Ceilidh for Ukraine

Hunts Cider, near Stoke Gabriel, are hosting a ceilidh on Friday 16th June to raise funds for Ukrainian Action, a charity which is sending conveys of humanitarian aid from the UK to Ukraine.

Blue Jewel Ceilidh Band (whose members are from Totnes and Stoke Gabriel) will be providing fabulous music and calling the dances, and there will be delicious food from The Pig Apple; and, of course, Hunt's much-loved local cider (as featured on Country File).

A number of men from Stoke Gabriel have been drivers on Ukrainian Action conveys taking
trucks full of aid supplies from the UK to Poland, where Ukrainian volunteers take them on to their final destinations near the front line. In early March eleven British drivers (seven from Stoke Gabriel) drove eleven vehicles to Poland over a weekend: three ambulances, two large vans, five pickup trucks and a large estate car – all of them donated to the Ukrainian end users. There have been a number of convoys since then, and more will be going over the summer. You can read more about this wonderful local action for Ukraine, and donate, at www.justgiving.com/page/ukraineneedstrucks.

Stoke Gabriel resident Neil Millward, who is one of the convoy drivers, and is organising the event, said "It's going to be a fun evening - great music, great food and drink - and the proceeds will help the people of Ukraine."

Tickets(£10 adults, £5 children) from www.huntscider.co.uk (click on the menu). You can read more about the Ukrainian Action charity, and donate, at www.ukrainianaction.com.