Ukraine Support Group for Fletching, Piltdown and Sheffield Park.
This is the second mailing from the group just to keep you all up to date.
We’ve had a wonderful response to our call for support for Ukrainian refugees who might come to Fletching, Piltdown and Sheffield Park. Thank you to everyone who has got in touch offering help in all sorts of varied ways. It is not too late to sign up so please get in touch if you’d like to get involved.
The issuing of visas is still an extremely slow process, and we have several groups who are in the system and are waiting for final approval to come here. The good news is that two families have been successful and will be arriving shortly. We will give them a chance to settle in and then will get in touch to see how we can best support them.
Evidence seems to be showing that of those applying to come to East Sussex, most are wanting to be in the larger towns on the coast. However, Toby Illingworth, the Wealden councillor for Buxted, is doing great work on the ground in Ukraine promoting the benefits of settling in rural Wealden, so we have high hopes that a few more families will be arriving soon.
We’ll keep you updated as soon as we have any news.
Kate Minch (Chair) on kateminch1@gmail.com
David Knight on fletching.vicar@gmail.com
Peter Roundell
Gabby Paterson-Griggs
29.4.22