The Ukrainian fundraising event held by the Ukrainians in Northern Ireland Community Group took place last Saturday 27.06.2022, and we are sincerely grateful to everyone for your support and help! It was a unique emotional atmosphere in a special circle of people!

All together we have raised £3678 during this evening!

Thank you, everyone!

Special thanks to our special guests, former Lord Mayor Glenn Barr, Deputy Lord Mayor Tim McClelland, Kyle Savage, Seamus McCrory, Doug Beattie, Don Woolsey, and every guest for your donations, support, help and advice!

Massive thank you to Glenn Barr, Don Woolsey, St Francis’ Primary School for their donations!

Thank you to:

– The Jethro Centre and Ian Gibson for providing us with space and support for our newly formed community;

– Super Market Svaja, Palomo Cafe & Bistro, R&D Stores and our hostesses for delicious food;

– Dannan Crafts and Sined McMahon for help in organizing the workshop for kids;

– Dance group “Vereneya” and our charming bandura player Natalia Bumbliauskiene;

– Our photographer Jack Lymanskiy, who was forced to move from Kramatorsk with his wife Alisa Lymanska (who is also a photographer).

Special thank you to all the children who drew pictures on the theme of Peace for our exhibition. Thank you to all the children from Lurgan Model Primary School for joining our exhibition.

Thank you for the prizes for the raffle:

Homebase Craigavon;

Boots Portadown;

Anna Bigich for piñata – Instagram: @pinata_kartata;

TastyTreats Armagh for sweet prizes;

Milano Hair Beauty Salon in Lurgan;

Charlie Mallon Family Butchers;

Kyles Kebab

Moira Pizzeria

Chico Pizzaria

Zio Restaurant

Gilberry Fayre Restaurant

Lynchpin Holywood Restaurant

We thank our craft-ladies for extraordinary things, namely:

– Viktoriia Povolotska, who came only from Kharkiv, and is already painting T-shirts and clothes to order

Instagram: @viktoriapovolotskaya

– Yulia Pristupa for charming jewelry made by hand.

Instagram: @aurorabyaria

– Oksana Cherpanyak for the real Ukrainian souvenirs and help with organization

– TastyTreats Armagh for sweets from our Ukrainian women.

Instagram: @tastytreats_armagh

– Maryana Gorbova for braided bracelets

– Anna Bigich for piñata – Instagram: @pinata_kartata

By the way, if you were not there and you would like to buy something to support our Ukrainians, please contact them personally and they will be happy to help you.

We are currently appealing for any help you can provide. If you would like to donate, you can do so by bank transfer, Pay pal or cheque to Ukrainians in Northern Ireland Community Group, please get in touch for more information on how to do this.

PayPal account Ukrainians in Northern Ireland Community Group. Paypal.me/UkrainiansNI

Ukrainians in Northern Ireland Community Group

HSBC sort code 40-25-55. Account Number 90433683

If you can’t donate financially, there are other ways to help!

Your support can make a powerful difference as we continue to serve our community.

Thank you!

Let’s go to victory together!

Glory to Ukraine!