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.
NHS stay home poem
Zoe, aged 8, shares a poem about COVID-19.
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.
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.
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.
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.
art can bring us together
by Michael Clark
It’s been a bizarre and thought provoking time for everyone during lockdown. As a musician all live work dried up overnight… I did a remote musical collaboration for the first time… and found that the music we’d recorded along with the clips from my phone made for a simple and hopefully positive video which I could share with people.
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