Some of you will already know that this is the third time I have launched this fundraiser. The first was, in my view a great success. £2,750 was raised and all of this was spent on medical supplies including 40 touniquettes, 50 chest seals, 50 major bleed bandages, 10 chest decompression needles and various other supplies.
Below is a photo of a truck we purchased being handed over to couple of grateful troops in Ukraine who are holding pictures made by my children. This was delivered in late September. In the back of the truck are the medical supplies we purchased in the first fund raiser.
The second Crowdfunded totalled £1,450. With some direct donations from friends and family this was topped up to £3,200 with which I bought 125 Celox gauze for steming major bleeds, 90 Cat 7 tourniquets and 80 Chest seals.
Below is over 530 individual pieces of combat first aid kit including chest seals, CAT7 tourniquets and Celox Gauze that was acquired in cooperation with one of the volunteer members and the proceeds of the last crowdfunded earlier this month. This is being deliver this March.
Below is a selection of kit donated by an online retailer, this was delivered in December 2025:
In total, in the last year, I have raised with the help of family, friends and Crowdfunder, nearly £20,000 including the above. With this we have supplied 5 4x4 trucks, two large 7kva generators, power banks for charging electronic devices, and a lot of combat first aid medical kit.
The below truck along with two generators, 6 power banks and medical supplies donated by an on supplier, were delivered in December.
Sadly the war continues and the head lines do not look promising at the moment. I fear Ukraine may be forced into an unfair and unjust peace. Until the guns stop though I fully intend to continue raising money. Even when the guns stop, there will be huge amounts of ordinance lying around and people will continue to be killed and injured for years to come.
I feel more resolute than ever that we have to do everything we can to help Ukraine fight for its freedom.
With the money raised through this crowdfunder, I will again purchase as many medical supplies as possible, donate these to the team who will then arrange transportation, via another truck I have just purchased with my family, to Ukraine, ensuring they get directly into the hands of the frontline medics who so desperately need them. The aim is simple, to save lives that would otherwise be lost unnecessarily.
I have established some amazing contacts in recent months including link's to Ukrainian combat medics who have provided a detailed list of the key items that are currently in short supply along with specific purchase details to ensure that anything purchased is of a suitable quality and specification. I have also spoken to a British armed forces medic who has spent time in Ukraine training Ukrainian medics. He has confirmed the situation out there with shortages of good quality supplies and shares the view of the Ukrainian medics around the most useful items. And most recently I have secured fantastic deals from an online supplier, to purchase more products at discounted prices.
Items that I am looking to buy with any money raised include the following:
- Haemostatic gauze – This has a clotting agent that staunches sever bleeding and is a big lifesaver (c.£30 each)
- Crepe bandages – These are used as traditional bandages but also scrunched up and packed into severe wounds as a temporary fix (<£1 each)
- Major bleed pressure bandage (c. £5 each)
- Surgical tape – Used as normal surgical tape but also as a temporary chest seal (c. £2 each)
- Chest seals – The medics tell us that they are losing almost as many people to chest wounds due to the significant shortage in chest seals as they are to blood loss (between £1 and £10 each depending on size)
- Combat application tourniquet – These are designed to be put on with one hand by the patient (or medic). The medics tell us that ensuring these are excellent quality is essential as the cheaper ones are too flimsy which makes them less effective, especially bearing in mind the state of the patient who may be putting it on themselves (c. £30 each)
- TPAK Needle Decompression, allows for secure placement of a catheter for continuous relief during needle thoracostomy, allowing the relief of pressure to the chest following severve impact (c. £15 each).
As you can see, many of these items are relatively low in value so any amount you are able to give, no matter how large or small, would have a direct impact on someone’s life.
Convoys tend to head out most months, so this kit will get out to Ukraine within a mater of weeks after purchase.
If you want to know more about some of the other kit we are look for, please do get in touch.
Thank you.