Christmas & Volunteer Appeal from New Forest for Ukraine

We have received the following Christmas & Volunteer Appeal from New Forest for Ukraine.

Milford on Sea remains key to New Forest for Ukraine’s efforts to get much needed humanitarian aid out to Ukraine with generous donations provided and local resident volunteers. With a tough Ukrainian winter underway, the need for things like warm winter clothes, batteries and torches has never been so great.

Any items would be gratefully received but if you can spare a few hours a week to help NFFU and the thousands of Ukrainians who are helped by the aid it sends, you’ll be welcomed with open arms. This could be helping sort and pack the aid as it’s regularly shipped out or volunteering to collect and deliver for local donors.

Opening times if you want to go straight to its Sorting Hub at Ampress Lane, Lymington are at the bottom of this blog or else sign up via its website at www.newforestforukraine.org.

The New Forest for Ukraine organiser, and Milford on Sea resident, John Allison recently said “We’ve seen a huge uplift in donations but sadly the need has never been greater. So every donation and every volunteer really matters and is hugely appreciated out there”.

Meanwhile following the Christmas Appeal launched in September, winter focused goods remain vital as the Ukrainian temperatures drop and people continue to be displaced.

Any of the items below would be gratefully received:

Warm winter clothes & shoes • Sleeping bags • LED torches and candles • Batteries & powerbanks • Generators – new or good condition used • Ambient & long-life food – soups, tinned and dried foods, energy bars and sweets • Non-prescription in date painkillers, dressings & medical supplies • Hygiene supplies and toiletries.

The nearest drop-off points for donations are:

- Everton Post Office: Daily 8am to 6pm.
- The New Milton Memorial Centre: Monday to Friday 10am to 2pm.
- The Lymington Sorting Hub, 330 Ampress Lane, Lymington. 

Open for donations: Monday, Thursday and Friday: 12.30pm to 4.30pm, and Tuesday, Wednesday and Saturday 9.30am to 12.30pm. Sunday closed.

New Forest for Ukraine

info@newforestforukraine.co.uk

www.newforestforukraine.co.uk

Registered Charity No1208709

New Volunteers always needed and welcome.