Greater Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham sets out plan to support Ukraine’s recovery
15.11.2023 - 21:29
/ manchestereveningnews.co.uk
Andy Burnham has set out plans to bring together a network of cities and charities to support the recovery of Ukraine after the war.
The Greater Manchester Mayor has joined forces with the Mayor of the Liverpool City Region Steve Rotheram to develop proposals for an Unbroken Cities Network that will include mayors of 15 to 20 cities across the US and the UK.
The network will provide Ukrainian organisations with strategic and technical support from cities that have experienced terror attacks and extremist violence, as well as medical and charitable support.
It will also provide a forum to share experience, knowledge, and help to connect Ukrainian cities to existing recovery initiatives that address the physical and emotional traumas of war and conflict. The Greater Manchester-based humanitarian charity UK Med is set to become a founder member of the network.
Andy Burnham today (November 15) travelled to Krakow in Poland where he put the plan to the Mayor of Lviv, Andriy Sadovyi. Mayor Rotheram joined the meeting remotely.
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His visit came after Mayor Sadovyi visited Manchester in May of this year and met with the city’s Ukrainian community before travelling on to Liverpool for Eurovision, hosted on behalf of Ukraine.
Andy Burnham said: “Since the beginning of Russia’s appalling invasion of Ukraine, Greater Manchester has stood in full and firm solidarity with the country and its people.
“It’s understandable that the world’s attention has moved elsewhere given the seriousness of events in the Middle East. But it is