A Lanarkshire organisation has teamed up with a local supermarket to start a new project helping Ukrainian refugees. Cambuslang Rotary Club purchased 60 vouchers from the town's Aldi store, which will be passed on to refugees arriving in the area.
They held a Burns' Supper in June that raised £750 for the cause - a sum matched by Rotary International, making a total of £1500.
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In turn the club were put in contact with the Ukrainian Society in Glasgow - run by Tetyana Barners - who moved to Scotland from Ukraine many years ago.
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