Three advisers launch Ukrainian refugee aid campaign

Refugees in Moldova

Ayesha Venkataraman
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Three advisers - Shannon Currie and Phil Billingham of Perceptive Planning, and David Crozier of Navigator Financial Planning – are launching an appeal to collect both finance and disability aids for Ukrainian refugees who have fled to Moldova.

This is the second Ukrainian refugee aid campaign spearheaded by the London and Essex-based advisers, who made two trips to Poland in March and April this year, delivering basic and immediate aid donated by their local communities and financial services networks to refugees. The advisers were moved to help after witnessing Russia's invasion of Ukraine, watching in "increasing horror as the waves of refugees - mainly women, children and old people - fled the bombs and missiles," said Billingham and Crozier. They gave to charities, but that was "not enough," they said. Adding: "Since ou...

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