There is this page on Ukrainian Wikipedia with offers of help - if we are able to do anything, worth posting it here:
https://uk.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?curid=4472720 On Sat, 12 Mar 2022, 16:48 Lucy Crompton-Reid, < lucy.crompton-r...@wikimedia.org.uk> wrote: > Thanks for this Lane - I wasn't aware of this scheme but I'll look into > the details and email the trustees ASAP. > > I was planning to email this list next week to highlight a couple of > things that Wikimedia UK has done/is doing, and ways in which Wikipedians > can contribute, although of course it all feels woefully inadequate. > > All best > Lucy > > On Sat, 12 Mar 2022 at 12:34, Lane Chance <zinkl...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Would it be possible for WMUK to join the government's sponsorship >> scheme as a registered UK charity and provide organizational and >> practical help and probably a very modest amount of funding for >> someone fleeing the war in the Ukraine to stay in London? It's likely >> that funding will be available from several sources if requested, so >> WMUK may not need to directly fund anything apart from some >> coordination time from an employee and of course interested >> volunteers. >> >> Talking to others that have sponsored political refugees in the past, >> such as religious groups, there is an expectation that you have a >> connection to the sponsored refugee, and it would seem appropriate to >> seek to sponsor an academic or librarian, or even a past Wikipedia >> volunteer who is unable to use the other routes as they don't have >> existing close family living in the UK. >> >> Could the trustees have a discussion about whether this is reasonable >> and allowable under the "libraries" and open knowledge scope of the >> charity and the agreement with the Wikimedia Foundation? If it's not >> reasonable to take direct action, the trustees may have other ideas of >> how WMUK can be seen to help. >> >> Reference: >> https://www.gov.uk/guidance/local-sponsorship-scheme-for-ukraine >> >> Thanks, >> Lane >> _______________________________________________ >> Wikimedia UK mailing list >> wikimediau...@wikimedia.org >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l >> WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk >> > > > -- > Lucy Crompton-Reid (she/her) > Chief Executive > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia UK mailing list > wikimediau...@wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l > WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk
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