UKRAINE APPEAL

Published: 04 March 2022

What can you do to help?

Across the Folkestone & Hythe District three community hubs have readily agreed to be drop-off points for items (not clothing) being collected to help the people of Ukraine.

Boxes, clearly marked UKRAINE, can be taken to:

Romney Marsh Community Hub - Rolfe Lane, New Romney, TN28 8JR Monday to Friday between 9am and 4.30pm

Any boxes delivered before Tuesday will be taken to The Chambers in Cheriton Place, Folkestone, CT20 2BB, which has organised for a lorry to deliver to the Ukraine next week.

Items can also be delivered direct to The Chambers which has requested the following –

ITEMS NEEDED ARE: socks, wet wipes, hand sanitiser, tooth brushes and paste, travel-sized shower gel, combs, small towels, lip balm, pain relief tablets, rehydration solution and tissues.

In addition they would welcome coffee sachets, tea bags, hot chocolate, fruit drink powder, energy drinks, sweets, chocolate, dried fruit, cereal bars and cups, cutlery, pens and notepads, zip ties, draw-string bin bags, small torches and batteries, space blankets, face masks, safety pins and clothes pegs.