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OUR STORY
HopeFull originally started out as the charity, Siobhan’s Trust.
Siobhan’s Trust was set up back in 2020 to commemorate the life of Siobhan Dundee, by supporting young people and the community in and around the Dundee area in Scotland.
When Ukraine was invaded in February 2022, the charity quickly re-focused activity on supporting those impacted by the war. As the conflict continued and its work became more and more critical, HopeFull became the charity’s new name, to better reflect its passion, purpose and long-term vision.
Today the HopeFull team continue to provide support to those in desperate need and, whilst that’s currently in Ukraine, will mobilise as and where needed.
The work of Siobhan’s Trust will continue back in Scotland and be run by the immediate family of Siobhan Dundee.
OUR UKRAINE PIZZA CAMPAIGN (MARCH 2022 - MARCH 2025)
We started just days after the invasion began, set up on the Polish‑Ukrainian border, and then ventured out across the country, seeking out where the need was highest. We had a permanent site based in Lviv from where we ran daily trips to a single, or multiple, locations, covering approximately 200 kilometres around areas of internally displaced people. Once the Russians invaded the East, frightened Ukrainians fled far and wide and a huge number of refugees escaped to the West of the country, around Lviv, where they were forced to take refuge. We were there for them.
As well as the Lviv operation, we had a roving operation based across the East and the South of Ukraine. We set up mobile stations (usually for three or four days at a time) in Kharkiv, Odesa, Izium, Kherson, Zaporizhzhia and many other small towns and villages often close to the front line. Every day of the year, come rain, shine or snow and whatever the temperature—be it –20 °C or +35 °C—we served pizza, fruit, coffee, hot chocolate and Coca-Cola to people all over the country. Whether they were in refugee centres, orphanages, hospitals, decimated homes or just forgotten villages all across Ukraine... we were there offering love, friendship and the hope and belief that the world was with them. It was very special.
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