Belveder Community Interest Company (CIC) is a Royal Leamington Spa based charity raising funds to purchase ambulances in support of the people of Ukraine. Most of the ambulances are ex NHS and are purchased by the charity at auction for around £6,000 – £7,000.

Thanks to another charity the ambulances are then loaded with medical supplies and are then driven for three days by volunteers to Poland where they are handed over to the Ukrainian authorities.

The day-to-day work of the vehicles then takes on a completely different roll to that in their former life. They are used to pick up wounded soldier and civilians often injured in very remote locations where there are no paved streets so the ambulance takes a massive pounding while crossing this challenging terrain. They are also working in very dangerous conditions are often subjected to military attack and sustain extreme damage.

Warwickshire Freemasons have donated £2,000 in support of the latest ambulance acquisition.

Featured in the picture is Dawid Kozlowski (Belveder CIC) and Minister – Counsellor Eduard Fesko (The Ukrainian Deputy Ambassador to the UK) receiving the cheque from Andy Staker, Warwickshire Provincial Grand Charity Steward.