A Scots church is hosting a unique welcome hub to support people fleeing the Russian-Ukrainian war and their new host families.<br /><br />Around 50 people attend Park Parish Church in Giffnock, East Renfrewshire every Saturday to make new connections and share their experiences as they settle into their new communities.<br /><br />Volunteers provide face-to-face English lessons to people who don’t speak the language to help them find jobs and rebuild their lives.<br /><br />The project provides an opportunity for hosts – ordinary people who have opened their homes under the Homes for Ukraine scheme – to get to know each other and share ideas and advice.<br /><br />Rev Calum Macdonald, minister of Park Parish Church, said welcoming the stranger is at the heart of the Christian message and the Church has always been a place of sanctuary for people in times of stress and struggle.
