A RESIDENT from Tadley has raised hundreds by organising a charity fundraiser in a bid to raise money to help Ukrainian refugees.

Utopia Adaway previously organised a collection for Ukraine and was overwhelmed with the sheer number of items that she said completely “filled her conservatory”.

Since then she has been busy organising a charity event in a bid to do more to help those in need.

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On Saturday, March 18 at least 30 stallholders from around Basingstoke and Deane came out in force to help raise £700 for two charities - Breaking Chains and Nowzad which are currently helping animals and people in Ukraine.

She said: "We had the wonderful local Jollypop entertainment with us in the morning who gave us a wonderful performance and meet and greets with all of us, not just the kids.

"In the afternoon, we had Ashford Hill Primary School choir performing and they absolutely smashed it with their energy and voices and a huge well done to Mrs Dixon who was leading the choir. She did an amazing job."

Utopia said the day was "truly wonderful" with "everyone in high spirits".

She continued: "I have so many thanks to give. The wonderful staff for allowing us to use the Ambrose Allen Centre in Tadley. Without everyone it wouldn’t have been possible to run this event."

To date this year she has raised £920 for the two charities over three fundraising events.

She added: "I couldn’t have done any of it without the support of the amazing people that support the events and contribute.

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"I guess this is my way of saying thank you to everyone who supported the event and the wonderful team of stallholders we had."

Nowzad is continuing its hard work, collecting and distributing donations into Ukraine to support people and animals. 

Breaking the chains is also continuing with its work in Ukraine with a team delivering supplies within the war zone and recently deployed a team into Turkey to support the people and animals affected by the devastating earthquakes.