Editing Grassroots (section)

=== UK grassroots aid movement ===
In 2015 the refugee crisis became front-page news across the world.<ref>{{Cite news|url = https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2015/aug/10/10-truths-about-europes-refugee-crisis|title = 10 truths about Europe's migrant crisis|newspaper = The Guardian|date = August 10, 2015|last1 = Kingsley|first1 = Patrick|access-date = December 14, 2016|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20161126144529/https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2015/aug/10/10-truths-about-europes-refugee-crisis|archive-date = November 26, 2016|url-status = live}}</ref> Affected by images of the plight of refugees arriving and travelling across Europe, the grassroots aid movement (otherwise known as the people-to-people or people solidarity movement), consisting of thousands of private individuals with no prior NGO experience, began in earnest to self-organise and form groups taking aid to areas of displaced persons.<ref name="calaidipedia.co.uk">{{Cite web | url=http://www.calaidipedia.co.uk/the-uk-grassroots-movement | title=History of the Calais Movement - Calaid-ipedia | access-date=May 13, 2016 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160424102322/http://www.calaidipedia.co.uk/the-uk-grassroots-movement | archive-date=April 24, 2016 | url-status=dead }}</ref> The first wave of early responders reached camps in Calais and Dunkirk in August 2015<ref>{{Cite news | url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-33961501 | title=UK volunteers taking aid to Calais | work=BBC News | access-date=June 21, 2018 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161127085000/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-33961501 | archive-date=November 27, 2016 | url-status=live }}</ref> and joined forces with existing local charities supporting the inhabitants there.<ref name="calaidipedia.co.uk"/> Other volunteers journeyed to support refugees across the Balkans, Macedonia and the Greek islands.<ref>{{Cite news| url=http://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-europe-migrants-volunteers-idUKKCN0QL0IJ20150816| title=Volunteers fill aid void in Greek 'crisis within a crisis'| newspaper=Reuters| date=August 16, 2015| access-date=May 13, 2016| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160604124150/http://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-europe-migrants-volunteers-idUKKCN0QL0IJ20150816| archive-date=June 4, 2016| url-status=dead}}</ref> Grassroots aid filled voids and saved lives by plugging gaps in the system between governments and existing charities.<ref>{{Cite web | url=http://america.aljazeera.com/articles/2015/9/11/outpouring-of-grassroots-aid-for-calais-refugees.html | title=Grass-roots response to Calais refugees outpaces governments', aid groups' | access-date=May 13, 2016 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160610085112/http://america.aljazeera.com/articles/2015/9/11/outpouring-of-grassroots-aid-for-calais-refugees.html | archive-date=June 10, 2016 | url-status=live }}</ref>