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North East aid volunteers to Ukraine warn cash donations are fading – while essential supplies keep coming
Northumberland volunteers have made extraordinary efforts to support Ukraine. But what is changingabout the public's willingness to help? Discover why they say continued support matters.
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00:01Northumberland volunteers say public support for funding Ukraine's war effort is fading.
00:06Graham Reveley says his organisation has raised around £150,000 for aid. He's made 21 trips
00:14since Russia's full-scale invasion in 2022, taking vehicles to Ostrov, west of Kiev. A
00:20Ukrainian contact arranges their onward delivery to the front line. Reveley says raising money
00:25has become harder, although donations of sleeping bags, clothing and fire extinguishers continue.
00:31Kate Snowden, a paramedic science lecturer at the University of Sunderland, delivered a vehicle
00:36and medical supplies to Lviv. She says attention is waning, but Ukrainians must not be forgotten.

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