FOUR YEARS OF WAR.

1,600 TONNES OF AID.

ONE SCOTTISH LIFELINE FOR UKRAINE.

Four years on from Russia’s invasion of Ukraine on 24 February 2022, Scottish charity TASH for Ukraine is marking a sobering milestone, four years of uninterrupted humanitarian support for those living through war.

Founded within days of the invasion, TASH (Tayside and Strathearn Help for Ukraine) has operated every week since, powered entirely by volunteers and funded entirely by the generosity of public donations.

As the war enters its fifth year, the humanitarian need remains immense. To keep providing aid, TASH must raise £3,500 every 12 days to fund each lorry. That is more than £100,000 every year, before a single pallet is loaded.

Without that funding, the lorries stop.

From its warehouse base in Errol, Perthshire, the charity has built one of Scotland’s most consistent humanitarian supply routes into Ukraine.

In four years, TASH has:

• Sent 116 articulated lorries to Ukraine

• Shipped 2,320 pallets of aid

• Delivered more than 1,600 tonnes of essential supplies

• Fundraised £3,500 for every lorry dispatched

• Raised over £100,000 per year purely to cover transport costs

That equates to a fully loaded lorry leaving Scotland for Ukraine every 12 days.

Each one funded entirely by donations.

What began as an emergency response has become a sustained humanitarian operation entering its fifth year. Visitors to the warehouse often leave with the same reaction: “I didn’t realise how big the effort is.”

Aid That Saves Lives

Those lorries carry far more than aid. They carry stability, dignity and survival.

Shipments include food for families and pets, warm clothing and bedding for winter months without reliable electricity, and vital medical and sanitary supplies that are often scarce or unavailable locally. Aid is transported to Lviv before being distributed through trusted Ukrainian partners to communities across the country.

For many volunteers, the work is deeply personal. Some have family and friends living through daily missile and drone attacks, waiting for a simple message to confirm loved ones have survived another night. The warehouse in Errol may be in Scotland but the impact reaches directly into Ukrainian homes.

Four Years On - The Work Must Continue

TASH is appealing to the public and the business community to sustain this lifeline. For individuals, every donation make a tangible difference. Every contribution helps move essential supplies closer to families enduring war.

For businesses, sponsoring a lorry, donating goods or backing transport costs delivers immediate, measurable impact.

Your donation ensures families in Ukraine know they have not been forgotten. Four years on, Scotland can still make a difference.