK. Also provides them with much-needed support once they arrive. So far the scheme has helped 55 youngsters in this way, rescuing them from traffickers, and the dangers, sometimes fatal, of going it alone.

ISLINGTON REFUGEE CENTRE
http://www.islingtoncentre.co.uk
Here, refugees are offered counselling and legal advice, English lessons, hot meals, classes and activities. More than that, it provides a community for those who would otherwise be isolated. Funded entirely from voluntary donations, it is currently only able to open two days a week.

DONATION PAGE: https://mydonate.bt.com/fundraisers/highgatehasheart

Follow the above links, and you will see several appearances by actress Juliet Stevenson. Juliet has devoted no less than nine months of her year to helping refugees, and working out how best to provide aid. In June 2016 she helped launch Highgate Has Heart to this end:
http://www.highgatehasheart.com
Highgate Has Heart is not itself a charity: funds raised by Authors Refugees go directly to the above charities.