I am often asked why we continue to go regularly in vans less than 3.5t – the answer to that will be seen very clearly as the story of this run unfolds. It’s all about our agility to deliver directly to the point of need in a timely manner. For this run, we were transporting…
Run 34 sees the return of Karl plus another great aid runner, Steve Lelow! The van was full to the brim as you can see below! First port of call was Harwich – Mike likes this route as it gives him a chance to sleep! The first stop on this run was to be at…
Run 33 was another run by the Brass Band Aid for Ukraine team with Andy & Tony. Andy went straight from a band rehearsal to pick up Tony and head to Dover for the 0200 ferry to Dunkirk. Prior to the run, we had a meet with the wonderful folks at Medi Tech Trust in…
Preparation for run 32 is well underway! The bulk of the aid this time is heading to a hospital in the Odessa region. The hospital there contacted our friends at Medi Tech Trust who in turn, contacted Help Ukraine 🇺🇦 BAMK UK in Milton Keynes. That led them to our good friend “Wozza” in Folkestone and…
02:00 and run 31 starts. As you can see the Silver Beast is rammed full of aid. Many thanks to all of you that have donated both aid and finances to make this possible. You are all heroes. Slava Ukraine A little update from yesterday. Today marks 1000 days of full scale war in Ukraine….
Run 30 was another solo run by Andy as his usual codriver wasn’t available. This was to be a return to places we visited for the first time during Run 29. Before heading to the port, he dropped by our good friend “Wozza” who had aid items destined for Taras the Priest who was to…
Run 29 was planned to be a major step forwards for us in finding new people in Ukraine that need help! We are extremely grateful to Damon “Wozzer” Warren who suggested that we join his extended convoy and get to meet some of his key contacts – an epic trip was envisaged but it turned…
Huge thanks to all who donated aid for run 28 – we can’t do this without you! Here’s a few pictures of some of the donated aid from the Brighton area: Tracy Gray, Julie Harris & Veronica (dog food and blankets), Dee Johnson (lots of varied aid!), all at Brass Band Aid for Ukraine. Not…
Hot on the heels of Andy’s run, Run 27 was another run out to Zaporizhzhia! Accompanying Mike this time were Guy, one of our founders from Weeze and Anna Pukas James who is a key fundraiser for us in the North East! Once again, the Ladies of the Brigg Inner Wheel had been busy knitting…
Another of the founders, Guy is a former member of the RAF who remained in Weeze, Germany after completing his service. Guy, together with his partner Liza, have been gathering aid and funding in Germany from the start of the war and when possible, Guy comes on runs with us.
Andy joined the team in December 2022 following Mike’s crowdfunding appeal to buy the blue van – he jokingly suggested that in addition to sending money, he would drive it over too – the rest is history! In addition to bringing another van into the mix, Andy has also set up the “Brass Band Aid…
Welcome to the first in a series of profiles of the Ukraine Fundraiser 2022 team. We start off this series with one of our co-founders, Annie Hockham. It is often said that behind every good man, there is a good woman and that is certainly the case with Annie! Whilst Annie doesn’t get to go…
Welcome to the second in the series of profiles of the Ukraine Fundraiser 2022 team. Please meet Mike Hockham, another our co-founders. Prior to the start of the war, Mike was an HGV driver and this is not his first experience of driving around Europe on aid missions! He was also delivering aid during the…
