Thank you to everyone who donated to my last fundraising appeal - over £1000 raised, wow, and if you read below you will find out what it was spent on...

UPDATE: NEW CAMPAIGN - OCTOBER 2022 - PLEASE DONATE HERE:

https://www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding/sally-ukraine

We now have a new appeal for Ukraine - A THOUSAND HAPPY FACES. Our team in Krakow recently took lots of treats to 200 refugee children in Lviv. They were so happy! Next, we want to deliver this little bit of normal happiness to a thousand (or more!) Ukrainian children throughout Ukraine. Alongside this we also raise money for vitamins for kids and elderly, incontinence pads for the wounded, disabled and infirm, cleaning products for hospitals, candles & matches for those living without power, and much more...

This fundraiser started out with me collecting essential aid items to be transported from Cumbria to Kraków, Poland - direct to Ukrainian refugees in Poland. We focussed on everyday items, baby essentials, dried food, and toiletries. Our local guide in Krakow sent up-to-the-minute updates about what was currently needed, so we could send the relevant urgent aid. The last truck that went from the UK to Krakow, included toiletries, dried food, underwear for all ages, summer shoes, and filled backpacks for children.

Along the way, we started supporting the efforts of a Krakow city councillor, Lukasz, who is raising money to run aid convoys into Ukraine. Along with his team, they have taken tonnes of food and medical aid into Ukraine, water tanks to Bucha, a hospital bed to Lviv, a generator to a cancer hospital in Kyiv, essential aid out to Kharkiv and Izyum, and much more. Our Krakow tour guide, Paulina, has also been supporting Ukrainian refugees in the local villages and we have donated some funds to help with much-needed psychological support for the children. With the support of Workington Inner Wheel we also purchased essential care items for a group of elderly patients displaced and temporarily housed in a school building.

We will continue to collect physically donated items (here in Cumbria, where I am based) and also raise funds for our local partners in Krakow who are supporting Ukraine in the most dedicated ways, it is an honour to be able to support them.

100% of donations here will go straight to Lukasz and his team in Krakow, who will then spend that money on essential aid (buying it in Ukraine where possible to support the local economy) and then distribute those items directly to those who need them (aid does not go into a warehouse or via a middleman, the aid goes into the hands of the people who need it). We pay any bank transfer costs, and we get updates on how the money is spent so we can show you what you did to help Ukraine.

Thank you for helping me to support my colleagues who are doing so much to help others!