To each and everyone in the Aspire family, local communities and businesses and beyond, our heartfelt thanks for supporting the Aspire UNICEF UK/Ukraine JustGiving appeal, which closed today.

Extraordinary personal and family donations were matched in generosity, love and spirit by the Trust's 'blue & yellow' day, with moving artwork, thought-provoking poems, emotional dance, yummy bake sales and special assemblies across 29 Aspire academies.

The money raised is already with UNICEF UK and will make a difference to the lives of children, and their families, caught up in this brutal Ukraine conflict.

Thank you.