Keynsham-based charity working towards its next aid mission to Ukraine in July
Volunteers packing a previous lorry load of aid for Ukraine The Keynsham-based charity Hope for Ukraine says its next 40ft lorry is booked to set off in the first week of July, transporting around 11 tonnes of humanitarian aid. As part of this load, the volunteers are packing 1,200 much-needed food parcels. Each parcel costs £8 […]
Great-gran was knitting for Ukraine until shortly before she died
A 97-year-old woman who diligently knitted baby jumpers for the Keynsham-based charity Hope for Ukraine has died. Dawn Elmer from the charity, which was formed at the start of the war in 2022, said Elvira Goss was knitting right up until the night before she went into hospital last month. Elvira, who had 10 grandchildren […]
Keynsham Reuse Shop donates tools to local Ukraine charity
Do you have any spare tools you could donate? Hope for Ukraine, the Keynsham-based charity which runs humanitarian aid mission to the war-torn country, is delighted to have received donations of tools from the Keynsham Reuse Shop. Dawn Elmer from the charity said: “We want to say a huge thank you to Andrew Kerr, coordinator […]
Collection point in Keynsham for tools for Ukraine
Keynsham Repair Café is holding another tools amnesty for the charity Hope for Ukraine. People are asked to check their sheds, toolboxes and junk drawers for unwanted hand and power tools in good condition, along with items such as nuts, screws and bolts. You can then take them along on Saturday 9th March to the […]
Charity desperate to find a new sorting hub in the Keynsham area
Previous items of aid donated to the charity The charity Hope for Ukraine has issued an urgent plea for a space in Keynsham that volunteers can turn into a sorting hub in advance of the next aid mission to the war-torn country. Hope for Ukraine was formed at the start of the war in 2022 […]
Deliveries of aid to Ukrainian families
Members of Keynsham-based charity Hope for Ukraine have recently received an update from their contact pastor in Romania. At the end of July the latest aid mission left Keynsham bound for Suceava in Northern Romania. From there the charity’s partners have determined the areas of most need and have been transporting it into some of […]
More than 11 tons of humanitarian aid on its way to Ukraine from Keynsham
On a very wet morning, more than 15 volunteers from the Keynsham-based charity Hope for Ukraine managed to load more than 11 tons of humanitarian aid. This took place with the help of forklift driver Mark from Tudor Services and I J McGill transport company. The aid destined for Ukraine includes food, medical aid, generators, […]
Second lorry load of aid leaves Keynsham for Ukraine
A second lorry full of humanitarian aid for Ukraine left Keynsham today. At the weekend volunteers from the charity Hope for Ukraine loaded up more than 11 tonnes of items ready to be driven to their partners in Ukraine. The first load went out in April. Once again Luke Power-Hippisley, from Bristol haulage firm Tudor […]
10.5 tonnes of aid leaves Keynsham for Ukraine
The lorry is waved off Driving the truck is Luke Power-Hippisley, of Bristol haulage firm Tudor Services. Luke, who lives in Keynsham, aims to arrive in Suceava in Romania next Wednesday when the goods will be unloaded and repacked onto a Ukrainian truck to take everything to its destination of Chernivtsi, a city in the […]
New charity’s first aid load to Ukraine due to leave Keynsham soon
Kim & Monica at the donation hub at St John’s A lorry load of aid is due to set off to Ukraine from Keynsham in the coming week. The fledgling charity Hope for Ukraine, which is based at Carmel City Church in Brislington, has donation hubs in and around Keynsham. Items donated are being taken […]