ADM Milling donates seven pallets of flour
With the significant donation from ADM Milling of 7 pallet loads of flour, over 60,000 loaves of bread and thousands of cakes are prepared and baked in eight ovens in cities and villages between Kherson and Kharkiv during 2024. Ukraine is called the breadbasket of Europe. With the war, the whole supply chain for the […]
Keynsham-based Hope for Ukraine charity pauses its work
The charity Hope for Ukraine Bristol has announced it is taking a break to re-evaluate how best to continue supporting people in the war-torn country. The Keynsham-based charity was formed at the start of the war in 2022. In a statement Hope for Ukraine Bristol, whose last lorry load of aid was delivered at the […]
Latest shipment leaves Keynsham for Ukraine
Volunteers packing the lorry A fourth lorry packed with humanitarian aid for Ukraine left Keynsham on Saturday. The lorry is on its way to Suceava in Romania, where the Keynsham-based charity Hope for Ukraine has a link with a pastor who arranges for the onward distribution of aid to the war-torn country. Almost everything in […]
Hundreds of food parcels are packed up ready for shipment from Keynsham to Ukraine
The Keynsham-based charity Hope for Ukraine headed up a food parcel packing day at the Latter-Day Saints Church in Whitchurch last weekend ready for next month’s shipment of humanitarian aid. The 1,200 emergency food parcels are being transferred to haulage firm McGill’s in Keynsham tomorrow ready to put on pallets. A lorry will then be […]
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 […]