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Donating to Ukraine, single charity's by hard goods eg sanitary products or money to red cross?

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Tigersonvaseline · 03/03/2022 21:53

I Said to DH our budget is £100 and I'm asking my young DC to chip in, so £100 product from cost co I'm thinking nappies And sanitary stuff but he Said proper charity can buy in bulk and buy more?

Any one know more about the most effective use of our £100

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titchy · 03/03/2022 22:40

@Tigersonvaseline

Woolley because people better then I seem to have links And are organising it. Absolutely loads of local initiatives are going on

How come they don't know about it??

They do. But donating stuff makes THEM feel better. Plus the public virtue signalling. Sod the recipients.
titchy · 03/03/2022 22:41

@Tigersonvaseline

Oh gosh!

Organising thongs!! Imagine!!

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SuperSocks · 03/03/2022 22:51

I donated money to The Red Cross. Apart from anything else don't we want to support the economy in Ukraine and Poland by buying goods from there?

forcedfun · 03/03/2022 22:54

Cash to charity. If they manage to keep humanitarian corridors open they won't be letting bob and his van of random stuff through, it will be Red Cross, DEC, MSF etc.

busyeatingbiscuits · 03/03/2022 22:57

@Tigersonvaseline

Party plan..all over people are organising thongs though without specific list's. I mean I couldn't organise a drop to Poland? They' must have contacts and.reasons
Unfortunately lots of people just seem to think collecting/donating stuff is a "good idea" without having much of a plan. Just re-sharing things from facebook.
bigbadgoof · 03/03/2022 22:57

Red Cross are asking for cash only.

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Tigersonvaseline · 03/03/2022 23:34

Yes, I'm glad I asked, cash it is.

Thanks allSmile

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bigbadgoof · 04/03/2022 11:13

This is a good way to donate donation.dec.org.uk/ukraine-humanitarian-appeal it's a collection of charities used to dealing with crisis included red cross

AdriannaP · 04/03/2022 20:35

I am also baffled by all these local collections. They are collecting pet food in my area! How do all these vans with random stuff even get through customs? Have donated to WHO Foundation and DEC today.

Chakraleaf · 04/03/2022 20:44

Does anyone have a link to Poland saying no more items.

AdriannaP · 04/03/2022 20:51

£15k for haulage cost to Poland 🤦🏻‍♀️🤦🏻‍♀️😧imagine what the red cross can do with £15k

“ Brexit rules mean every item being transported through the EU from the UK has to be accounted for.
Fellow volunteer Debbie Stevenson said they initially had no idea how hard it would be to deal with the bureaucracy of transporting goods out of the UK.
"A bag with white t-shirts has to say '100 white t-shirts'. The code for that is different from a white sweatshirt," she said. "This is where you get tied up. It's not as easy as chucking it in the van and driving off."
The group is now trying to raise £15,000 to cover the haulage costs of transporting the goods.”

www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-60619676

titchy · 04/03/2022 20:52

@Chakraleaf

Does anyone have a link to Poland saying no more items.
https://www.gov.pl/web/unitedkingdom/humanitarian-aid-to-ukraine
titchy · 04/03/2022 20:53

[quote AdriannaP]£15k for haulage cost to Poland 🤦🏻‍♀️🤦🏻‍♀️😧imagine what the red cross can do with £15k

“ Brexit rules mean every item being transported through the EU from the UK has to be accounted for.
Fellow volunteer Debbie Stevenson said they initially had no idea how hard it would be to deal with the bureaucracy of transporting goods out of the UK.
"A bag with white t-shirts has to say '100 white t-shirts'. The code for that is different from a white sweatshirt," she said. "This is where you get tied up. It's not as easy as chucking it in the van and driving off."
The group is now trying to raise £15,000 to cover the haulage costs of transporting the goods.”

www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-60619676[/quote]
Idiots Sad

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Tigersonvaseline · 04/03/2022 22:05

It's so frustrating... collections are going on all around me.

15 thousand! That would be 30 on Dec.

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RoastedFerret · 04/03/2022 22:36

I donated to the red cross on a platform that matched my donation. The red cross were saying that they could buy everything that they needed in Poland and at a cheaper price than we can in our crazy expensive country(not UK). The red cross know better than me so I took their word for it.

Albless · 04/03/2022 22:43

I am so relieved to see the responses on this thread as I have been so frustrated by the endless collections of stuff being sent to Poland. The people who're organising the collections here are running into problems - running out of space, volunteers, etc and don't seem to have given any thought at all to the fact that if they're struggling with the logistics here, then how on earth is all this stuff going to be transported, unloaded, unpacked, sorted and distributed in an area on the border of a war-zone, struggling to accommodate and care for thousands of desperate and traumatised people.

It makes no sense at all and can be actively harmful to those they're trying to help.

TheOnlyMrsMac · 04/03/2022 23:07

I recommend the City of Sanctuary UK website for information about how we can all best help the people of Ukraine - yes, it's definitely usually cash donations to experienced and established aid organisations like Red Cross and DEC - and also links to Ukraine-based journalism, guidance about how to talk to children about the invasion and so on. Please take a look before you start buying things, ordering things or bagging things up.

Etinoxaurus · 04/03/2022 23:15

DEC- your contribution is doubled and then gift Aid is added.
Ref sending stuff over- a local woman returned home from the airport with her 40kg of baby wipes for Poland because her wheelchair had the wrong sticker on it

However it’s raising awareness and people feel they’re doing something, but 🤦🏻‍♀️

PenStation · 05/03/2022 00:08

Sorting through donated goods is awful. Apart from the cost of buying and shipping, what is given is often not a good match with what’s needed. You end up with too much of some items and not enough of others. Also, some members of the public donate unsuitable items such as used underwear, which then goes to landfill, which in most countries is quite expensive. Who pays?

AdriannaP · 05/03/2022 04:54

I wish I could stop all the local collections but too much of a chicken to tell them. So many volunteer hours sorting through stuff and loading vans.

StarlightLady · 05/03/2022 07:03

John Lewis are match funding donations made to the Red Cross Ukraine appeal vis their website. So if you donate £100, they will donate £100 too.

TheOnlyMrsMac · 05/03/2022 09:38

www.wearelumos.org - Can I ask those wanting to help the people of Ukraine to consider making a donation to Lumos? They now have a Ukraine Disaster Appeal but have been working in Ukraine since 2013. Ukraine has one of the highest numbers of children and young people in orphanages and institutions in Europe. Currently there are over 100,000 of the most vulnerable children - many disabled - trapped in Ukraine's orphanages and institutions. Please be careful as there are similar-sounding organisations with Lumos in the name. Thank you.

StCharlotte · 05/03/2022 10:36

@myyellowcar

I saw today some people have been booking Air BnBs in Ukraine and then obviously not visiting as a way to help get funds to local people
This is such a brilliant idea. And I heard some of the recipients are opening up their properties for free to people who have ben displaced.

I donated to Red Cross last week. May do the AirBNB thing too.