It had been a long weekend. You never wanted to see those wellies ever again. So when you departed for home you just left them, where your tent had been standing, at Glastonbury. If you’ve been feeling pangs of guilt about littering since June, then you can at least sleep soundly, because your footwear has gone to help others.
Glastonbury has announced that more than 500 pairs of wellington boots discarded at the festival have been taken to Calais and distributed to the migrants sleeping in the camp outside the French port. Along with the wellies went 2,000 unused rain ponchos and some first aid kits.
The redistribution plan was the idea of Glastonbury’s Liz Clegg, who recently took the boots and ponchos to the migrant camp, known as the Jungle, to distribute them in conjunction with Association Salam, a French charity that distributes clothes and food to the migrants.
Earlier this month, the festival announced that it had been able to to give £2m to charities in 2014. The largest recipients were Oxfam and Greenpeace (£500,000 each) and WaterAid (£250,000), with nearly 100 other organisations, many of them local, receiving money as well.
