Plans are already well underway for the next run and I can now announce that we have been donated a VW T4 which will be going to Ukraine as soon as it has been prepared. Many thanks go to Guy Ticehurst for his work in securing this valuable donation and also a massive thank you…
Before any run can take place, there is a lot of activity to both collect aid and raise funding for the run!A massive thank you goes to Winterton and district Lions along with the people who attended the coffee morning at Winterton Rangers yesterday. Your support is greatly appreciated. I now have the peace of…
Run 34 sees the return of Karl plus another great aid runner, Steve Lelow! The van was full to the brim as you can see below! First port of call was Harwich – Mike likes this route as it gives him a chance to sleep! The first stop on this run was to be at…
02:00 and run 31 starts. As you can see the Silver Beast is rammed full of aid. Many thanks to all of you that have donated both aid and finances to make this possible. You are all heroes. Slava Ukraine A little update from yesterday. Today marks 1000 days of full scale war in Ukraine….
Run 29 was planned to be a major step forwards for us in finding new people in Ukraine that need help! We are extremely grateful to Damon “Wozzer” Warren who suggested that we join his extended convoy and get to meet some of his key contacts – an epic trip was envisaged but it turned…
Hot on the heels of Andy’s run, Run 27 was another run out to Zaporizhzhia! Accompanying Mike this time were Guy, one of our founders from Weeze and Anna Pukas James who is a key fundraiser for us in the North East! Once again, the Ladies of the Brigg Inner Wheel had been busy knitting…
On the 10th April, we received an urgent special request. James Kaprini, our contact in Zaphorhizia, found himself in need of a 4×4 vehicle due to a catastrophic failure of the vehicle which, for the last 18months or so, has served him well delivering aid to frontline areas. The lack of a vehicle seriously impacted…
Run 25 was another excellent run with both vans involved! Prior to the run, there was a lot of activity at both ends of the country! Thanks to Michael Kobarenko, Mike had a lot of aid donated by Ukrainians In North Lincolnshire ,which was to be delivered to a specific charity in Zaporizhzhia, together with…
Huge thanks to Anna Pukas James and her team of volunteers for facilitating a fund raising event at All Saints Church in Belton today. A massive sum was raised towards our costs of transporting aid over to Ukraine. Our thanks to all those who donated today! We were delighted to have Nick Fletcher MP in…
Run 24 once again visited Zaporizhzhia in South East Ukraine. Because of the new customs rules, we have to be much more detailed in our paperwork and Mike, Annie & Andy spent a weekend compiling an inventory of our current aid located in Winterton to add to what we have in Brighton. Annie was amazed…
