The war in Ukraine has consequences; a price is paid by the dead, the severely injured and by innocent children orphaned by conflict.

Medical "Train and Equip"

Simply put, ours is primarily a pre-hospital trauma care "Train and Equip" humanitarian project aimed at helping civilian and military medics to save lives in Ukraine. We raise money to purchase and then personally deliver medical equipment and pre-hospital trauma care training to civilians and combat medics in locations close to the front line in Ukraine. We cannot do this without your help.

We have two other aims; distribution of teddy bears and supporting a Ukrainian hospital specialising in rehabilitating civilians and soldiers who have suffered physical and psychological trauma.

Teddy bears

We work with The Teddy Trust to distribute thousands of their teddy bears to orphaned, displaced and injured children in Ukraine on each of our trips. We provide this vital logistics link for the Teddy Trust free of charge so that the Trust can be confident that its fundraising and collection efforts are not in vain. This hugely challenging activity is often the only thing in these kids' lives that gives them something that now belongs to them that they can invest all of their emotions into.

Unbroken

Unbroken - is a hospital project in Lviv https://unbroken.org.ua that we want to support. All our team members know British soldiers who have been physically and mentally damaged by conflict, so this is a cause close to our hearts. Unbroken requires medical equipment to deal with the inevitable human consequence of the war in Ukraine. This part of the project has an obvious link to the Teddy Trust.

The core team comprises military veterans Tim Simpson, Rupert Granville and Richard Yates.

We guarantee the integrity of our logistic chain by ensuring that all of the equipment and training is given directly to the end users as a complete package. We never use third-party intermediaries. This approach helps maintain the highest proportion of donated funds spent on delivering the charitable purpose.

We have a mandate from the Ukrainian Embassy in London to carry out this work on their behalf. So far, our team has completed multiple border crossings into Ukraine over approximately six weeks on the road. We have delivered over £250K worth of equipment, conducted numerous training courses and handed thousands of teddy bears to displaced children.

Going forward, we want to continue to:

- deliver life-saving pre-hospital trauma care equipment in the form of Individual First Aid Kits (IFAKs) and supplementary medical equipment directly to the point of need.

- deliver the pre-hospital trauma care training necessary to use the IFAKs effectively directly to those best placed to have the most effect.

Our efforts so far have potentially saved some lives; this is not enough.

We want to do more so that, together with the people and organisations who have supported us, we help local medics to save many more. In addition to the pre-hospital trauma care equipment and training, we hope that our work promotes the treatment of psychological trauma (especially in children affected by conflict).

By meeting these objectives, we will:

- Demonstrate that ordinary citizens here in the UK can contribute to a humanitarian cause that saves lives and promotes recovery from injuries caused by the conflict in Ukraine.

- Raise sufficient money to purchase medical equipment and fund the logistics necessary to deliver that equipment and training to the point of need.

- Deploy at least two 'train and equip' trips to Ukraine every twelve months until the conflict is peacefully resolved. If we can do more trips, we will do.