Coronavirus: ways you can help your community

Ways you can help people locally

You can:

• share local authority schemes

• find support groups in your area – we've been given these details by people in communities

• direct people to mutual aid groups set up to help people in local communities who are considered high risk

Volunteer with recognised organisations

Sign up to volunteer at:

• NHS GoodSAM

• local volunteer centres

• Volunteering Wales

• Volunteer Scotland

• Volunteer Now (Northern Ireland

• Volunteering Matters

• Do-it

• Reach Volunteering

• Age UK

• British Red Cross

Support people to get fairer access to food

You can:

• connect with a local group in your community who's tackling food poverty and needs volunteers or food donations

• apply to be a Food Share partner with Co-op if you're a local group

• donate or exchange surplus food with a local community Hubbub fridge

• contact your local Member Pioneer Co-ordinator to find a Food Share partner

• find out what your council is doing to fight food poverty at a local level through Co-op Party’s Food Justice Finder

• donate to food banks – visit the Trussell Trust website and find a food bank in your area

Help people with money worries

You can:

• share this advice on claiming benefits from the Department for Work and Pensions

• direct people to the following job sites if they're out of work: Co-op, Tesco, Asda, Aldi, Morrisons, Lidl, Cera Care, Home Instead, HC-One

Help people with legal worries

You can:

• guide them to Citizens Advice for free, independent and confidential advice on any legal issues they're facing during the Covid-19 pandemic

• share information from Co-op Legal Services about employee rights around health and safety, sick pay and leave

• share information on how people can make a will during lockdown

   

Share accurate advice

For advice on what to do if you, or someone you know, has symptoms of coronavirus (COVID-19), visit the NHS website or GOV.UK.

You can also signpost people to: 

• the mental health charity, Mind

• Mind's advice on supporting children and young people

• the latest travel advice at GOV.UK