One Wednesday late last year I took a call from the Home Office asking my charity, Catch22, to set up and run a respite centre for up to 70 refugee boys arriving imminently from Calais. Our challenge, within 96 hours, was to find a site, assemble and prepare an adequate number of staff and await a night coach filled with children with indeterminate needs. The lessons I learned over the next four weeks were among
How we launched a refugee centre from scratch in 96 hours
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