DONATIONS “are reaching the people who need them” says Homes Under The Hammer star Martin Roberts as he returns from the Polish border with Ukraine.
The television and radio personality spent three days on the border where he had travelled to deliver donations collected by the Help from Bournemouth to Ukraine group.
On his return to Bournemouth, Martin told the Daily Echo that a heart monitor and other donations had been safely delivered to Lviv Hospital.
On the border Roberts handed the donations to another volunteer to get them across the border into Ukraine - they later sent him a picture of two doctors from the hospital holding a picture of the Help from Bournemouth to Ukraine logo.
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Speaking to the Daily Echo, Martin said: “It was amazing and poignant and heartbreaking.
“It was probably one of the most incredible things I’ve ever done really."
Martin visited the Castlepoint warehouse last week which has become the sorting hub for an overwhelming amount of donations for Ukraine made by Dorset residents.
The 58-year-old presenter left the Bournemouth site with a van full of donated goods and embarked on a 26-hour journey through France, the Netherlands, Belgium, Germany and then into Poland.
He said: “I’m so proud of what I achieved, there’s still so much that needs to be done and there’s so much help that’s needed.
“But one of the things I wanted to prove was that people’s donations do get through.”
He added: “Donations from Gladys in Poole and Brian in Sandbanks they all get through, I saw them.
“It reminds me of Dunkirk, lots of people doing small things does make a difference."
One of the organisers of the Help from Bournemouth to Ukraine group, Karol Swiacki, told the Daily Echo that the medical equipment Roberts took with him was worth almost £40,000.
The Help from Bournemouth to Ukraine group are still accepting donations as well as volunteers at the Castlepoint warehouse.
Updated lists of goods required for donation can be found on the Help from Bournemouth to Ukraine Facebook page.
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