Stage Engage & Exeter Cathedral are lighting the Exeter sky with Space Cannon searchlights in the colours of the Ukrainian flag this Saturday 5th March to raise funds for the Disasters Emergency Committee Ukraine Humanitarian Appeal. This appeal supports 15 charities supporting refugees from Ukraine. 

Please give whatever you can to this very worthy cause. All proceeds go to directly to charity. Please also support this fundraiser by posting your pictures using the hashtag #lightsforukraine and share the link to this fundraiser. 

We may be following up with another date if this one is successful. 

Intense conflict in Ukraine is threatening the lives and livelihoods of civilians across the country, causing hundreds of thousands to flee. Homes have been destroyed or are unsafe to live in. Essential services have been hit. Families have been separated. People have been injured. Lives have been lost. DEC charities and their local partners are in Ukraine and across the border in the neighbouring countries. They are working to meet the immediate needs of all people fleeing with food, water, medical assistance, protection and trauma care. Every pound donated by the UK public will be matched by the UK Government up to £20 million. £30 could provide essential hygiene supplies for three people for one month. £50 could provide blankets for 4 families to keep them warm. £100 could provide emergency food for two families for one month.