AS READING begins to welcome refugees from Ukraine, Reading Ukrainian Community Centre is making them feel at home with a number of social and support events.
The centre on Sidmouth Street is open for another outreach session on Friday, May 27, where Home Office representatives will be available for face to face support.
Refugees and their sponsors will be able to access information on immigration and documentation, including VISA support and help in settling in the UK, direct from the Home Office’s Outreach teams.
For two weeks, the centre is opening its doors to newly-arrived refugees and their sponsors to join them for tea and coffee from 11m-2pm on Wednesdays, and 3-5pm on Fridays.
It is inviting those in Pangbourne to meet other Ukrainians and make connections at its weekly cafe in St Bernadette’s Church Hall, every Monday from 10-11.30am.
The RUCC is also open for Friday night social events, with a cash bar providing alcoholic and soft drinks.
Cafe sessions take place at the Reading Ukrainian Community Centre on Wednesday, May 18 and 25, from 11am-2pm, and Friday, May 21 and 28, from 3-5pm.
The Pangbourne cafe will be held at St Bernadette’s Church Hall, Horseshoe Road, every Monday from 10-11.30am.
The evening bar event will take place on Friday, May 20 and 27, from 7-10pm.
The immigration outreach drop-in session takes place on Friday, May 27, from noon until 5pm at the RUCC, Sidmouth Street.
For more information about Home Office Outreach, visit: www.gov.uk
For a full timetable of the RUCC’s events, visit: www.rucc.uk
