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About Kent With Ukraine

Kent With Ukraine is a UK-based, NGO supporting Ukraine’s resilience, recovery and long-term security through direct humanitarian delivery, sub-national cooperation and support for veterans.

Founded as a civic response to Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022, Kent With Ukraine grew from the generosity of communities across Kent who opened their homes to displaced Ukrainian families, donated essential supplies, raised funds and mobilised in solidarity with the Ukrainian people.

Since then, our work has developed from community-led aid collection into a structured programme of regional partnership-building, humanitarian delivery, school and municipal links, cultural cooperation, veteran support, and recovery-focused policy development with Ukrainian partners.

Kent With Ukraine works principally with communities and institutions in the Chernihiv Oblast, a region that has experienced occupation, bombardment, infrastructure damage and significant humanitarian need. Our approach is built on trusted relationships, practical delivery and long-term commitment. We firmly believe that Ukraine’s recovery will require much more than emergency assistance. It will require durable partnerships between communities, municipalities, regions, schools, businesses and civil society. Kent With Ukraine exists to help build those relationships, to support decision makers in Ukraine with policy development and to ensure that local support from the United Kingdom contributes meaningfully to Ukraine’s immediate needs and future resilience.

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Our Mission Today

Kent With Ukraine is an established, active, UK-based NGO that is proudly working in partnership with Ukrainian communities, local authorities, public institutions and civil society to support resilience, recovery and reconstruction.

We champion decentralisation, strong local government, veteran empowerment and community-led recovery as the essential foundations for Ukraine’s long-term resilience and democratic future.

Through direct humanitarian assistance, municipal partnerships, education and youth initiatives, support for war-affected communities, and recognition of the vital role veterans will play in Ukraine’s future, we work to strengthen local institutions and deliver practical, local outcomes across Ukraine.

Our work is grounded in partnership, accountability, political neutrality and respect for Ukrainian leadership.

Our current work includes:

Directly delivering essential humanitarian aid to Chernihiv Region and other conflict affected areas.
Supporting town, parish and municipal twinning between Kent and Ukrainian communities.
Supporting Ukraine's brave defenders and advocating for veteran support.
Facilitating school-to-school links, youth engagement and educational exchanges.
Building cultural and community connections between Kent and Ukraine.
Supporting displaced Ukrainian families living in Kent.
Expanding opportunities for English-language learning across Ukraine.
Supporting restoration, reconstruction and development partnerships.
Creating mechanisms for interregional business and civic cooperation.
Promoting sub-national diplomacy as a practical contribution to Ukraine’s recovery.
Empowering and supporting civic leaders across Ukraine.
Supporting decentralisation and strengthening local government in Ukraine.

Our approach is grounded in direct engagement, local partnership and practical delivery. We do not see our work as short-term charity alone, but as part of a wider effort to build enduring cooperation between British and Ukrainian communities.

We are registered with the Information Commissioner's Office and proud to be a Member of the National Council for Voluntary Organisations NCVO.

We are signatories to, and subscribe to Core Humanitarian Standard on Quality and Accountability