List of organisations
Ukrainian (and British-Ukrainian) associations and other community bodies in the United Kingdom, including ones which no longer exist. Names of organisations with the ending ‘in Great Britain’ are, with a small number of exceptions, listed without this ending to avoid repetition. See also the article on Organised community life.
Established 1913-1939
Ukraine Committee (1913-1915)
Diplomatic mission of the Ukrainian People’s Republic (1919-1921)
Samopomich society (1919-192?)
Diplomatic mission of the Western Ukrainian People’s Republic (1920-1923)
Ukrainian Social Club [in Manchester] (1929-195?)
Ukrainian Bureau (1931-1940)
Anglo-Ukrainian Committee (1931-1934)
Anglo-Ukrainian Committee (1935-1938)
Ukrainian National Information Service (1939-1941)
Established 1939-1991
- Community organisations of a general nature
- Churches and religious organisations
- Political organisations
- Youth organisations
- Ex-servicemen's associations
- Student and graduate associations
- Special interest associations
- Information, lobbying and campaigning
- Cultural and educational bodies
- Assistance and support bodies
- Associations of Ukrainians from specific regions
- British-Ukrainian organisations
Community organisations of a general nature
Ukrainian Canadian Servicemen’s Association (1943-1946)
Association of Ukrainian Soldiers in the Polish Armed Forces / Self-Reliance Association of Ukrainians (1945-1946)
Association of Ukrainians in Great Britain [AUGB] (1946-present)
Association of Ukrainian Women in Great Britain [OUZ] (1948-present)
Federation of Ukrainians in Great Britain [FUGB] (1949-201?); previously Ukrainian Bureau (1949-1950)
Olena Teliha Women’s Society (1951-?); previously Women’s section of the FUGB (1951-1967)
Ukrainian Society in Great Britain (1957-2005?); previously Society of Supporters of the Ukrainian National Council (1957-1976?)
Churches and religious organisations
Ukrainian Catholic Church (1947-present)
Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church (1947-present)
Ukrainian Evangelical Baptist Fellowship (1948-?)
Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church (Conciliar) (1950-1987); previously Ukrainian Orthodox Church (1950-1964?)
Ukrainian Christian Movement (1956-198?)
Central Committee for a Ukrainian Catholic Patriarchate (1971-1980); previously Committee for a Ukrainian Catholic Patriarchate (1971-1975)
Committee for the Defence of Law and Order in the Ukrainian Catholic Church (1975-1989)
Ukrainian Religious Society of Saint Sophia (1977-present)
Ukrainian Catholic Patriarchate Lay Association (1980-2005)
Political organisations
Organisation of Ukrainian Nationalists (Banderivtsi) (1945-20??)
Organisation of Ukrainian Nationalists (Melnykivtsi) (1947-20??)
Ukrainian Revolutionary Democratic Party (1948-2000)
Ukrainian National Council, UK Representation (1948-1992)
Soiuz Hetmantsiv Derzhavnykiv (1949-199?)
Ukrainian National State Union
Ukrainian National Democratic Alliance
Ukrainian Socialist Party
Union of Lands of United Ukraine – Agrarian Party
Organisation of Ukrainian Nationalists Abroad (1956-201?)
Ukrainian Democratic Alliance, UK branch (197?-198?)
Youth organisations
Ukrainian Youth Association (1948-present)
Plast Ukrainian Scouting Organisation (1948-present); previously Plast-K.W.O.M. Society (1948-1975); Plast Ukrainian Youth Organisation (1975-200?)
Ukrainian Democratic Youth Organisation (1951-195?, 1973-197?)
Federation of Young British Ukrainians (196?-198?); previously Ukrainian Youth Organisation of the FUGB (196?-197?)
Ukrainian Orthodox Youth League (1973-1993?)
Ex-servicemen’s associations
Association of Ukrainian War Veterans (1949-197?)
Association of Ukrainian Former Combatants (1949-2015)
Ukrainian National Guard (1950-1953)
League of Ukrainian Resistance Fighters (1951-200?)
Symon Petliura Legion (1953-1999)
Symon Petliura Front (1953-1975)
Ukrainian Officers’ Club (1957-1969?)
Union of Ukrainian Veterans (1959?-1981?)
Ukrainian Ex-servicemen’s Council (1963-1979?)
Ukrainian Cossack Brotherhood (1972?-1976?)
Student and graduate associations
Ukrainian Students Union (1947-2004); previously Association of Ukrainian Students (1947-1977)
Obnova Ukrainian Catholic Graduates’ Society (1948-197?); previously Obnova Ukrainian Catholic Students’ Society (1948-195?)
Zarevo Ukrainian Student Association (1949-195?)
Ukrainian Graduate Society in London (1978-1998)
Ukrainian Graduates and Professionals Association (1987-199?)
Special interest associations
Society of Ukrainian Writers and Journalists (1948-196?)
Transport and General Workers’ Union, Ukrainian Section (1951-19??)
Society of Ukrainian Engineers (1951-195?)
Nova Fortuna Co-Operative Society (1955-2016); previously Patria Co-Operative Society (1955-1957)
Association of Ukrainian Teachers (1955-present); previously Association of Ukrainian Teachers and Educators (1955-2012)
Union of Ukrainian Traders and Businessmen (1955-196?)
Society of Ukrainian Litterateurs (1974-199?)
Ukrainian Medical Association in Great Britain (198?-199?)
Information, lobbying and campaigning
Ukrainian Information Service (1946)
Ukrainian Information Service (1949-present)
Ukrainian Publishers Limited (1949-1993)
Democratic Organization of Ukrainians Formerly Persecuted by the Soviet Regime (1951-198?)
Ukrainian Committee in Great Britain (1956-196?)
Polish-Ukrainian Society in London (1966-198?)
Committee for the Defence of Ukrainian Political Prisoners in the USSR (1974-1980?)
Society for Soviet Nationality Studies (1985-1992)
Ukrainian Peace Committee (1986-1992)
Ukrainian Press Agency (1987-1992)
Ukrainian Helsinki Union (British Section) (1987-1992)
Cultural and educational bodies
Shevchenko Library and Archive (1947-present); previously AUGB Head Office Library (1947-1963), Taras Shevchenko Library and Museum (1963-2001)
Shevchenko Centenary Committee (1960-1964)
Stepan Bandera Museum of the Ukrainian Liberation Struggle (1962-present)
Alla Horska Museum (1964-present); previously OUZ Museum of Ukrainian Folk Arts (1964-1971)
Olena Teliha [Women’s Society] Museum (197?-?)
Inter-organisational Committee on Supplementary Education (1977-1980)
Ukrainian Institute London (1979-present); previously London College of the St Clement Ukrainian Catholic University (1979-2004)
Ukrainian Millennium Committee (1984-2002)
Markian Shashkevych Centre in Halifax (1987-201?)
European Ukrainian Cultural and Educational Foundation (1990-1992)
Assistance and support bodies
Ukrainian Relief Committee (1945-1948)
Central Ukrainian Relief Bureau (1945-1948)
Relief Board for Ukrainian Students (1948-2003)
Associations of Ukrainians from specific regions
Bukovyna Cultural Association (1967-19??)
Peremyshl Association (1969-197?)
Hutsul Region Association (1969-200?)
Volyn Association (1985-200?)
Ivan Franko Boiko Region Association (1987-200?)
British-Ukrainian organisations
Anglo-Ukrainian Society (1953-1984)
The Mazepa Society (1967-1985)
British Association for Ukrainian Studies (1991-1993?)