Latest Press Releases

  • Insulate Ukraine raises over £200,000 for emergency replacement windows at The Meaning of Home event

    10/10/24

    Insulate Ukraine's The Meaning of Home at the Royal Society of Arts raised over £200,000 which will fund the installation of 16,000 shatterproof, insulating windows in 3,200 war-damaged homes across Ukraine. This will provide warmth and security to over 9,600 people this winter.

  • London Design Festival announces winners of the 20204 London Design Medals: Pat McGrath DBE, Natsai Audery Chieza, Harry Blakiston Houston and Rei Kawakubo

    09/09/24

    Harry Blakiston-Houston has been awarded the Emerging Design Medal. This award recognises an individual or practice that has made a recent impact on the design scene and has an emerging practice showing design promise.

  • Our first ever event: The Meaning of Home at Royal Society of Arts, London.

    04/09/24

    On 5 October we will be hosting an experience of Ukrainian culture - bringing a sense of frontline homes to London. Dinner will be provided by Ukrainian chef Olia Hercules; guest of honour Nobel laureate Oleksandra Matviichuk; performance from concert pianist Sasha Grynuk and art from 40 artists including Mark Coreth, Anna Kyrvolap, Max Denison-Pender, Open Eye Gallery. We aim to raise enough funds to install 10,000 more windows. Tickets available here!

  • A year in the making: Insulate Ukraine builds 25,000 windows

    04/06/24

    In less than a year, Insulate Ukraine has installed over 25,000 shatterproof windows and brought 4,800 civilians home. The frontline windows were designed in the labs of Cambridge by founder Harry Blakiston Houston and are installed daily by civilian teams in Ukraine. The NGO now gives work to over 30 individuals across the war-torn areas.

  • EBRD agree to second round of £50k matched funding

    12/03/24

    With their recent transfer of £50k to Insulate Ukraine in February, the European Bank of Reconstruction and Development have agreed to another round of £50k matched funding. This support will allow for the implementation of over 3,000 windows in the war-torn areas of Ukraine. 

    To date, Insulate Ukraine has installed over 20,000 insulating, shatterproof windows. The continuing support of EBRD will allow for our work to continue and expand. We hope to have installed over 30,000 windows by the autumn, bringing more than 5,000 civilians back to their homes. 

  • Insulate Ukraine looks back on an extraordinary first year

    09/01/24

    We made our first window on a cold Izyum morning back in January 2023. Since that day, we have installed over 18,000. This means that more than 2,000 buildings (public and private) have been made secure, shatterproof and warm, and more than 3,200 civilians have been brought back to their homes.

    As the new year commences, Insulate Ukraine will be reflecting on the individuals that have helped make the organisation what it is today. There are currently four teams in Ukraine implementing windows in the war-torn areas. As work continues through the winter of 2024, Insulate Ukraine aims to expand their operations. This time next year it hopes to have brought 10,000 civilians back to their homes.