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Medical Aid to Ukraine

Between March-May 2023, we collected, boxed and labelled, 12 very specific pallet loads of medical aid and handed them over to our friends at International Aid Trust. The medical supplies that left Chorley was worth over a hundred thousand pounds! These donations will do so much good and will undoubtedly

One Year Anniversary – 2023

To mark the one year anniversary of the full scale invasion of Ukraine, the Chorley & District community pulled together to ensure that the anniversary did not go unacknowledged. The Chorley Ukraine Community Group ‘Kalyna’ was supported by Chorley Council to hold a Remembrance Service on the Town Hall Square

Chorley & District Flying the Flag for Ukraine

Just before Christmas 2022, I was invited to a very special concert in Preston (Lancashire) called “UKraine to UK”, which was supported by Lancashire County Council and was produced to showcase Ukrainian culture and to thank the region for its support. As part of the event I was thanked for

Extra support from Chorley & District Support for Ukraine

Working with one of our Ukrainian group members, we have published a basic Translation-Transliteration to help our local Sponsors and Guests from the Ukraine to familiarise themselves with some key words and household items. We have been selling the booklets in our donations unit but we are also happy to

350 pallet of aid from the ‘Ukraine Unit’ in Chorley

Through the hard work of the dedicated group of volunteers, by May 2023 we had been able to send out over 350 pallets worth of aid from the affectionately named ‘Ukraine Unit’ and the “Chorley & District Support for Ukraine” Facebook group now has nearly 3,000 members from all across