A CONCERT this weekend will help raise funds for Ukrainian refugees who have come to Berkshire.
The newly-renamed Refugee Support Group is organising the event on Saturday, which will see Reading Community Gospel Choir perform.
The concert comes after nearly two years wait, as charity faced the double disappointment of having its Christmas concerts in both 2020 and 2021 cancelled due to the covid pandemic.
The Gospel spring concert will take place in Reading Minster Church from 6.30pm, and is raising money for the Reading-based charity’s Ukraine Emergency Appeal.
The charity says that following the Afghanistan crisis last August, demand for their services flew by more than 460%.
Now refugees from Ukraine have started arriving in the area, and the charity needs public support to help its work.
Nick Harborne, CEO of Refugee Support Group, explained: “We’ve barely managed to cope with the Afghanistan Crisis and the hundreds of people being housed in hotels locally. Now with the horrific war in Ukraine, we’re seeing more and more Ukrainian families arriving in the area needing our help.
“We’re already supporting those families with information, advice, mental health support and practical help, but we’re expecting many more families to arrive in the coming months, and we need the public’s help to give them the support they urgently need.”
All the money raised from the Spring Gospel Concert will go directly to Reading Refugee Support Group’s Ukraine Emergency Appeal to give refugees arriving in Berkshire the help they need.
Reading Refugee Support Group are asking people to buy a ticket, enjoy the concert and help Ukrainian refugees arriving here in Berkshire.
Find out more about the Spring Gospel Concert and buy your tickets here: https://refugeesupportgroup.org.uk/rescheduled-spring-gospel-concert/
Read more about the charity’s Ukraine Appeal here: https://refugeesupportgroup.org.uk/ukraine-appeal/
