10/05/2022
This is the reason why we are putting on a benefit concert for Ukraine…
Meet Oksana and her daughter Weronika, who has just turned 11 and her brother Nikita who’s 7. They have recently arrived in the UK and are being sponsored to live in Bubwith just outside York.
Their home town of Kherson, which is on the banks of the Dnipro River in Eastern Ukraine, has been obliterated by the Russian army.
Oksana has bravely spoken for a press release which went out yesterday:
“Our hearts are broken. We had to leave our family and friends for a safer life here in the UK. But we think about them every waking moment.”
“I really do thank the people of the UK and our York sponsors for giving my family a safer life. We hope that we can one day return to a safe and free Ukraine.”
The family and their UK sponsors will be the special VIP guests at the Yorkraine benefit concert for Ukraine at the Grand Opera House York on the 24th May.
ALL proceeds from ticket sales will go to the British Red Cross and DEC to continue their efforts in Ukraine.
Ticket sales are ok so far, but we want to sell as many as possible. Please come and join us for a night of music at the Grand Opera House.
The concert is being produced for free by our sister company Soapy Productions
Tickets are available from the website https://ukraineconcertyork.co.uk