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Covid Crisis: some useful links

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Help during quarantine

In need of urgent help during quarantine? The organisations listed here may be able to help.

https://www.gov.uk/coronavirus-extremely-vulnerable

Fill in a short form to notify the government that you’re in need of urgent assistance. They can deliver food parcels and connect you with other forms of help.

https://hackney.gov.uk/coronavirus-support#vulnerable

Fill in a short form to notify Hackney Council that you’re in need of support.

https://covidmutualaid.org/local-groups/

Put in your postcode to find the local WhatsApp group in your area through which you can access help and assistance from people in the immediate neighbourhood.

https://hclc.org.uk/

Hackney Community Law Centre can help with legal problems.

https://england.shelter.org.uk/housing_advice/coronavirus

Housing advice specifically for issues arising during the pandemic.

Local volunteers step up to help fight Covid-19 in Hackney Wick

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There has been an upsurge in community-led action to help the local response to Covid-19 in Hackney Wick. Here we share some inspiring examples of voluntary and community action, and highlight how local residents and organisations can work together in the coming weeks.

Wick Award – your local community partnership – is helping co-ordinate and mobilise this direct action by local volunteers and small community groups.

Volunteers yesterday delivered invaluable supplies of food, household goods, gas and electricity key recharging to a family who has a member very ill at Homerton Hospital.

TRAs, local business and residents working together

Here are some of the many other examples of people helping support their local community:

The Tenants and Resident Associations on local estates (including Gascoyne1 and 2, Herbert Butler and Leabank) have organised WhatsApp groups and have been able to get lists of vulnerable residents and get food/medicines to them.

Offers have been made from local cafes and businesses to make meals for vulnerable residents. A local environmental project has offered their van for bulk shopping.

Marks and Spencer food has been shared to residents on Herbert Butler estate.

A local vicar has got in touch with many members of the Wick community known to be older and potentially isolated.

How Wick Award is helping

Wick Award is helping print off leaflets offering support for use by local groups, arranging verification and identification of safe volunteers, helping stock food parcels, linking people to the latest advice and relevant organisations such as the Hackney Volunteer Centre, Hackney Quest and the Community Pharmacy.

Funding boost for Hackney Wick

Local Trust (the funder of initiatives such as Wick Award) have released an additional £50,000 to help the response to Covid, which is an important boost to the local area. More details coming soon on how this can be used

Useful information

The links below will take you to the latest information on COVID-19.

Get in touch

If you have an idea for a safe initiative to support vulnerable people, or are concerned for a neighbour, please contact us. You can message us on social media, call us on 07482 320 992, or email polly.mann@wickaward.co.uk.

Supporting vulnerable residents during the COVID-19 outbreak

March 18, 2020March 18, 2020 by pollymannwickawardcouk, posted in Community, Front page, News

During these exceptional times, Wick Award will be doing everything we can to support residents in Hackney Wick, especially vulnerable groups. We will be sharing key information and guidance through our website and social media.

What is Wick Award doing during COVID-19?

We are working in close partnership with key stakeholders including:

Tenants and Residents Groups on estates across the ward;
Groups providing services to older people in the borough;
Hackney Council;
Local community groups.

Who are we aiming to support?

We are supporting all residents in Hackney Wick, but particularly the vulnerable. These include people who are at risk and need to self-isolate and practice ‘social distancing’ because of Coronavirus, such as:

Older people living alone or with a partner
People with underlying health conditions
Pregnant women
Older people in sheltered accommodation
Vulnerable adults, including adults with learning needs who live independently.

What support are we aiming to provide?

We’re aiming to provide support to enable the activities of daily life to continue as well as possible for those who are self-isolating during the coronavirus outbreak. This support includes:

Electric key recharging
Mobile phone top-ups
Food shopping delivery
Food parcels for those in need of financial assistance
Medication delivery
Specialist supplies including batteries for hearing aids
Recycling bags

What we’ve done so far

So far we have:

Worked with trusted local partners including youth and community organisations , church groups and older people’s clubs in order to identify people at risk.
Brought in food supplies to support residents’ groups to distribute to vulnerable people where needed
Engaged with managers of sheltered housing schemes in Hackney Wick
Requested Well Street Tesco to offer elderly shoppers opportunity to shop during a designated quiet period when other shoppers are restricted.

Latest coronavirus news and updates

The links below will take you to the latest information on COVID-19.