THE GENEROSITY of the Haslemere community has come to the fore, with donations pouring in to help people in Ukraine.

One of the most prominent donation points in the town has been organised by Jay Dodds and Alisa Morrison.

All the donations are being stored at The Swan Inn. The collection deadline was on Thursday – a truck was booked to take the donations away.

Jay said: “We’ve got members of our team at work in Ukraine – I knew I needed to do something.

“I asked The Swan Inn if we could store donations there, and they agreed, so I would like to thank Gilly Luff, Anthony Douch and Stephen Everett.”

Items which have been collected include sleeping bags, blankets, socks, sanitary towels and tampons, nappies, nappy cream, toothpaste, toothbrushes, shampoo, wet wipes, children’s and adult’s underwear and powder formula baby milk.

And Jay has big plans to keep supporting the war-torn country.

Jay, who moved to Haslemere only last year, said: “I reached out to the mayor, Simon Dear, and said I wanted to do more to help Ukraine.

“We are working with Hope and Aid Direct to get the Swan Inn donations to where they need to go.

“Unique Physique Gym also kindly took donations for us, and I would like to thank Ollie Beard.

“There has been some fake news circulating about donations being dumped on the Ukrainian border, but speaking to people on the ground this absolutely is not the case.

“People are desperately in need of donations, and we’re not stopping here.

“Going forward, I would like to organise some fundraising events in Haslemere to support Ukraine.”

Anyone who is interested in helping Jay with his planned future fundraising events for Ukraine should email jay@ weareinfinitygroup.com for more information.

A number of other fundraisers have taken place across Haslemere to support Ukraine.

CYC:D fitness studio in Haslemere made all its studio sessions and bootcamps free of charge last Friday (March 4).

In exchange for the free sessions, people were asked to donate to a Unicef JustGiving page for Ukraine.

There was also a donation box at the studio reception.

The JustGiving page has raised more than £1,000 and the cash donation box raised more than £60.

CYC:D studio manager Naomi Heatley said: “We are overwhelmed by the generosity of our amazing CYC:D community, who like us feel pretty helpless in this humanitarian crisis happening in Ukraine.

“Being able to support in this way might be small, but we know it’s going to help in some way.”

Anyone who would like to make a donation to the CYC:D and Unicef JustGiving page should visit https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/cycd-studio

A donation point has also been set up for Ukraine at the main Tesco superstore in Haslemere.

Tesco has pledged to match every £1 donated by customers in its stores, up to £1 million.