CULTURAL GUIDE TO HOSTING GUESTS FROM UKRAINE

This website provides cultural advice, help and tips collated by a team of experts, including cultural coaches, Victoria Spaschenko, who is Ukrainian and is still in Kyiv and Dan Green, who runs a charity supporting refugees with their adaptation to local communities.

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SUNFLOWER SISTERS SPONSOR SUPPORT GROUP

Share experiences and offer/seek advice   Click here

THE SANCTUARY COURSE

The Sanctuary Course An introduction to refugee safety, wellbeing and support. From safeguarding to trauma and from cross-cultural communication to community integration this course provides essential basic training for all those living, working or volunteering with refugees.

From safeguarding to trauma and from cross-cultural communication to community integration this course provides essential basic training for all those living, working or volunteering with refugees. It’s designed to be followed online in your own time. Each lesson will take around 20 minutes and includes video segments and interactive elements to aid learning. A certificate will be issued to all who complete the course.

 “This Sanctuary Course is free, accessible and practical, full of really good advice from a whole team of experts. It has really helped me grow in confidence and awareness of issues facing refugees.”

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More than 50 experts are volunteering with Spare Room Sorted, a project launched by Juliet Landau-Pope, together with fellow members of APDO Association of Professional Declutters & Organisers and the Academy of Virtual Organising.   If you’re hosting, you may be daunted by the need to clear and organise your home. That’s where Spare Room Sorted can help. Their experts are ready to share practical decluttering tips such as:
* How to break down a decluttering project into manageable tasks
* How to make most effective use of space and storage
* How to reuse, recycle, donate or ethically discard items you no longer need

SUNFLOWER SISTERS UKRAINIAN SPONSOR SUPPORT GROUP

Sister group with the aim to provide support to sponsors, share experiences and offer advice .   We are hoping that this will be a supportive community for sponsors . We will be offering online drop ins too.  click here

Ukrainian Lanuage

 LEARN THE UKRANIAN LANGUAGE

My name is Anna Ohoiko, I am a Ukrainian teacher and educational resources developer. I have created a  website for learning Ukrainian to share good-quality and useful Ukrainian lessons online. 

Start by learnings 100 most common Ukrainian words with free list and flashcards – then move on to 1,000!  There are also 200 episodes of Ukrainian Lesson Podcasts. 60 episodes of 5 minutes Ukrainian as well as blogs, vocabulary, grammar and songs.  Click here for for information

LONELY PLANET UKRAINIAN PHRASEBOOK

This phrasebook is free to download for those assisting with aid or just interested in learning more about Ukraine and its language. Click here

Translation Services

FREE TRANSLATION SERVICES

A team of 90+ linguists, academics, students and native Russian and Ukrainian speakers ready to help with translation issues.  This service covers written translations and ‘live’ translator services.   If you need assistance then please complete the form below and the translation team will contact you directly to arrange translation support to meet your needs.  Service provided by Mosti-Movi