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Hot meals. we helped prep the meals, the day before. weve investigated caratas, who is here and have pledged to bring 2,000 ukrainian orphans here to poland and to resettle them. and as you guys know, there are millions coming across the border. all of those charities are really, really good ones if people at home want to look them up, find out more, jump in and help. >> you come from a polish and slovakian heritage yourself. and a lot of ukrainian immigrants i know work along the jersey shore, ...

But we will rapidly expand the scheme in a phased way which charities, churches and community groups to ensure that many prospective sponsors can be matched with ukrainians who need help. and we are course also working closely with the devolved administrations to make sure that their kind offers of help are also mobilised. i know that all concerned want to play their part in supporting ukrainians who have been through so much to ensure that they feel at home in the united kingdom. i am committed...

Everything! when covid hit, everything changed. in order to help ease the pressure on the ambulance service - through the autumn and winter, we created specialist falls - teams where the charities provided the training, i the equipment and the vehicles to help us getj to patients who had fallen. and what we found is we were able to discharge a lot of patients - safely at home, which freed up the ambulances to go to otherl more critical cases. right. so, jordan, what was that like for you? it was...

I dont want to be stuck here, or other places. weve rented out in poland. like many ukrainians, we dont want to go far from ukraine. we want to stay close to our homes, close to our families. with the hopes that will be able to go back soon. im not going to take my mother-in-law the stress of trying to get into the uk without -- with the news reports im seeing at the moment. its better for us to stay here. weve rented a house, were getting on with staff members and friends. everybody is helping ...

That was causing a huge backlog. the next bit of the scheme is going to be something announced on monday which is the root for people who dont have a uk relative, a humanitarian route. lots of british families have watched what is going on and thought i have a spare room, i wouldnt mind putting some desperate people up for a few months. that will be part of it. alongside councils, charities, churches, allowed to bring people over and put them up in any accommodation they have. now this has been ...

To as many people as possible. there is kindness here in the scottish islands. theres so many people out there that want to help and have offered up their homes. shelter, i think would be the chosen word and a bit of passion, a bit of love. an escape from their war torn country. - this town of aberfeldy is planning to open its hearts and homes to help in a crisis more than 3,000 miles away. you know, weve got a tradition of welcoming people here in aberfeldy. its a great community. this is the l...

The price is going to be. jake sullivan has a habit of saying, you know what , the price if they cross this red line will be very high. but nobody has defined the price yet. nobody has put any definition on exactly what that price will be except for the sanctions we have seen. so its fascinating to see if in fact this thing push comes to shove. what and in fact that price would be jonathan, back to you in a moment. thank you . americans are stepping up to help the people of ukraine through chari...

We had around 100 people. appreciate we had around 100 people. - appreciate your time this morning. all sorts of efforts from voluntary organisations and charities, the pressure is really on. although this saps being an effective effort for a fortnight, how much longer can it continue? —— this has been an effective effort. continue? -- this has been an effective effort.— continue? -- this has been an effective effort. ., ,, , ., . effective effort. thank you so much. thank ou effective eff...

Important to hear what the young girl was saying. there is nothing left. but im afraid that there are 1 million of children left still inside of ukraine. because for every refugee ukrainian who has left, there is probably 11 or 12 ukrainian still inside of the country forcing -- the international rescue committee, we are fighting on two fronts. yes, we are trying to offer support in european countries where our expertise can really help local governments and charities. but we are also determined...

In decision making. the number of disabled people who are struggling to pay their energy bills could more than double this year, to over two million, according to charities. those with disabilities or long—term health conditions often need extensive electrical equipment to survive, which can be expensive to run. campaigners say more should be done to help with the rising cost of energy. 0ur social affairs correspondent michael buchanan reports. ruby walsh has done well to reach 15 years of age...