The Rotary Club of Crickhowell organised a street collection in town on Saturday, March 5, to raise money for the people of Ukraine caught up in the war started by Russia.

Luckily the day dawned clear and sunny in Crickhowell, but it was not so bright in Ukraine, where the cold, gloomy, wintry skies matched the conditions on the ground as the population continued their desperate sheltering and flight from the deadly war.

The Rotary Club was responsing to the international Disasters Emergency Committee who put out a call for this most urgent and useful aid – money. The people of Crickhowell, plus many visitors and walking enthusiasts here for next week’s Walking Festival, responded magnificently. In the space of a few short hours over £2,150 were raised.

The Rotary Club has added more funds to make up the donated sum to £3,000. Club President David Thomas expressed his mixed emotions, of concern for the plight of the Ukrainian families, together with pride and gratitude for the generous, thoughtful and valuable contributions from everyone his team encountered on Saturday.