More donations for Ukraine
Dawn Elmer, a trustee for the Keynsham-based charity Hope for Ukraine, has received baby and adult toiletries collected by Keynsham Girls’ Brigade and Keynsham Methodist Church. Dawn had previously given a talk to the Girls’ Brigade about the work of the charity. Dawn tells us that they have enough supplies for the next shipment, which […]
Glastonbury leftovers collected for Ukraine
Eleven volunteers from the charity Hope for Ukraine, which is now Keynsham based, ventured on to the Glastonbury Festival site after it finished last week, loading up five vehicles with camping equipment that had been left behind, including tents, beds, mats, sleeping bags, water carriers and more. Everything will be cleaned, sorted and packed on […]
Donated minibus to become ambulance in Ukraine
Brislington-based charity Hope for Ukraine is pleased to announce that the minibus donated by Crofts End Church in St George has arrived in Ukraine and the process of converting it into an ambulance has started. Hope for Ukraine sent two drivers through France, Belgium, Germany, Austria, Hungary and Romania with the minibus filled with aid […]
Aid for Ukraine making a difference as winter sets in
Hope for Ukraine’s second lorry load of humanitarian aid was delivered safely to Suceava in Romania before being transferred to the Brislington-based charity’s contacts in Chernivtsi in Ukraine last month. Tools that had been collected as a result of the charity’s tools amnesty at Keynsham Repair Café, and donations by other groups including Men in […]
Helping people in Ukraine prepare for a cold winter
Dear Becky, In the next few weeks, we will have the opportunity to send our second 40ft trailer to the Ukraine. We have six pallet loads of materials left to source and we are expectant that the items will come into our resource centre at I J McGill’s in time for the load to leave […]