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.
bakes from a balcony
Emily, from Aberdeen, shares her videos on how she helped during the pandemic. As she was shielding and furloughed, Emily decided to fundraise for the Archie Foundation through a bake sale with a difference! Delivered by lowering a rope from her balcony she raised over £3000 for the charity.
young people are strong, capable and will create change
Ethan from Govan shares his experience of supporting youth action in his community through food support and socially distanced football. He tells us “young people are strong, capable and we will create change”
community action to support asylum seekers and refugees
Adnan shares his experiences of helping during the pandemic, and why we should focus on the mental health of our asylum seeking communities going forward.
helping in Milton
Linda from Love Milton shares why she got involved to help and what she did, sharing “everybody who could help, did”
communities have huge resources, but need support
Parish Minister Christopher Rowe from Milton shares a video of how he helped during the pandemic, and what Scotland can learn 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.”
wellbeing on your doorstep
Annexe Communities is a leading charity and community enterprise with over 16 years' experience of delivering highly successful health and wellbeing initiatives to the socially disadvantaged in west Glasgow, see how they responded to COVID-19.