Somme Battlefields
Somme Battlefields for Peace is addressed to visitors of the Somme battlefields. Here, history speaks to us, and it’s up to us to learn from it.
1 July marked the start of the Battle of the Somme, one of the deadliest and most destructive battles of the First World War, which claimed more than a million victims.
More than 100 years after the end of the Great War, many conflicts still ravage our world. Bruised by the First World War, the Somme region cannot remain inactive in the face of these conflicts.
I remember, I act !
An innovative initiative
With this in mind, Somme Tourisme wants to mobilise its remembrance tourism activities to initiate a solidarity movement for the benefit of countries affected by the current fighting. The memory of the Great War in the Somme,’ emphasises François Bergez, director of Somme Tourisme, ’must serve a humanitarian and solidarity-based cause, so that we never forget and help to alleviate the suffering in countries at war today.
Contribution of your donation
50 € – A prosthesis and a school kit
100 € – A wheelchair for a child
120 € – A 60m2 mine clearance area
An idea of
In support of
The Somme Battlefields for Peace partner-collectors
Committed and supportive, the Somme Battlefields for Peace partner-collectors are involved in remembrance tourism and wish that the memory of the Great War can help the victims of countries currently at war.
Find all our donation boxes at:
- The Historial of the Great War
- The Somme 1916 Museum
- The Underground City of Naours
- Vignacourt 14-18
- The P’tit Train of the Haute-Somme
- South-African Memorial of Longueval
- Tourist offices: Pays du Coquelicot, Avre Luce Noye, Territoire Nord Picardie, Val de Somme, Pays du Parmentier
- Brasserie de la Somme
- Amiens hotels: Ibis Style Amiens Centre, The Originals Hotel Amiens Sud, Hotel Moxy, AK Hôtel Amiens
- Somme Battlefields’ Partner gîtes : La Chrisfaunie and l’Embellie
They talk about it
11 November: guided tours of the Somme to raise funds for a peace charity
France 3, 03/11/2022.
Somme: Peace and solidarity to the sound of the bagpipes
Courrier Picard, 10/06/2023.
A Netflix star in the Somme for November 11th
Le Journal de Ham, 10/11/2023.
Director Edward Berger, patron of Somme Battlefields for Peace
Courrier Picard, 11/11/2022.
Somme Battlefield for Peace: it’s possible to remember the war and support its current victims
Courrier Picard, 18/09/2023.
Grand Prix for the most committed brand awarded to ‘Somme Battlefields for Peace’
France Bleu Picardie, 21/09/2023.
