Kent With Ukraine extends our sincere thanks to the many individuals, community groups, and partners who have come together over the past week to support an urgent winter appeal for northern Ukraine. Thanks to an extraordinary collective effort, the organisation has successfully secured the funding required to purchase much-needed emergency generators for the Chernihiv Region, where communities continue to endure the harsh realities of winter amid ongoing war. These generator

On Monday 17th November, Kent With Ukraine were delighted to be invited along to a meeting of the Gravesham with Ebbsfleet Rotary Club. At this meeting Jordan, accompanied by Iris gave a presentation on our partnership and projects in the Chernihiv Region, and why the Holodomor genocide matters in the context of the ongoing war in Ukraine. We would like to sincerely thank the Gravesham with Ebbsfleet Rotary Club for their interest in our work and we look forward to the possib

In continuing our work with and support for our friends across the Chernihiv region, this afternoon Gravesend and Meopham Rotary Club...

SCHOOL TWINNING: At the beginning of our friendship with the Chernihiv Region we spoke about the importance of making sure that young people were at the centre of everything we do. I'm therefore thrilled that Cobham Hall School have become the first school in Kent to formally twin with a school in the Chernihiv Region since the signing of the Chernihiv-Kent Agreement last year. Many congratulations to the staff and students at Cobham Hall and the Koriukivka Lyceum. I was so

It was a huge privilege welcome the youngest Member of the Ukrainian Parliament Sviatoslav Yurash MP and his guests to Gravesend, Cobham...

Reflections by Councillor Jordan Meade... Over the past six months, I’ve been working to secure a cooperation partnership between Kent County Council and the Chernihiv Oblast Чернігівська ОДА, in Ukraine. This mutually beneficial agreement will act as an enabler for the businesses, community groups and residents of Kent to strategically support one of the Ukrainian regions that was most affected by Russia’s illegal invasion of Ukraine in 2022. On Thursday, I was overwhelmed t

Wishing all of our Ukrainian friends a very #HappyEaster. Big thank you to Thomas O'keeffe, Iris and the team at TJ's Gravesend for hosting a special gathering this morning to celebrate Orthodox Easter for our displaced Ukrainian friends in #Gravesend. #SlavaUkraini

Jordan was introduced to the delights of traditional birch tree water by Darka Harnyk , who with the team at Repair Together are doing amazing work rebuilding previously occupied villages in the #Chernihiv region of #Ukraine #SlavaUkraini #RepairTogether #StandWithUkraine