Understanding the 9 million active neighbours of lockdown

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?

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

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.
Tackling Health Inequalities in Manchester: the impact of Covid-19 and what’s next

A story about what can be achieved in a crisis when your way of working is already, and always, driven by listening, building trust and collaboration from Winning Hearts & Minds programme, Manchester.
“We must listen, learn and change the way we do things”: a Public Health perspective on vulnerability and inclusion during the pandemic

A very open and honest guest blog reflecting on the response to the Covid outbreak, challenging our definitions of vulnerability and asking questions about our willingness to engage with people.
#COVIDConversations, a digital storytelling project capturing everyday experiences of people across Europe

Stories are the way we understand and make sense of our world. #COVIDConversations is a digital storytelling project providing a platform for sharing everyday experiences of the pandemic from voices seldom heard.
Covid Considerations: we need to change the way we ‘do’ grant giving

After thirty years experience working in the charitable sector, Covid-19 has made Bex Clarkson question whether the charity model is working. She wants us to use this moment to do more than tinker around the edges.
Covid Considerations: Groundhog Day

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.
Covid Considerations: Food, phone calls, yoga and volunteering – a personal account of lockdown

Ametrine is a middle-aged autistic woman who struggles with living independently at the best of times. Here she writes about her experiences of lockdown.