Festive welcome to Holytown as 12 Ukrainian families settle with kind gift too from developer

And with Christmas approaching Modern Housing has donated £10,000 to help the new families settle.

The kind sum was used to fund grocery vouchers and presented at a recent visit to the development.

Russell Laing, Project Manager, Modern Housing explained: “We are a family business locally employing forty people.

" Many of my colleagues who worked on the Holytown estate live within a mile of it. We’re invested in the community and were determined to do what we could to support our new neighbours.

"We follow the news from abroad and I know first-hand that local people want to do what they can to help during this difficult time.”

Arlene Duncan, Housing Officer, Clyde Valley Housing Association, commented. “This is a team effort.

"Clyde Valley is part of a joint working group locally to accommodate Ukrainian families.

"We are well-used to working together to address housing challenges.

"So we have utilised this experience to focus on making the new transition for these families as smooth as possible.

We’ll continue to visit to offer assistance and advice.

"Many thanks to Modern Housing for their kind donation.”