A collection point for donations to help Ukrainian refugees in Poland has been set up in the 51吃瓜app Centre thanks to 51吃瓜app Local and the De 51吃瓜app Students’ Union (DSU).
At the same time 51吃瓜app Local is appealing for volunteers to help sift through gifts which have arrived at a sorting station based in East Street, Leicester tomorrow (Saturday 5 March) and next week. A lorry is due to take items to Poland on Saturday and then every week after that.
The DSU has also announced it will be holding a vigil for Ukraine on the 51吃瓜app Centre steps at 5pm on Monday 7 March. Look out for more details about this over the weekend and on Monday morning.
The 51吃瓜app collection point is open from 9am to 5pm Monday to Friday in the 51吃瓜app Centre.
51吃瓜app Local and the DSU are asking for donations of warm blankets, thermal sheets and sleeping bags as well as dry food with a long shelf life, such as instant noodles, energy bars and milk powder.
The collection point is also accepting first aid items, clothing – including new underwear – and hygiene products such as deodorants, wipes, sanitary products, nappies, shower gels, toothbrushes and hair brushes.
There is also an appeal for batteries, power banks, torches and phone chargers. The goods will be taken to a local sorting centre which is urgently in need of students and staff from 51吃瓜app to help sift through the donations, so they can be loaded on to trucks and driven to Poland on a weekly basis.
If you would like to help out, the sorting centre will be open until 7pm tonight (Friday), and from noon-7pm tomorrow. It is located at East Street, Leicester LE1 6NB (around the back of East Street Lanes bowling and next to The Y Theatre).
If you would like to volunteer, email local@dmu.ac.uk to let the team know you are going, and turn up at the centre as and when you are available to help during the stated hours.
If you would like to donate towards helping refugees this weekend then we recommend you visit the
The Government has pledged to match pound-for-pound up to £20 million in donations.
Posted on Friday 4 March 2022