Community responses to COVID-19 - resources
February 16, 2021
click here for examples and case studies of community responses to Covid-19
With the rapidly changing situation regarding COVID-19 (Coronavirus) and the effect on individuals and communities, we thought it would be helpful to point people in the direction of support and ideas for community responses to COVID-19.
In particular, we are keen to share any helpful community development approaches, as our sector has a lot of experience working with communities in difficult circumstances.
We'll continue to update this information as we hear more. Please get in touch if you have any suggestions.
In this section
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Guidance on community responses to COVID-19 - Links to a wealth of guidance that has been produced already taking you through everything from the importance of keeping yourself and others safe to working with vulnerable groups, as well as directories that help you to find existing community groups you can link up with instead of duplicating effort.
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Funding - For both organisations that are in crisis due to the coronavirus pandemic and those who need resources to support their communities.
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Other practical resources - Check out existing templates and tools, including what other groups have been doing. For instance, South Islay Development's information leaflet can be found in our practical resources section.
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General guidance on COVID-19 - It's important to follow all the public health guidance while repsonding in your community, and to keep up to date with the latest restrictions.
Guidance on community responses to COVID-19
Support and useful links for community groups responding to COVID-19 in their communities.
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Supporting Communities Safely |
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Be Kind, Reach Out and Coorie In |
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Community Action Response |
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Community Responses to COVID -19; Doing the Right Thing – Safely |
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Community support guide |
This short guide by Argyll and Bute Health and Social Care Partnership is aimed at supporting community groups and local people who are volunteering to support vulnerable and older people in the community during the COVID-19 outbreak. |
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COVID-19 Mutual Aid UK |
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Covid-19 mutual aid groups |
Provided by Mutual Aid UK (see above), a map of mutual aid groups and other community responses to COVID-19 across the UK. An alternative list is provided by Freedom Press. |
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Groundswell resources for supporting people experiencing homelessness |
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IACD's message to members |
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Information on coronavirus for community councils |
Community councils can find information on how to respond to coronavirus on the Scottish Community Councils website. |
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LGBT Health and Wellbeing |
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Nesta |
This blog goes through some of the issues faced by the voluntary and community sector, and links to international examples of community responses to coronavirus. |
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Outside the Box |
Outside the Box has a page on community responses to Coronavirus which contains some useful resources we don't have here, inlcuding support lines for loneliness, mental health and domestic abuse. |
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Ready Scotland |
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SCVO |
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Volunteer Scotland |
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YouthLink Scotland |
If your community organisation works with children and young people, YouthLink Scotland have brought together information and resources for youth workers in relation to the developing COVID-19 situation. |
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Young Scot |
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Clear Your Head campaign |
The Scottish Government has launched a new mental health campaign highlighting things people can do to look after themselves during the coronavirus outbreak. For practical tips on how to stay positive and feel better. |
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Funding
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CAF Coronavirus Emergency Fund |
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Response Recovery Resilience |
The RRR Fund is supporting local charities and grassroots organisations across Scotland to help them respond to the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic and recover from its impact. Funding is available between £1,000 and £5,000– focussed on immediate community needs. |
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SCVO's funding page |
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Scottish Government funding |
The Community & Third Sector Recovery Programme is a £25m Scottish Government funded programme aiming to support charities, community groups, social enterprises and voluntary organisations that are supporting people and communities through the shift from lockdown to recovery. |
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Other practical resources
Support directories, templates, web apps and other materials that could be useful when responding to COVID-19 in your community.
Please note: some of the information has kindly been provided by community groups working hard to support people impacted by coronavirus in their communities. If you have any questions, please contact us in the first instance rather than the groups who will have limited capacity to respond to queries.
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Phase 3 - Stakeholder toolkit |
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Communities Responding to Covid-19 |
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Coronavirus Community Assistance Directory |
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Creating a Community Emergency Plan |
Ready Scotland has created tools and templates to help communitie plan during an emergency, some of which should be useful for community groups responding to COVID-19. |
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Helpfulpeeps |
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Nextdoor App |
Nextdoor enables people to share helpful information with their neighbours. |
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Protect Scotland app |
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ScotPHO's COVID-19 Community Vulnerability app |
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South Islay Development's information leaflet |
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#ViralKindness postcard |
A really useful postcard aimed at helping people who are self-isolating during the coronavirus pandemic. |
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Virtual meetings & video calls |
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General guidance on COVID-19
Public health and other advice on coronavirus.
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Scottish Government campaigns - September 2020 |
In light of the recent announcements on changes to Coronavirus restrictions, the Scottish Government is running two new campaigns: September Restrictions and Stop The Spread |
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Advice from Health Protection Scotland |
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NHS Inform |
NHS Guidance on coronavirus, including symptoms, actions to take if you think you or someone you know has coronavirus, and how to stay protected. |
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Scottish Government |
The latest updates from the Scottish Government concerning coronavirus. | More |
UK government response |
The latest advice from the UK Government. |
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