Premier has teamed up with volunteers from Loughborough University Student Union to help deliver donations to support victims of the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
Each year some 4000 students from the Loughborough Student Union volunteer to help the wider community with local campaigns, projects and activities. In March this year they ran a donation drive for Ukrainian refugee camps based in Poland.
The donation drive was headed up by Tomasz Cendrowski, an international student from Poland. The Lewisham Polish Centre, Mr Cendrowski and the Action Student Volunteers collected donations of items such as medical equipment, hygiene products, dry foods, sleeping bags, torches and batteries. More than a ton of donations was collected, booked and palleted by Event Engineering and sent on its way to Lewisham Polish Centre, with Premier providing transport of the pallets from Loughborough to the depot, helping to save on transport costs.
Mr Cendrowski commented, ‘I did it because I did not want to stand by and be inactive when help was urgently needed. I felt that a collection like this would be the best way to mobilise people’s good will for a great cause as well as providing a chance for people to contribute in a meaningful way. The driver from Premier was experienced, helpful and clearly very happy to assist with our cause. We’d like to extend our thanks to him personally for helping on the day and to Premier for making the delivery possible and smooth.’
Premier is also helping to raise money for the people of Ukraine affected by the conflict by hosting a series of coffee and cake mornings across its various branches on Friday 8 April 2022. Money can be donated online via www.justgiving.com/premier-paper, with all funds raised going to the British Red Cross.
