Ukrainian Hub
What is the service?
To support Ukrainian residents who have relocated to Gosport due to the ongoing war in Ukraine, we are offering a variety of support, including:
- Finding homes with the council, private landlords and estate agents
- Accessing health care through the NHS
- Applying for benefits (universal credit, child benefit etc.)
- Pensions
- Finding and applying for jobs
- Help with finding educational opportunities
- Registering with schools
- Finding new sponsors
Larysa is our Ukraine Coordinator and you can find out more about her here – Welcoming Larysa to GVA
Service Eligibility
This is a free service for Ukrainian refugees in Gosport and their Sponsors/Hosts.
How can the service be accessed?
We have a drop in Every Thursday 12:30 – 14:30 – Booking is not required please just come along to GVA offices.
Alternatively if you can not make these session please contact our Ukrainian Coordinator Larysa; Larysa.Minihane@gva.org.uk or contact the main office at GVA on 02392 583836
We are in our 2nd year of supporting our Ukrainian residents in Gosport and over that time we have loved getting to know the Ukrainian culture and sharing our culture with them. From celebrating Ukraine’s National Dress day to providing Families with a yearly Ticket to Portsmouth Historic Dockyard, kindly funded by Gosport’s Local Children’s Partnership.
Over the last year the project has
- Organised 2 free trips to Marwell zoo with free transport included
- Christmas and New Year Parties
- Ukraine Independence day celebrations
- Distributed Food Vouchers and made referrals to the food bank
- Helped Ukrainians with completing visas
- Offered translation services at the Job Centre, doctors surgeries and schools
- 1:1 support on arrival to the UK
Partnerships
We have received great amount of support from local organisations such as;
- Gosport Borough Council
- Gosport Discovery Centre
- Gosport Local Children’s Partnership
- Citizens Advice Gosport
- Bridge to Unity
- Yellow Edge Gallery
- Fareham and Gosport Family Support Services
We are grateful for The National Lottery Community Fund for providing us with a grant to continue providing this much needed service.
