Ukraine £1,000 donation

Chilcompton Parish Council stands with the people of Ukraine

Chilcompton Parish Council has authorised a donation of £1,000 to be made for humanitarian purposes to help refugees fleeing Ukraine. The donation which was agreed unanimously by those attending the meeting is being made to DEC which is described later in this news post. Mendip District Council has made a statement on the invasion of Ukraine. The statement can be found here. The Parish Council fully supports the statement.

The statement in the link includes sites that are accepting donations to support Ukrainians affected by the war. In addition to those sites, the UK Government also recommends donating on this website https://www.dec.org.uk . This is an umbrella site for many well known and reputable charities. More than twenty million pounds of donations made to this site were matched by the UK Government. This is the group that the donation authorised by the parish council was made to.

If you choose to donate on any site, please remember to select Gift Aid if it is appropriate to your circumstances.