At Hope and Play, we believe that every child has the right to safely play, learn and grow "in a family environment, in an atmosphere of happiness, love and understanding". We are an organisation dedicated to helping add hope and play to the lives of children who are denied these most basic rights.

We do this by building playgrounds so they can have places to play safely, by buying textbooks, laptops, and other educational materials to help create opportunities and give them hope in a future that they can have some control over. We work with local communities and organisations to get these to the right people and places. We will also occasionally undertake specific peaceful and legal actions to support them where there is an immediate humanitarian need.

Our first areas of operation are the villages and refugee camps under occupation in the Palestinian West Bank and Gaza Strip. We are also now looking at Bangladesh.

Our goal is at an early stage to inject more hope and fun into these children's lives, especially where much of the environment around them may deny them both. If you believe this is important, please feel free to support in any of the following ways:

• Donate money - your donation will assist with our current projects. We cover our own admin costs, so you can be assured that the entirety of your donation will go towards the projects we work on.
• Offer your help - if you have expertise as a fundraiser or have ideas for a fundraising event, or would like to participate in a fundraiser, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it  through the contact us page.
• Suggest areas in need of help - if you have local knowledge in an area of our operation, and see a need for help to children there, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it  with details. We may be able to help.
• Donate in kind - we welcome donors of laptops, textbooks, playgrounds or other children´s support materials. We also welcome people who may provide logistical services (e.g. transport) free of charge or heavily subsidised. This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it  if you think you can help.

Hope and Play is a UK registered charity, and our charity number is 1125609.