Ben Lowry: A reader’s generous cash donation for Ukraine is given to Black Santa

A reader sent a letter to the editor this week with £400 in bank notes.
By Ben Lowry
Published 19th Mar 2022, 03:49 BST
Updated 20th Mar 2022, 13:10 BST
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The author asked me to use it to help alleviate the suffering in Ukraine.

For a while I was unsure how best to process cash for such charitable purpose. Then I remembered Black Santa was sitting out again at St Anne’s Cathedral and gave it to him.

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The reader gave a name in their letter but no phone number so it is unclear if they wanted publicity.

Dean Stephen Forde, of St Anne's Cathedral, Black Santa, receives a £400 donation for Ukraine, sent in an envelope from a News Letter reader, and handed over by the editor Ben Lowry on March 16, 2022Dean Stephen Forde, of St Anne's Cathedral, Black Santa, receives a £400 donation for Ukraine, sent in an envelope from a News Letter reader, and handed over by the editor Ben Lowry on March 16, 2022
Dean Stephen Forde, of St Anne's Cathedral, Black Santa, receives a £400 donation for Ukraine, sent in an envelope from a News Letter reader, and handed over by the editor Ben Lowry on March 16, 2022

They know who they are, so many thanks.

The reader’s generosity is a reflection of the wider public’s thoughtfulness — Dean Stephen Forde said that his own collection (which is only one of many ways of donating to Ukraine) had raised £20,000.

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