these are your stories
These are the stories of how you shopped for your neighbours, dropped off supplies to your friends who were shielding, hosted a zoom group for those you knew needed regular outreach, organised a mutual support network and offered hope and help to your communities.
Read the stories of others like you in Scotland who helped!
These stories inform a national research project. These are stories of local action across Scotland, whether that’s food drop-offs, support for neighbours, calls to older residents and more. This research will help shine a light on how local communities play a critical role in our future and how we can build forward better, creating a fairer Scotland for us all.
online community centre
Sam from Edinburgh Coronavirus Support shares their story on what they did, and what we can learn from it.
weel kent faces in Ayshire
Colin, ACES development worker, shares his experience of helping during the pandemic. Delivering food and essential supplies to folk, he tells us how important supporting our citizens is, now and going forward.
puzzle challenge to help friends and families
Gareth, an A&E Consultant from Aberdeen, shares how he organised an orienteering puzzle hunt with his children for his community during the pandemic, and shares “communities came together”
encouraging connection and conversation in the LGBTQ community
Jenna tells us about starting a project and campaign — a place and a language for the LGBTQ community to come together online — as a way to bring a voice to and connect this community.
lockdown leads to library launch
Christina started the lockdown library in her neighbourhood in Leith.
distributing shopping, medicines and hot meals in the Scottish Borders
This is Jamie’s story of volunteering — distributing shopping, medicines and hot meals in the Scottish Borders — during Covid19.
helping in Milton
Linda from Love Milton shares why she got involved to help and what she did, sharing “everybody who could help, did”
from crisis to community
For the first time people forgot their labels ..Catholic , Protestant , Muslim, English, Scottish , Pakistani etc and became one multi-cultural community to support each other during the fight to reduce the transmission of the Coronavirus.
school uniforms in Glasgow
Leanne from Glasgow City Parents Group tells us how she organised uniform recycling during the pandemic, and the support they are looking for going forward.
collective responsibility and empowering communities: Darkwood Crew
Darkwood Crew in Ferguslie Park supported their community during COVID-19; Terry tells us “our communities hold the solutions to many of our larger global problems including the pandemic, climate change and collective well being. Collective responsibility and empowering communities is vital to any suggested well being recovery.”
Bob’s story- street gigs and kindness
community conversations in Carbrain
Corra Foundation Community Co-ordinator, Shazia Riaz, and local community members Frances Parks, Maureen Hascoet de Cuestas and William Holmer share what has inspired them to get involved in their community, their experience of the local responses to the coronavirus and their hopes for the future.
Roots of Linwood
Roots responded to the crisis by distributing more than 12,000 boxes to households across Renfrewshire who weren’t able to access food. This included the elderly, folk who were shielding, front line workers and vulnerable families.
we all need each other
by Saima Hayat
I have always made an effort to get to know my neighbours and build a feeling of community. I think it is really important to know those around us and I think it helps us feel safe.