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| {{Infobox organization | |||
| | name = Help Refugees | |||
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| | motto = Choose Love | |||
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| Josie Naughton </br> | |||
| Dani Lawrence | |||
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| '''Help Refugees''' is a UK-based ] which provides humanitarian aid to refugees around the world. The organization began life in August 2015 when radio presenter and writer ], TV presenter and writer ] and artist management assistant Josie Naughton created a social media fundraising campaign called #HelpCalais<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/jun/12/help-refugees-calais-accidental-activists |title= Accidental activists: the British women on the front line of the refugee crisis |website= The Guardian |access-date= 2017-09-11}}</ref> in aid of the refugee crisis across Europe. Dani Lawrence joined as a co-founder within days of the #HelpCalais campaign launching. It soon became a registered charity under its current name. | |||
| Help Refugees has provided aid in countries including France, Greece and Syria. | |||
| == History == | |||
| Bird and Naughton offered to help Bird's former acting teacher, Tom Radcliffe, who was aiming to raise £1000 to drive from the UK to the ] refugee camp in France to donate goods. They met with O'Porter and decided to launch the hashtag #HelpCalais to raise awareness of the crisis and to help raise fund. They used their social media followings and celebrity contacts to spread the word and soon found themselves overwhelmed with the response. They began to receive such a great volume of donations that they sought a larger storage space, which was donated by ]. Lawrence, who runs an import company with her husband, offered to help coordinate getting the donations to Calais. A warehouse was located in Calais to store the donations and distribute them from, and as more volunteers arrived to help, Help Refugees began efforts to build temporary shelters at the camp, serve hot food, distribute goods and provide other services that were not being catered for sufficiently. From here, the organisation grew to offer aid and support in other areas where refugees were arriving into Europe. | |||
| == Media coverage == | |||
| ] chose Help Refugees as one of the partner charities for their 2016 Charity Appeal.<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.theguardian.com/society/2017/jan/09/guardian-observer-2016-charity-appeal-child-refugees |title= Guardian and Observer 2016 charity appeal raises over £1.75m | website= The Guardian | access-date= 2017-09-11}}</ref> | |||
| A ] documentary '''Calais: The Last Days Of The Jungle''' featured interviews with several Help Refugees staff and volunteers. <ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/whats-on-tv-tonight-cqqvxv9ws |title= What's on TV tonight | website= The Times | access-date= 2017-09-11}}</ref> | |||
| == Celebrity endorsements == | |||
| Celebrities who have endorsed, advocated, partnered and performed for Help Refugees and their fundraising events include ], ]<ref name="Jude Law + Tom Odell">, Evening Standard. Retrieved 2017-15-12.</ref> and Pamela Anderson<ref name="Pam">, @pamfoundation on Twitter. Retrieved 2017-15-12.</ref>. | |||
| == Collaborations == | |||
| In June 2017, Help Refugees partnered with London's ] for ''Help Refugees: Our Shared Future'', a series of discussions in their Lecture Theatre to launch the 2017 Refugee Week.<ref name="V&A'">, V&A. Retrieved 2017-26-11.</ref> | |||
| == Choose Love == | |||
| Choose Love is Help Refugees' rallying cry, created by British designer ]. It includes a fashion merchandise range stocked at UK online retailer ]<ref name="T-shirts'">, The Telegraph. Retrieved 2017-26-11.</ref> and a series of music event fundraisers which has included club nights hosted by electronic music website ]<ref>, Resident Advisor. Retrieved 2017-26-11.</ref>. | |||
| In November 2016, they launched a Choose Love pop-up shop in Soho, London and accompanying website, where people could purchase essential items for refugees in the guise of Christmas presents.<ref>, The New Statesman. Retrieved 2017-26-11.</ref>. | |||
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