Our Story So Far

One of our wonderful volunteers made the following video about Our Story So Far.

About Us

SAFR was set up in September 2015 & we registered as a charity in November 2016. Over this time we have co-ordinated various projects, all achieved by the support & commitment of the SAFR community

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​Collections

SAFR has organised several events & been the drop off point for other collections in order to send items needed in refugee camps in Calais, Lesvos, northern Greece, Lebanon & Syria. Items have included tents, bedding, winter clothing & shoes, nappies, pushchairs & babyslings, sanitary products, incontinence pants, toiletries, school supplies & food. Each collection has a specific list drawn up by organisations working on the ground, such as Help Refugees, Hand in Hand for Aid & Development & Edinburgh Direct Aid .

Events
The commitment to supporting the winterisation plan in refugee camps continues & details of this year’s collection events will be posted on SAFR’s website & social media sites.

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​Calais

SAFR has sent pallets & vanloads of clothing, toiletries & food to Calais. A team designed & built 8 shelters in the Jungle in 2015. A caravan, called Mavis, was refurbished, painted, kitted out and towed to Calais to accommodate a family or unaccompanied minors. SAFR also funded 100 pallet boxes to help organise donations & keep them dry in the warehouse at L’Auberge.

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Glasgow

The Dine with Dignity project provided lunch for refugees wishing to volunteer with SAFR & Maslows. SAFR collected toiletries & volunteers sewed wash bags to make up hygiene packs for nurses from NHS Asylum Health Bridging Project to distribute. In 2017, a unit in Govan was refurbished, decorated & equipped to open SAFR Space a hub for people to drop in for support, information & signposting, to use computers & wash their clothes. This unit closed in November 2019 but plans to support refugees in Glasgow are currently being developed.

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Volunteers​

How Can You Help?SAFR runs purely with the support & hard work of volunteers. This includes running SAFR Space, collecting items, sorting, logging & packing donations, transporting boxes & loading vans, pallets & containers along with all the planning, logistics & background work required. Various volunteers have travelled to Calais & Lesvos to help in the camps there.

Who we are

The board behind SAFR

CLAIRE MACAULAY

Chair

BATOOL HASAN

Secretary

alex short

Treasurer

ELLANOR KING

Trustee

Fiona noble

Trustee

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If you are able to make a donation you can click here. All funds are greatly appreciated.

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