The Plant and Hire Aid Alliance convoy is on the road once again!

The Plant and Hire Aid Alliance consists of like-minded companies in the plant and plant hire industry who are acting together to support the humanitarian effort in Ukraine. Since its founding in 2022, the organisation has delivered more than £4 million worth of humanitarian material to Ukraine. The convoy with humanitarian aid is now on its way again and will arrive at its destination in eastern Slovakia in the evening of 16 October.

The Plant and Hire Aid Alliance, has organized another convoy to bring goods as close as possible to the Ukrainian Boarder. The convoy consists of seven vans; two from Ardent Hire, then Molson, Watling JCB, Gap, Lynch and Wilson Hire (AFI). The cargo consists of 8,000 blankets and 10 generators, medical supplies, non-perishable food and female hygiene products.

The Aid Alliance departed from the UK on 15 October and will arrive tonight (16 October) in Prešov, Slovakia. The participants stated that they drove 15 hours from 4.30am on Sunday, covering 720 miles from UK to France, Belgium, Netherlands, Germany and arrived in Dresden, Germany at 8.30pm for an overnight stay. This is the third convoy sent by the organisation in the last 18 months.

To learn more about the Aid Alliance, visit its website here.