A woman from County Durham is making the 1,100-mile trip to Poland with two friends to take aid and supplies for Ukrainian refugees.
Lucy Minchella from Spennymoor knew she needed to help after watching more than one million Ukrainian people flee their homes on the news as the Russian military invasion continues.
And together with friend Alex McCarthy and his brother-in-law Julien David, she's making the trip to Poland on March 18 to personally donate supplies to those in need.