“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.
The dark side of collaboration
A sobering thought piece by experienced public sector worker Christina Ashworth on how we need to deliberately and mindfully choose to be more radical and face up to past tokenistic consultation and citizen involvement that can do more harm than good.
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.
Sex and Cancer
Sarah Davis and Emma Qunital from Macmillan’s London Cancer Community share their story of starting a project to support people whose sex lives have been affected by cancer or treatment and how lockdown has affected their plans.
Covid Considerations: Thinking time and new ways of thinking
Social change activist, poet and businessman Robert Punton’s perspective of lockdown and the opportunities he sees. From no longer having to worry about travelling to meetings as a disabled man to new connections and grassroot movements.
Covid Considerations: Stop taking the piss
Based on the experience of caring for her mum, Sally, the National Co-production Advisory Group Chair, wants us to stop and think about what we’re measuring and reporting – especially now when people are separated from their loved ones.
Covid Considerations: A Found Poem
Whilst we take a pause in our #covidconsiderations blog series enjoy this found poem made up of lines from each blog published so far. It is a round up, a battle cry and captures the essence of this series full of reflection, hope and personal stories.