07/10/2026
Thank you to everyone for keeping your donations last week,
In preparation for what may be one of the most difficult winters this year in Ukraine, we are requesting the following priorities: Food- tins of beans, soup or anything in a tin; dried pasta, rice and anything you can pour boiling water onto; sugar, flour; biscuits; Sleeping Bags; Bedding including clean Duvets,sheets and warm blankets; Incontinence pants; simple toiletries including soap, toothpaste & brush, shampoo and conditioner, razors; sanitary towels; Nappies even open packs; Pet food; Electric/motorised scooters and wheelchairs, ordinary wheelchairs where the disabled can work themselves; Pots, pans and cutlery; Camping stoves (No Gas); slow cookers; Microwaves; kitchen equipment; Wellington, hiking and working boots; New thermal socks; Off the shelf medications - paracetamol; Ibuprofen; painkillers etc; TOOLS - any to repair motor vehicles, spanners, socket sets etc;, long nails, hammers, shovels, axes, saws; electric tools - drills, sanders, ( but no batteries please); most hand tools and generators.
Financial donations are always welcome to help pay for the ever increasing transport costs.
Unfortunately we still cannot accept clothes - some EU countries will peneralise and fine lorry drivers for taking clothes.
For the children - for Christmas this year Sweets and chocolate will be taken to orphanages in Kiev and Lviv. Check for the best value in many local supermarkets.
We will be open again this Saturday 10th Oct between 10.00 a.m.and 3.00.p.m at Stonebridge Farm, Wolvershill Road, Banwell - the road is closed from the Worle end but you can still access via Banwell.
The local communities have been exceptional in bringing highly valued donations during the last year.
Thank you, so much, for your continued support.
Sue and Pam Mobile: 07983533944.