{"id":88841,"date":"2023-12-18T00:05:15","date_gmt":"2023-12-18T00:05:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebritytidings.com\/?p=88841"},"modified":"2023-12-18T00:05:15","modified_gmt":"2023-12-18T00:05:15","slug":"mail-force-sends-crucial-support-for-the-disabled-in-ukraine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebritytidings.com\/world-news\/mail-force-sends-crucial-support-for-the-disabled-in-ukraine\/","title":{"rendered":"Mail Force sends crucial support for the disabled in Ukraine"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1> Mail Force sends crucial support for the disabled in Ukraine thanks to the work of tireless volunteers<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Yorkshire charity PhysioNet funded two 55ft containers packed with equipment\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>In a vast barn on a farm near York, a small team of volunteers can be found beavering tirelessly away.<\/p>\n<p>They are sorting out second-hand wheelchairs, crutches, walking frames, hospital beds, mattresses, mobility scooters, commodes, stretchers and prosthetic limbs.<\/p>\n<p>This equipment \u2013 donated by the public, firms and charities \u2013 must be checked, sorted, repaired and packed for shipping to countries in need.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018My friends think I\u2019m barmy coming here every week to a freezing barn, but I don\u2019t like waste\u2019 said former nurse Chris True, 78.<\/p>\n<p>She is one of many volunteers, all retirees, who give their free time to PhysioNet, a small Yorkshire charity set up to supply people in developing countries with disability aids that are considered surplus or redundant here.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/17\/22\/79065049-12874833-image-a-37_1702851129504.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Pictured: volunteers at PhysioNet load a lorry full of reclaimed NHS equipment to be sent to Ukraine<\/p>\n<p>In recognition of its crucial work, PhysioNet \u2013 a recipient of the Queen\u2019s Award for Voluntary Service in 2017 \u2013 has received \u00a39,000 from Mail Force, the charity founded by the Daily Mail and General Trust during the Covid pandemic and to which our generous readers have donated a staggering \u00a337million in three years.<\/p>\n<p>Mail Force is now focusing on its Ukraine Appeal to provide food, shelter and clothing for those affected by the war.<\/p>\n<p>The grant to PhysioNet has funded two 55ft containers packed with equipment for Ukraine. The number of people with disabilities has increased dramatically, both among the soldiers and civilians caught up in the bombing and shelling, with many amputees.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018With everything that\u2019s going on in the world, Ukraine has fallen off the news agenda. But there are no shortages of requests from there,\u2019 said PhysioNet founder Peter Thompson. One truck was sent in October and another this month, the seventh to Ukraine this year.<\/p>\n<p>PhysioNet was launched in 2008 by Peter, 89 a retired agricultural consultant.<\/p>\n<p>Today, there are 60 volunteers working across its hubs in Scotland, East Anglia, the South East and the West Country, who have provided vital equipment to 32 developing countries in Europe, Asia, Africa and the Pacific.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Fortunately, we can reuse about 95 per cent of the stuff we get in,\u2019 Peter tells me.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/17\/22\/79065037-12874833-image-a-38_1702851265920.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>PhysioNet has funded two 55ft containers full of equipment for Ukraine<\/p>\n<p>The charity has a lot to be proud of, shipping out 144 containers in the 15 years of operation \u2013 and 19 truckloads this year.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018It\u2019s the most we\u2019ve ever sent,\u2019 Peter told me proudly. \u2018The countries we deliver to usually help pay towards some of the cost. But we don\u2019t ask Ukraine for any money because they\u2019re at war. We\u2019re delighted and grateful that Mail Force stepped in to help.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>See www.mailforcecharity.co.uk to learn about Mail Force.<\/p>\n<p>To learn more about PhysioNet, donate or volunteer, email Peter.thompson@physionet.org.uk.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-12874833\/Mail-Force-sends-crucial-support-disabled-Ukraine-thanks-work-tireless-volunteers.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mail Force sends crucial support for the disabled in Ukraine thanks to the work of tireless volunteers Yorkshire charity PhysioNet funded two 55ft containers packed with equipment\u00a0 In a vast barn on a farm near York, a small team of volunteers can be found beavering tirelessly away. 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