Care4Calais FC’s adventure at the Refugee World Cup
Refugees are often incredibly resourceful and inspiring people, and when you support them as a volunteer with Care4Calais, you can find yourself doing amazing things that you probably wouldn’t have otherwise tried. That’s how our group in Manchester came to set up a football team and enter the Refugee World Cup! It started when we began running social afternoons at a hotel housing asylum seekers in the city. We began supporting a couple of people who were struggling with their mental health, and one Sunday afternoon we decided to take along some footballs and snacks to see if that helped. …
A Fantastic Football Fun Day in East London
Something really amazing happened to me when we were trying to put on our Football Fun Day for refugees in East London. We were asking locaI organisations if they could donate anything to help us, and I went to a big sports shop to ask if they would donate a match ball or two. They said no, not even one. I said ok, and asked if they would consider giving us a bit of discount – but again, they flatly refused. I was getting a bit downhearted, but then suddenly a customer who had been listening came over. He …
