A CHARITY concert has raised a huge amount for the people who are affected by the war in Ukraine.

The Rotary Club of Furness Barrow Male Voice Choir and the Ghyll Singers directed by Deborah Milledge together with Dalton Town Band conducted by Mark Latimer, held a concert at St Mary's RC Church, Barrow in aid of Ukraine.

A great musical program ended with the National Anthems for Ukraine and UK being sung by everyone. The Male Voice choir was accompanied on piano by Zina Preston and Margaret Harrison, the latter also accompanied the Ghyll Singers.

Over £1800 was raised in ticket sales, tombola, and a collection. The money was wired to the Rotary Club of Warsawa Wilanow (an English speaking Rotary Club in Poland) which is working with the Rotary Club in  Lviv, Ukraine in order to support Ukrainian hospitals, medical centres, doctors and emergency medical facilities throughout Ukraine.

The Rotary Club of Warsaw Wilanov also help refugees who have reached Poland and need to be taken care of in the best possible way. These are usually mothers with children who are suffering terribly from the trauma which has been inflicted on them.

A spokesman from the Rotary club of Furness said: "The Rotary Club of Warsaw Wilanov are also collecting funds to ship medicines and materials, needed to assist people wounded by the fighting, shelling and bombardment, to the Lviv District Administration.

"The medicines and medical products are then distributed to hospitals in the Lviv region and beyond. Since Lviv, in the western part of the country, is still relatively safe, it is a hub where a large part of the Ukrainian population is sheltering. In addition it is where the injured and wounded from other parts of the Ukraine are often brought. As is known, hospitals in many parts of Ukraine are being targeted and therefore are not a safe place to carry out many of the needed treatments and operations.

"Deliveries and logistics inside Ukraine are being organised by the Lviv District Administration and they also make use of warehouses on the Polish side of the border, particularly in the Polish border town of Przemyśl, where supplies from the West are delivered."