Timber merchants' supplies convoy reaches Ukraine

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Tom Kilkelly

Credit: Covers

A convoy that left timber and builders' merchants Covers, loaded with a forklift, tracked recovery vehicle, a Bobcat loader for rubble clearance, has safely reached Lviv in Ukraine.

The convoy also held a container of donated equipment and medical supplies, all of which were handed over to humanitarian organisation Stay Safe UA.

Stay Safe UA will convert two of them into a mobile shower unit and bakery. The third lorry will be transporting the recovery vehicle to the front line and then moving large deliveries back and forth from West to East.

Chichester-based Covers, which has depots across Sussex, Hampshire, Surrey and Kent, donated the three crane lorries and forklift.

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The Chichester company's involvement was part of a fundraising campaign to help buy essential items. Covers worked closely with charities UKtoUkraine and Healing Hands Network during the process.

Caragh Booth, one of the founders of UKtoUkraine, said: “There was huge excitement as the drivers, volunteers Chris Hurst, Malcolm Sargant, Jamie Lewis and Lina Lazar from the Healing Hands Network charity, handed over the vehicles to our partners Stay Safe UA close to the Ukrainian border in Poland."

“This convoy is inspirational for the Ukrainians. They realise that the British people and donors are still there to help. What Covers have given is exceptional and a lifeline to those that need it most.

“UKtoUkraine’s motto is ‘help us to help them’. This project has exceeded our expectations.”

Tom Kilkelly

Tom Kilkelly started working as a freelance journalist for The Business Magazine following his graduation from UCL in 2022. During his studies Tom became very interested in the works of Irish authors including Samuel Beckett and Flann O'Brien (Brian O'Nolan). His current role as a freelance business reporter is his first exposure to the world of business journalism. Working at TBM has given Tom the chance to really get to grips with the goings-on in the business hive that is the South East.