Aid to Eastern Europe

Is a charitable organisation which raises money to deliver emergency vehicles and other urgently needed equipment to caring organisations in Eastern Europe and beyond. 

To date 50 trips have been made to deliver ambulances, minibuses and 3 fire engines to Russia, Armenia, Poland, Bosnia, Kosovo, Croatia, Afghanistan, Turkey, Albania, Bulgaria, Macedonia, Georgia, Azerbaijan, Romania, Moldavia, Transylvania, Latvia, Bohemia, Transnistria Ukraine and Negorno Karabakh.

Click here for a brief history of trips so far

The fund raises money in a whole variety of ways to buy vehicles and pay for the delivery missions:

• Donations
• Speaking events
• Fixing and selling donated bikes (see FOR SALE page)
• Firewood by the industrial sack
• Handyman jobs in the Harrogate area
• Fund raising events like the Gurkha Gala in Sept 2005 / 6

The work of the fund would not be possible without the generous support of many people who have provided time, money, articles for sale, medical equipment and services.

Donations

Send cheques / postal orders to:

John Shackleton - Aid to Eastern Europe account

8, Leadhall View

Harrogate

North Yorkshire

HG2 9PF

01423 871255

Firewood logs - by the industrial sack

Still feeling the cold?  John and the team are chopping logs again for delivery to your door.  £100 buys you an industrial sack full (as used for 1 tonne building supplies)  All locally sourced hardwood.

Ring: 871255 for prices and to order

Mission to Nepal in 2007

News!!

Harrogate Advertiser interview:

"Mission not so impossible…."

Fire Engine to

Tbilisi, Georgia

Organisations supported:

• Red Cross
• Caritas
• Feed the Children
• Mother Theresa Organisation, Kosovo
• And many other less well known caring organisations

Bikes for Sale!

We have a range of bikes for sale through Resurrection Bikes  to suit all ages - from toddler to adult.  They have all been donated  to raise funds. We have fixed them up so they are in good working order.

Click above to see more.

If you have bikes gathering dust - give us a ring; we can collect and recycle them and raise some funds.  

2nd Ambulance to Ukraine!

 See NEWS for more details of the trip and a letter from a local contact describing their situation.

We even had a small film crew with us this time - see The Ambulance Man for details

Last mission - evacuation trucks to Ukraine

John took two teams and  travelled to Ukraine with two Ford 4x4 trucks to be used for evaxuating the wounded from the front line back to hospital.