LBC meets the super-hosts: hundreds of Ukrainians supported by individual British families
Simone Schehtman
She said: “I’m chair of governors at a school and some of my fellow governors had contacts in Ukraine so it became a bit of a referral scheme, of people who were really keen to escape to the UK.“I married people up to host families based on their circumstances and needs and have supported them in adapting to life in the UK – paying bills, learning English.
“There are still people coming across, people desperate to come across, but the only restricting factor is a lack of hosts – we need more hosts.”Andrew Peers said he felt connected to the war in Ukraine when it began after playing a simulator game that mapped out what an invasion by Russia would look like.He immediately sponsored more than a dozen Ukrainians to come over to Buckinghamshire, where they stayed with him, his family members, and friends.
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