Dorset Council to boost payments to Ukraine refugees hosts
Hosts have been receiving £350 per month and now they are to receive an additional £250 per month plus a winter payment.
Hosts have been receiving £350 per month and now they are to receive an additional £250 per month plus a winter payment.
The council is to add £250 to the Government’s payment of £350 for those who accommodate their guests over six months up to 12-months.
Nikki signed up for the Homes for Ukraine scheme and it has been a huge success. BCP Council hopes more people will come forward to help.
Ukrainian refugees have been welcomed onto a free, five-day English course to help them integrate into the wider community.
An appreciation evening was held recently to thank volunteers contributing to From Bournemouth to Ukraine.
Booklets are available both for Ukrainians and sponsors to help the guests to settle into the BCP Council area.
With future imports of wheat from Russia and Ukraine in question, the Society for Poole wants a ban on agricultural land development.
The Bournemouth-based group Help from Bournemouth to Ukraine has been offered free ferry travel to Europe.
The funds for the Shelterbox Appeal were raised in a joint initiative by Wimborne Rotary and the Allendale Centre.
Freemasons from Christchurch and Bournemouth have helped to raise £500,000 for Ukranian refugees in less than three weeks.