Proudly standing with Ukraine
Find out how you can support the people of Ukraine during the current conflict.
3 March 2022
Donating money
- Kyiv Pride - providing humanitarian support to LGBTI people.
- LGBTI Human Rights Nash Mir Centre - working with LGBTI people who cannot leave Kyiv.
- Insight LGBTQ - Helping with temporary housing, relocation to safer areas, food, medicine and first-needed supplies.
- Disasters Emergency Committee Ukraine Appeal - The UK Government will match public donations to this appeal pound-for-pound up to £25 million.
- UNHCR - urgently upscaling relief operations across Ukraine and in neighbouring countries to support fleeing civilians.
- Save The Children - supporting children and families that are in danger across the region.
- Choose Love - working to get urgent support to the organisations stepping up to provide vital aid and services to those still in and fleeing the country.
- International Rescue Committee - raising funds to help provide medical care, emergency food and other critical aid to families affected by conflict.
- Ukrainian Red Cross - providing humanitarian work, from aiding refugees to training doctors.
- People in Need - providing humanitarian aid to over 200,000 people on the ground.
For additional donation links, visit the Mayor of London's website.
Donating clothes and other supplies
- The Polish White Eagle Club in Balham, south London, is accepting clothing, bedding and other items to help refugees from Ukraine.
- The North London Collection Centre in Willesden Lane, north west London is taking nappies, sanitary items, towels, reusable cutlery, toothbrushes and underwear.
- Lewisham Donation Hub on Lewisham High Street in south east London, is taking donations every Sunday.
- Students at UCL School of Slavonic and East European Studies are also setting up a collection point for arriving refugees.
- The Prosperity restaurant, Twickenham, London, is accepting items including blankets, painkillers, medicine, hot water bottles, baby food, diapers, and feminine sanitary products.
Supporting in other ways and keeping informed
- Visit Rainbow Borough's Project for additional ways to support Ukraine's LGBTQ+ community.
- Join a Peace Protest.
- Stay informed with reliable news sources including The Kyiv Independent, The New Voice of Ukraine, Ukraine World and Kyiv Post.
- Host refugees from Ukraine in your home with specialist charities such as Refugees at Home.
- Follow LGBTQ+ organisations including Kharkiv Pride, Euro Pride, IGLA Europe.