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.
WhatsApp groups strengthening community
Lindsay, from Aberdeen, tells us about how before they set up the group, she only knew a few of her neighbours. The chat group grew quickly and all the neighbours are much closer.
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.”
Fernhill: a story from Kirstin
I had recently formed a new group with some other local parents called The Ohana Club. Ohana means family. We had successfully launched our pilot community cinema project in February and had an upcoming trip to five sisters zoo all planned and booked for local families at the start of April. We, like many community groups, were planning holiday programmes and trying to source and secure funding to deliver our ambitious plans.
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.