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Festive fun: Join ShelterBox and Fern Britton for a festive evening at Truro Cathedral

With more than 40,000 people internally displaced, ShelterBox is assisting those who have lost their homes to flood waters in Libya.

A keen fundraiser from Devon is walking 100 miles in August to raise money for ShelterBox

Restaurateur inspired to fundraise after people left homeless by Türkiye and Syria earthquakes

The shelter need is desperate with more than 150,000 people already fleeing the violence in Sudan to Chad

ShelterBox CEO calls for language change, so people get the help they need

David Earl is celebrating his 80th birthday by jumping out of an aeroplane to raise money for ShelterBox

David Foster is hoping to raise £12,000 during five week challenge

The Appeal aims to raise £100,000 to help people affected by conflict and extreme weather events

ShelterBox will provide shelter and other essential items

Dozens of Rotary clubs across the northeast of England took part in the fundraising walk

Paul Weatherill’s three-day charity voyage along the River Avon will raise money for ShelterBox

Father-of-one inspired by devastating earthquakes will run 37 miles in one day

John Cleverley will be bracing the winter weather and sleeping in a tent for one night every week of Lent with his dog Lula

Crucial aid supplies – tents and thermal blankets – have arrived in the two countries

People pledge to give up something for Lent, donating what they raise or save to provide emergency shelter

Chelsea Flower Show judge to open this year’s Hellebore Day fundraiser

A donation by the Z Zurich Foundation will help fund the charity’s work in Ukraine

ShelterBox Book Club members helping people across the world with emergency shelter

ShelterBox CEO, Sanj Srikanthan, has been visiting people affected by monsoon flooding in Pakistan

Charity launches urgent fundraising appeal to help disaster affected people around the world

Schoolgirl enlists the help of her friends to fundraise for ShelterBox

Arthur Bix completed the three-day fundraising challenge with his Dad.

COP27 conference: Our CEO Sanj Srikanthan reflects on the urgent message we’re sending to global leaders.

Joe and Jed will cycle over 350km in 5 days, in 30-degree heat and sweltering humidity

Open letter demands PM helps people right now, prepares for future disasters, and works with global leaders

Cast members celebrate Cornish charity as final season of Doc Martin draws to a close

Lydia Cooke is hosting an online raffle to raise crucial funds for the disaster relief charity

Community mission to help people displaced by conflict or disaster

Powerful flash floods have swept away people, homes, and livelihoods.

Almost two million people have been forced to flee their homes and now have nowhere to live.

ShelterBox to help people left with nowhere to live, having had to leave their homes behind in desperate search for food.

Teenager prepares to paddleboard the River Thames to raise funds for ShelterBox

Have a look at these 6 summer reads picked exclusively by ShelterBox Book Club.

Liberty Specialty Markets announces ShelterBox and Cool Earth as its new charity partners, following an employee vote.

Ryan has raised more than £50,000 for different charities through Ryan’s Cookie Box. 

Flash floods left millions of people stranded or displaced in northeastern Bangladesh.

100,000 people received emergency shelter aid from ShelterBox in the aftermath of Typhoon Rai.

Partnership enables ShelterBox and Rotary to support more people, in more places, in more ways.

The growing intensity of storms is making it more difficult to live in many parts of the world.

Climate change is making extreme storms even more devastating. Read 3 stories of survival after extreme storms in Vanuatu and Malawi.

See how we worked with partners to reach 20,000 families after Typhoon Rai.

ShelterBox is working in Moldova. It’s supporting people displaced or stranded in Ukraine as well as those who have fled across its borders.

A schoolboy from Hampshire has come up with a creative way to help fundraise for ShelterBox after hearing about the crisis in Ukraine.

Read how you can help people affected by the Ukraine crisis.

ShelterBox has welcomed its new director and deputy director to its International Programmes team.

An eight-year-old schoolboy had been baking and selling cakes to help raise money for ShelterBox.

ShelterBox is close to helping 100,000 people in the Philippines who have had their homes damaged or destroyed by Typhoon Rai.

The latest IPCC Report on climate change is out. here are 5 of the main findings of this report.

Henry Thompson shares his thoughts and learnings after his first ShelterBox deployment.

Our changing climate is making large weather events like droughts and hurricanes worse. Learn more about climate-related disasters.

ShelterBox to help uprooted families in Yemen as humanitarian crisis gets worse.

ShelterBox fundraiser Wendy Perry shares why she invites people to her garden every year for Hellebore Day – in memory of her daughter.

Countryfile presenter shares how Tent for Lent fundraiser helps shelter families who’ve had to flee their homes.

Learn what Lent is, why people give things up for Lent, and how to join the Tent for Lent appeal to fundraise for ShelterBox.

See how ShelterBox worked with partners to respond to the 2021 Haiti earthquake, despite the challenges.

It’s not uncommon for many of us to be feeling a little blue after the holiday season. Here are four easy ways to beat the winter blues.

Super Typhoon Rai (Odette) displaced over half a million people in the Philippines. ShelterBox will be supporting communities that urgently need help.

Almost two thirds of Brits are considering donating to charity this Christmas, instead of buying gifts.

Child psychologist Paul Howard-Jones reflects on the importance of a safe and stable home on a child’s development.

Our ultimate Christmas gift guide will inspire you to choose the best unique, ethical, and fun gifts.

Learn what Black History Month is and read the story of Joseph Antonio Emidy.

We’re asking the Prime Minister to take bold decisions during COP26, that will define our futures.

ShelterBox and Habitat for Humanity have started distributing emergency shelter aid to communities who lost homes in the 7.2 magnitude earthquake that recently devasted southwestern Haiti.

ShelterBox and Airlink have partnered together to rush two shipments of humanitarian aid to families in Haiti impacted by the recent 7.2 magnitude earthquake.

ShelterBox prepares to send a team to neighbouring Dominican Republic, after a 7.2 magnitude earthquake and aftershocks rocked Haiti.

June is LGBT+ Pride Month. It is a festival of rainbows, colour and people which celebrates the role of LGBT+ people in our societies – our friends, partners, colleagues and our families.

ShelterBox responds to the underwhelming announcements on climate change from the G7 summit

As a tragic milestone in the Syrian conflict is reached, ShelterBox calls on all parties to prioritise the civilians of Syria.

As Brits put up their Christmas lights early to cheer their homes, ShelterBox reveals it gave 300 million hours of solar light to families in 2019.

ShelterBox is preparing emergency shelter supplies, solar lights and other essentials in the Philippines, after the latest in a series of violent storms ripped through the country

While we love revisiting favourites, UK readers could miss out on broadening their horizons, a survey for ShelterBox Book Club reveals.

Cornish disaster relief charity, ShelterBox, has announced it will be permanently closing its visitor centre in Truro due to concerns over coronavirus and the financial impact of the pandemic.

ShelterBox Chief Executive says that ‘black lives matter and all should be treated equally and humanely, while ensuring respect for each individual life’

ShelterBox urges people to remember the millions of displaced families who are even more vulnerable to coronavirus.

ShelterBox Chief Executive says that ‘compassion and dedication to humanitarian values are more important than ever’.

The CEO spoke as almost 1 million people have fled violence in Idlib since December.

As thoughts turn to giving up chocolate or quitting caffeine, disaster relief charity ShelterBox has a positive way to mark Lent this year.

As the clocks go back, ShelterBox invites family and friends to get together and hold a fundraising dinner for people affected by disaster

Families fleeing airstrikes in north east Syria have received ShelterBox aid this weekend (October 2019)

Devon photographer Sian Davey has teamed up with ShelterBox to show how families have rebuilt in Malawi

ShelterBox has appointed Sanj Srikanthan as its new Chief Executive

More than 50,000 families fleeing the violence of Syria’s civil war have already received ShelterBox aid

ShelterBox is celebrating signing up for another 3 years as Rotary’s Project Partner in Disaster Relief

ShelterBox is preparing to send a team to Malawi, after floods hit the south of the country in early March.

The trustees have appointed James Sinclair Taylor as their new Chair.

You’re sure of a big surprise. ShelterBox has set up a Teddy Trail for young adventurers and map-readers.

Richard Loat has dual nationality, but a single-minded approach to how sport can unite international development.

Granny Bin – AKA 87-year-old Alison Midwood – sparked a media storm with her intrepid flight on the UK’s longest and fastest zipwire

One of the world’s most effective humanitarian collaborations has been officially renewed

Climate change is a humanitarian crisis. Find out key stats about climate change, how it affects disasters and people, and what we’re doing about it.

Her Majesty The Queen Consort is Patron of ShelterBox.