Knit Aid is a global social movement that empowers refugees,
connects people and brings communities together.
We collect and distribute much-needed quality knitted and crocheted donations to displaced people living cold and harsh conditions in camps all across Europe and the Middle East.
Since our first drop off of knitted donations to Calais in 2015 we have extended our distribution to Dunkirk, Paris, various locations in Greece, Italy, Turkey, Lebanon, Jordan and Syria.
We've collected thousands of donations from knitters all over the world – knitters in Europe, Asia, Americas and Australia.
Communities come together to knit for us, businesses knit for us as in teams, schools weave us into their syllabuses and extra curricular activities.
As of February 2018, we've distributed over 12,000 donations
in camps across Europe and the Middle East.
We believe everyone deserves to have access to clothing of the quality we'd make for ourselves That's why we ask our knitters to make donations using their best, most comfortable yarn, and include a message with their donation.
In addition to collecting and distributing knitting donations, we send knit kits into camps to empower refugees to make their own garments, which are often sold to help sustain themselves and their families.
We also run knitting workshops for resettled young refugees in London, to help with social integration, language skills, craft skills, and help battle isolation and depression.
To help us fund the work we do, we sell knitting patterns on our website, our exclusive Knit Aid knitting needles, and we even hold a yearly Glamp and Knit Retreat for a beautifully relaxing weekend away where our knitters get the chance to meet us, knit for us, learn new skills and learn more about what we do.
As of September 2017, and due to popular demand from our US based knitters, we've now opened Knit Aid USA based in New York.
We have regular donation collections, particularly at our UK base.
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