Understanding the 9 million active neighbours of lockdown

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The coronavirus crisis saw a huge movement of community activity and support. Immy Robinson, co-lead of the Relationships Project, shares their research about what made people come together. How we can support the different types of active neighbour with an ecology that enables community activity to thrive?

A year on: Are everyday people our new invisible trauma and loss workers?

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Trainer Lourdes Colclough highlights an extraordinary new role being carried out by members of the community in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic: informal trauma and grief counselling. She tells us about the training being offered to those stepping up to fill gaps in formal mental health support.

A year on: still looking in

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Inflammatory bowel disease Nurse Rachel Campbell reflects on her experience of working with patients during the pandemic: what’s changed, what’s here to stay and what the future holds.

Covid Considerations: Groundhog Day

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Are you feeling stuck right now? Life coach Jennie Sanderson describes how after grieving a much needed cancelled holiday, she made small tweaks to shift her perspective to a more hopeful one – and you can too.

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