Shepton residents are being asked for emergency donations to help people of Ukraine.

Bath Ambulance station is co-ordinating a collection of supplies to be taken to the Ukrainian border, and Jenni Brown from Shepton is organmising the effort in Shepton and will deliver any donations from the town to the collection point in Bath.

They are looking for:

- Blankets

- Sleeping bags

- Pillows

- First aid stuff like dressings, bandages, tactical tourniquets, triangle bandages, gloves

- Medications: paracetamol, ibuprofen, aspirin, cough and flu meds, infant calpol, piroton

- Sanitary products

- Nappies

- Kids bottles

- Baby formula

- First aid bags

- Power banks

- Torches

- Warm socks

- Thermal clothes

- Disinfection products Any donations of smaller items should be dropped off at 52 Hyatt Place, Shepton Mallet, BA4 5XY by Thursday morning, and larger items, like sleeping bags, taken directly to Bath Ambulance station. If you are organising any collections or fundraising events for Ukraine, please let us know by emailing [email protected]