Making donations and other ways you can help
You can donate to local or national charities or organisations who are currently making appeals for support.
The Charity Commission and Fundraising Regulator urges people to give safely to registered charities helping and supporting those affected by the invasion of Ukraine. You can find out more about registered charities online.
National and international organisations
- The Ukrainian Humanitarian Fund UN Crisis Relief can be used to make a donation towards the United Nation's humanitarian work in Ukraine.
- The British Red Cross supports people by supplying shelter, medicines, water, food and clothes.
- Unicef deliver life-saving programmes to children along with water to areas heavily affected by war.
- Oxfam is taking donations through the website or in their shops.
Local organisations
- Home Basics is a local social enterprise who support people on low income and means-tested benefits with the purchase of basic household furniture and electrical items. They also operate a self-referral discount scheme which has been extended to include displaced Ukrainians and other refugees who might find themselves rehoused and needing basic items. Based in Walkerburn and Hawick, they welcome donations from across the Borders.