Covid-19 and community
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Blog: Digital government and Covid-19
Throughout the pandemic of 2020, digital initiatives – including digital public service delivery, digital payments, and priorities such as contact-tracing – have helped...
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Blog: Cleaners - the unsung heroes during the pandemic
Cleaners do incredibly important work: they keep us safe from infection. During a pandemic, this work becomes more important than ever. These key workers are risking...
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News: Celebrating Hidden Heroes Day
News | 29 Sep 2020 |Today marks Hidden Heroes Day, a moment organised by The Butler Trust to celebrate those working in prisons and probation and youth justice services. To highlight the...
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Covid-19 and community: Fellows’ case studies
PageDarren Way (sixth on the top left) has adapted his charity's services to work online with clients in the areas of young adult knife crime, gang criminality and disaffec...
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Blog: Community landowners' responses to the Covid-19 crisis
Communities that own land or buildings in Scotland have been praised for their quick and innovative response to the Covid19 crisis. As the Development Manager for...
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Blog: Lessons learnt from community kitchens
In 2014 I travelled to Peru as part of my Churchill Fellowship to explore community kitchens and approaches to food poverty. My report recommended that our basic food...
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Blog: Connecting rural communities online during the Covid-19 crisis
Rural isolation and loneliness are big issues in rural communities and have been heightened by the lockdown, especially among those who are self-isolating.
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Covid-19 Action Fund winners: community response
PageThe Covid-19 Action Fund provides grants for Churchill Fellows to run projects combatting the effects of Covid-19 in all areas of society. Hundreds of pandemic projects...
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News: Community food bank created from local sports club
A pioneering community sports club set up by Churchill Fellow Tim Holtam (CF 2018) has transformed itself into a food bank and social hub that now serves over 500 people...
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News: Delivering NHS supplies to remote regions
Civil Air Patrol co-ordinator Tony Cowan (CF 2009) is helping an operation to deliver NHS supplies to the UK’s most remote regions by small plane.
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Blog: Ten things Covid-19 has taught us about food
Food supply has emerged as a major issue during the Covid-19 pandemic. Supermarkets and food banks have struggled to keep up with demand, causing panic-buying across the...
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News: Covid-19 volunteering efforts aided by Churchill Fellow’s charity
As Secretary of State Dominic Raab praises the armed forces’ contribution during the Covid-19 crisis, we look at the work being carried out by ex-military personnel...
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Blog: How meals on wheels can improve food security during the lockdown
As the coronavirus pandemic unfolds in the UK, food security has emerged as a major problem. Many supermarkets are struggling to keep up with demand and food banks are...