Residents across Stirling are donating vital supplies for desperate Ukrainians fleeing Russian forces.Russia’s military invasion has seen a number of cities across the country targeted and more than 600,000 Ukrainians displaced.Thousands have fled the country to the border with Poland where camps have been set up as volunteers plead for warm clothes, baby essentials and medicine.Among those answering the call locally are Bridge of Allan residents who have been donating supplies which will be loaded into a lorry and driven to Poland to refugees at the border as well as those in the Ukraine.Ania Sandland, CEO of mental health charity Central Wellbeing, organised the drive.
She said: “Like everyone else, I have been following the news and feeling unbearably helpless.“I’ve made a financial donation to a group providing medical aid but it didn’t feel enough.
I started looking for other ways to help and came across a group of Polish people organising a couple of collections in Glasgow and Fife.
I couldn’t find one around Stirling and decided to start one myself.“A local community venue – The Hope Hub in Denny – has agreed to let me use their space as a drop off point.“The response from the community has been overwhelming, people have been so generous with offers of donations and their time to help with sorting and packing.
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