Author’s Auction Raising Funds for Refugees

Children’s author Fiona Dunbar has set up a website where authors and editors are auctioning off their services in order to raise money for refugees.
With the site stating that “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,” Fiona says that the auction is intended to “provide urgent aid to refugees held in camps around Europe, and to unaccompanied minors with a legal right to come to the UK,”
It’s no surprise that with such a noble target that the author’s auction is gaining support daily.

The website states that “Funds raised by this auction will go directly to these charities: Help Refugees, Safe Passage and Islington Refugee Centre.” with Dunbar adding that “This humanitarian crisis is so vast, I think that for many it’s overwhelming. I know a lot of amazing people who have given their lives over completely to working to help refugees, in Calais and other camps…others who have set aside prolific careers in order to give months of their time. Having spent just one week volunteering at the Khora Refugee Centre in Athens, I understand why. You do not walk away from this. You experience it, and it changes you forever.” Continuing “You see the reports on the news, night after night, and you think this is awful, unbearable…and you feel rather helpless. Okay so you give a little money to charity now and then. And it feels like a bottomless pit. The aim here was to do something bigger, more sustained and coordinated. I just want to give these people some hope. And make their lives bearable, for the time being.”

Currently the site has dozens of signed books up for auction, offers of having your name in a future work, screenplay critiques and advice on manuscript submissions, along with amazing offers from authors such as a creative writing session with Holly Smale, 3 and 4 day writing retreats in Herne Bay Kent; printed dedications in future works, original artworks, and much much more, there is even a school visit by author JD Welch available on the site, with new offers and lots being added every single day.

If you fancy snagging yourself a unique piece, or want to see your name in print and help people in genuine need at the same time then take a look at the amazing lots on Authors for Refugees and keep checking back as more lots are being added all the time.

You have until Monday 26th September to get your bids in, so don’t delay!