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Record vital aid deliveries as winter and war hit Ukraine

“It’s been our busiest period ever!” says John Allison, New Forest for Ukraine Lead speaking in October. “We usually send out one 52 pallet truck every three weeks, but last month we sent three trucks, stuffed full of essential supplies. This month might even exceed that. It has been a huge uplift.”

Wendy Warrington: Nursing on the Ukraine front line

Wendy is from Bury, in Greater Manchester – “you can hear it in my northern twang!” she tells me, with a laugh. But now she’s more likely to be on the Polish border with Ukraine, or travelling into Ukraine itself, than in England.

Magic in the Forest: Knits for premature babies

In a room off New Forest for Ukraine’s new warehouse, a small miracle is under way. Sarah bends down, carefully packing colourful boxes.

Friends driving British aid into Ukraine

Dave Nolan, Mike Abreu, Nathan Yates and Graham Allen, also a volunteer with New Forest for Ukraine, have just finished an extraordinary journey driving British aid deep into Ukraine.

Many other stories are available to read on our Press page.

OTHER NEWS

Three volunteers from Ukraine Relief in Bournemouth were eating in Kyiv on the evening of the 6th March when a Russian missile struck the building. Fortunately no-one from Ukraine Relief was injured, but their two vehicles parked outside were written off.
Mandy attended a meeting of Boldre and Pilley WI on 6th March and spoke to an enthusiastic audience. Mandy returned with a car load of aid.
The appeal for clothing switched from warm winter to light spring and summer on 8th March. Winter woollens are now being stored until requested by Ukraine.
March 10th saw Mandy issue an appeal for people to sign up to assist her erect our gazebo at future events and fairs. Only 20 minutes of your time required and it would be much appreciated. If you can help, please contact Mandy directly at Mandy.nffu@hotmail.com.
On Sunday 16th, James Read ran his own project to gather aid from his village of Copythorne and surrounding hamlets. The end result was two full 4x4s and a trailer filled with humanitarian aid.
17th March saw Jen from Cadnam reacting to our pet appeal, and delivering up a large amount of pet supplies.
On the same day Nick from Chichester arrived with a complete van load of vital toiletries, all donated by the pupils of Crosfield School.
Braishfield for Ukraine sent a delegation to visit the hub. They not only made a significant donation, they rolled up their sleeves and joined the hub volunteers sorting, packing and wrapping.
Rachael and Tim from Titchfield came again this month with not just a van load of aid, but a much needed financial contribution collected in their community.
Theresa, our Knitting and Craft Coordinator reported on visits to Broughton Knit and Natter, the residents of Norton Grange, Poole, and meetings with Jenny from Crafted With Love. At this time Theresa has over 200 knitting / crafting contacts.
Robin and Diane from Warminster completed their monthly shop for Ukraine and drove down with back seats flat to deliver a complete car full of vital food, hygiene and pet supplies.
An adjacent company on Ampress Estate, Herb UK, donated two pallets of hygiene products.
Anne and John drove all the way from Penarth in South Wales on Friday 21st March with a car loaded with aid that had been collected by the TY HAFAN hospital charity.
NFFU main hub successfully relocated to 310 Ampress Lane during the last ten days of March.
Third Romsey Ukraine Support Group candle making workshop was held on 23rd March, supported by NFFU with a supply of cans, wax, manpower and undertaking to deliver to Ukraine. A record number of 794 trench candles were made.
The Mothering Sunday Basket Raffle was drawn on 30th March and the lucky winner Olivia collected her prize the following day. Well done!
Easter Bunnies have made it safely to Ukraine and are now awaiting distribution over Easter.
This month, Tesco Distribution marked the donation of 1,000th wooden pallet, used by NFFU to deliver aid.
This month our application to NFDC to award NFFU full discretionary rates rebate was successful – meaning we now pay no rates on hub building.

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