Photographs - 2025

The Tove Benefice, Ukraine Aid Efforts 2025
The ambulance was handed over in Lviv to Artur, Tetiana and Snizhana Rudnik (third, fourth and fifth from left) by Steve Challen (second left) and Alex Donaldson

The Tove Benefice, Ukraine Aid Efforts 2025
The ambulances arrived in Ukraine on Wednesday 8 October

The Tove Benefice, Ukraine Aid Efforts 2025
The ambulance has been handed over to a contact in Ukraine

The Tove Benefice, Ukraine Aid Efforts 2025
The team said the work brought "a sense of satisfaction but also a sense of emotion"

The Tove Benefice, Ukraine Aid Efforts 2025
This year the two ambulances arrived without any issues

The Tove Benefice, Ukraine Aid Efforts 2025
Both ambulances were packed full of medical supplies and donated essentials

The Tove Benefice, Ukraine Aid Efforts 2025
George, Keeley, Becky, Summer and Jack are all members of the SVP group

The Tove Benefice, Ukraine Aid Efforts 2025
Dignitaries came to wave the team off including Towcester's mayor Damian Reynolds and MP Sarah Bool​​​​​​​

The Tove Benefice, Ukraine Aid Efforts 2025 ​​​​​​​The SVP group (complete with canine member) have fundraised for the replacement ambulance

The Tove Benefice, Ukraine Aid Efforts 2025
It took 30 volunteers six hours to dismantle furniture and load it on to the lorry​​​​​​​

The Tove Benefice, Ukraine Aid Efforts 2025
The loading operation was a joint effort between Towcester and Milton Keynes volunteers​​​​​​​

The Tove Benefice, Ukraine Aid Efforts 2025
This is the seventh ambulance that Steve Challen and the team from Towcester have filled and driven to Ukraine​​​​​​​

The Tove Benefice, Ukraine Aid Efforts 2025
Steve Challen from the Tove Benefice said it was "just as well" a huge articulated lorry had been sent to the care home

The Tove Benefice, Ukraine Aid Efforts 2025
Alex Donaldson (left) and Steve Challen (centre) met the Mayor of Zhydachiv, Volodymyr Levko​​​​​​​


The supplies delivered to Ukraine included bleed control kits​​​​​​​

The Tove Benefice, Ukraine Aid Efforts 2025
This ambulance was destroyed in shelling near Kharkiv​​​​​​​


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