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🌟 April was an incredible month of action, generosity, and community spirit – along with the bigger stories featured, here's what we've been up to !
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🚚 4th April – The 4th NFFU shipment exceeded 561 generators packed and ready for Ukraine – an amazing milestone made possible by all of you !
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🎪 5th April – We had a great day at the Romsey DeStash Fair ! Our “Meet Mandy” stand drew lots of attention and plenty of new supporters.
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🚗 8th April – Diane and Robin made the trip from Warminster, delivering a car fully loaded with thoughtfully purchased and sorted aid – thank you both !
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🌱10th April – We received heartwarming news from Kharkiv: tree planting had begun around the Big Family residence – a beautiful sign of hope and renewal.
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🐾 Mid-April (14th, 15th & 18th) – Multiple deliveries were made to several animal sanctuaries in Ukraine. Thanks to your donations, we were able to supply large quantities of pet cages, bedding, food, and treatments.
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📦16th April – A surprise and emotional announcement: our cross-border partner, HUC, will be closing on 15th May after two years of incredible service. Th eir volunteers are in our thoughts. NFFU and our supporters have started preparing “thank you” boxes for their team. A new logistics partner will be announced soon.
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🎁 18th April – Our Easter Baskets Raffle winners were drawn! Congratulations to Enzio from Hill House and James Read from Copythorne – enjoy your treats !
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🐰 Easter Sunday – Hundreds of Chocolate Easter Bunnies were delivered across Ukraine, bringing smiles to children – and even a few brave soldiers on the frontline !
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🪵 Post-Easter – A big shout-out to Tesco Distribution for providing another massive load of wooden pallets for our aid packing. Their support continues to make a huge difference.
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🏆 22nd April – Pennington Sports and Social Club hosted a fundraiser and raised over £300 for NFFU – thank you for your incredible support !
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🏛️ 25th April – We welcomed Sir Desmond Swayne MP to our Lymington hub. After learning more about our work, he made a generous personal donation and offered heartfelt thanks to all our volunteers.
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🎨 26th April – The Events Team had a fantastic day at the Lymington Spring Craft Fair with another “Meet Mandy” event. There was huge interest in the beautiful crafts made by our supporters.
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🕯️27th April – The second Candle Workshop in Romsey was a roaring success with 1,071 trench candles made in just one session – amazing work everyone !
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📦 28th April – A record truck-loading day! With double volumes packed due to the upcoming transition in cross-border logistics. We also welcomed John and Jeanette Hart from Eastbourne, and John and Erica Elliott from Birmingham – both couples brought incredible amounts of high-quality aid !
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🪵 29th April – Associated Pallets from Totton donated 100 pallets – absolutely vital to our aid packing efforts.
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🚛 Later that day, Rachel and Ian from Titchfield arrived with a huge truck packed with aid collected by their amazing local team – including another pre-loved generator !
It's been an incredibly busy, moving, and productive month. Every delivery, donation, and event is a testament to the power of people coming together for a cause that truly matters.
Thank you for being part of this journey. Here’s to another month of impact.
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