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
This is a free service for Ukrainian refugees in Gosport and their Sponsors/Hosts.
We have a drop in every Thursday 12:30 – 14:30 – Booking is not required please just come along to Community First office in Gosport at Martin Snape House, 96 Pavilion Way, Gosport PO12 1FG
Alternatively if you can not make these session please contact our Ukrainian Coordinator Larysa; larysa.minihane@cfirst.org.uk or contact the Gosport office at on 02392 583836
“Originally from Ukraine, I have lived in England for approximately five years. I am a Ukrainian lawyer with over twenty-five years of experience in civil, criminal and international business contract law. I have dealt with people from all walks of life in my career. Every client was treated equally and received the best service I could provide. If clients required further support, I would investigate their needs and source the extra support they required. Since November 2017, I have been living permanently in the UK. I have given lots of help and support to Ukrainians that have wanted to leave the dire situation in Ukraine and come to seek safety here in the UK.
I speak Ukrainian, Russian and English. I pride myself in giving my everything to whatever I do. Now I’m proud to be a part of the big and friendly GVA family. I’m doing here what I enjoy doing: I’m helping Ukrainian refugees to feel comfortable in our community, and to gain access to the NHS, education, government and other services.”
We are in our 3rd year of supporting our Ukrainian residents in Gosport now 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.
We have received great amount of support from local organisations such as;
