Scots town opens doors to Ukrainian families as refugees 'settling in well' in Highlands
dailyrecord.co.ukA Scots town has opened it's doors to almost a dozen Ukrainian families who are said to be "settling in well" in the Highlands.
The big-hearted residents of Aberfeldy and surrounding areas have already welcomed seven families from the war-torn country and are expecting another four to arrive this week.
Following Russia's invasion of the country, owner of the Schiehallion Hotel in the town, Gavin Price, helped launch the 'Highland Perthshire Welcomes Ukraine' appeal, which is completely run by local volunteers and supported by donations and grants.
After two families arrived in mid-April, the town welcomed five more on Thursday last week and locals have been making the refugees feel at home.Heartwarming pictures show the families enjoying meals with sponsors who have taken them in and Gavin, 48, told the Record: "They've settled in really well."It's been great to see them wandering about the town integrating themselves into the community."We've created a hub so that the refugees can support each other as well as they know what each other have been going through."We're expecting another four families to arrive this week, so this will take our population up a wee bit."The hosts are all enjoying the experience as well and folk are settling in really well."The families arrived in the Highlands in time to celebrate the Ukrainian Orthodox Easter on Sunday as they enjoyed the festivities out in Grandtully in Perthshire.Pictures showed the kids painting eggs and enjoying the balmy Scots autumn weather as they ate outside.Meanwhile some of the children didn't waste any time signing up to the local football team as they settled into their new surroundings - and the kids are set to be enrolled at local schools Breadalbane Academy
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