GREENOCK Rotary Club are helping Ukranian refugees find their feet in Inverclyde by donating £1,000 of gift vouchers for them to use at local stores.
The club were joined by John Waddell, chairman of Rotary's West of Scotland District Foundation, to present the coupons to Karen Haldane of community care group Your Voice, who have been helping the people resettling here.
The vouchers were divided equally among Tesco and Primark, with the club hoping to secure more funding in the future.
A spokesperson for the organisation said: "As a result of the war in Ukraine, many women and children have fled from their country, seeking refuge and safety, leaving their husbands and sons behind to defend their homeland.
"Often they escape with little more than the clothes they are wearing.
"Inverclyde has been delighted to welcome some of these people and provide them with the shelter they are seeking."
The donation is part of a £20,000 grant given to the west of Scotland region by the Rotary international disaster response fund to help local refugees.
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