Alford Town Council, East Lindsey

We are providing a delivery service for medication and if necessary, food to residents of Alford and the surrounding villages, manned by volunteers. We also have a team set up to deal with pastoral care who are available to chat to people who are feeling isolated. We have also worked with local groups such as the Silver Band, Football club and craft centre to encourage them to use social media to interact with members and non-members to provide ideas and activities for people to do at home. We have a website, facebook page and helpline set up and work in partnership with the local food bank, shops, Doctors surgery and chemist, also with the District council and Lincolnshire Resilience Forum. Our registered group name is Chester and George Care and Share Group on Facebook.

Alconbury Weston Parish Council, Huntingdonshire District

Formed a group on Facebook calling for Helpers (over 200 signed up) in the villages of Alconbury, Alconbury Weston and Upton. The Alconbury Weston Parish Council circulated every household (population 800 including 175 over age of 70) with contact details of every Parish Councillor offering help and coordinating a named street helper. Using Nextdoor a group was formed for helpers and those needing help in conjunction with the Help Map feature on Nextdoor.

Medlar-with-Wesham Town Council, Lancashire

The Council has set up a Community Support System.  All households received a letter with contact details for support and a card to be displayed in the window of the household.  The card has a green side which indicates thanks everything is OK, and a red side which indicates that support is needed.  Over 50 residents have volunteered to help others in the community. Every road has been allocated at least 2 "wardens" who check their area daily.  The centre support phone number and email address can be contacted by those needing support and advising that a red card has been seen. The centre support have also helped local companies contact the food bank.  People have been helped by volunteers doing shopping, collecting prescriptions, ringing up for chats or just walking past and interacting at a safe distance.  The Community Centre is also being used for extra storage and packing spaces for the local food bank.  The Council website is continually being updated with helpful information and contacts.

Ashprington & Tuckenhay Village Response Group, South Hams

Over 50 volunteers to shop, get prescriptions, dog walk, telephone befriending, virtual village coffee morning, coordinating food deliveries and weekly newsletters.

Frittenden Parish Council, Tunbridge Wells

Volunteer scheme for collecting shopping/medicines/ keeping phone contact. This is a joint venture with the local church and was launched with a leaflet drop to every household in the village. This called for volunteers and asked what help, if any, each household needed. A Hardship Fund, financed by public donation and administered by the Parish Council has been set up.

Coton village, Cambridgeshire

Approximately 1000 residents, semi-rural, geographically well defined, low deprivation, shop, pub, school, church, good existing social networks, email group with 200+ members to offer and ask for help. FB community noticeboard, medicine collections, deliveries from local shop and pub, rainbows in windows, art work in windows and Easter bunny delivery to >200 households. Follow up of all individuals notified as vulnerably by district council and a grant to provide a small number of mobile phone and tablets to get more people online

Warboys and District Day Centre, Cambridge

The Warboys and District Day Centre is a Charitable organisation providing company, socialisation and support to people over 60 yrs of age who would otherwise be lonely and isolated. While the Centre is closed we are continuing to support our members. One of our members has a live in paid carer, the others all live alone I am making phone calls to our members twice weekly. Our volunteers are also contacting members by phone or where appropriate IT on a regular basis. I am undertaking shopping for two of our members who require help with this. I am also liaising closely with family and carers where appropriate. I undertake visits to members if required within the rules of social distancing. We have the telephone number for our local Social Service representative and can contact her if required, however our aim is to continue to provide support to our 14 members from within the Day Centre Structure. My background is that I am a Retired Mental Health professional and am therefore aware of issues around safeguarding and vulnerability, and am aware of reporting mechanisms should any such issues arise.

Slaugham Parish Council, Mid Sussex

Slaugham Parish is the Parish Council looking after 4 villages within West Sussex (Pease Pottage, Handcross, Warninglid and Slaugham). Each village has different needs and circumstances and each village is looking after its own villagers for food, medicines, etc. with the guidance of our Slaugham Parish Council (SPC). I first moved to a more ‘rural’ way of life 40 years ago and then, when moving to Pease Pottage (PP), I was amazed to see how our villagers look after one another even though now PP, and all around this area, is being developed. In fact, our ‘rural’ way of life here in PP, is really being put to the test with Covid-19, but I am glad to say that, so far, we are winning. Here in PP, we are very lucky to have a Secretary and Volunteers – who all pull together in such a crisis (despite having other commitments such as: working from home, volunteering elsewhere). Our PP Secretary has also been busy promoting our local businesses where people can get shopping much closer to home. Our Secretary is looking after our PP residents as far as food, friendship, dog walking, etc, are concerned, and (as a Parish Councillor, following a request from our local medical centre to our Slaugham Parish Council), I am working alongside our Secretary with regard to organising delivery of prescriptions via our Volunteers.

Bishop's Waltham Parish Council, Hampshire

Support Line for elderly and vulnerable parishioners.

Bovey Tracey Town Council, Teignbridge

A collaborative set-up of Town Council, Community Groups, Volunteers and other local organisations have set-up the Bovey Parish Coronavirus Action Group to support the vulnerable/elderly parishioners.