KIND pupils at a local secondary school have made it their mission to help Ukranians refugees settle in to Inverclyde.

Clydeview Academy in Gourock held a variety of fundraising events to raise cash for special welcome packs which will be given to those who are new to the area having fled the war in their homeland.

The young people held a bake sale, organised a race and even persuaded their teachers to take part in a charity leg waxing to collect money.

The pupils are all part of the school's S2 social justice class.

Teacher Shaun Kavanagh told the Tele the youngsters had been keen to support local refugees and do their bit for the community.

He said: "The whole idea is to provide a welcome pack for refugees and after liaising with our contacts at the council they told us there were certain items we could donate to help with that.

"It's a gesture to help make them feel welcome and we put a wee message into the packs as well.

"The kids organised everything and used their skills of persuasion to get the donations.

"I'm sure they'll get a great result at the end of it and do some good for the community in the process."

Abbey Graham, 13, added: "It's a really good cause that we were all keen to support."

Fellow pupil Lucas Wagstaff, also 13, told the Tele: "We brainstormed a lot of ways to raise the money and now it's just about getting it all done.

"We set up an online appeal for the donations and asked our teachers to help out.

"Ukrainian people have been coming here for a while now and a lot of them still don't have their own place to stay.

"We hope raising this money helps them to settle in."