A database to help refugees fleeing war in Ukraine, charity groups and the more than 300 local households who have pledged to help them is to be created by West Lothian’s Voluntary Sector Gateway (VSG).
Council staff are currently carrying out background checks on volunteer host families to ensure the safety of Ukrainian refugees - with reports from other parts of the country that some volunteer hosts were hoping to use those feeling the conflict as 'low paid labour'.
And both volunteers and the local council are keen to ensure those who have offered to help, and the families feeling the war, are able to access all the support available.
