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Coronavirus has brought challenging times for everybody, with families kept apart, vulnerable people marooned at home and health services feeling the strain. But it's how we've risen to those challenges that will surely come to define this period.
Here are some of the stories of how our own staff, customers and partners have responded to the crisis with generosity, community spirit, imagination and practicality.
Many of the things we turn to for comfort such as TV, books and newspapers, aren’t always accessible when you are visually impaired. During isolation the radio can be the only thing you can to turn to for news, entertainment and a comforting voice at home
Whilst the pandemic has limited activities across the country, green-fingered residents at our Camden based care and support scheme have been busy growing their own fruit and vegetables.
A big floury thumbs-up to 89 year-old resident Flo, who has been baking delicious home-made pies for local elderly and vulnerable people since the pandemic began - and thanks to social media she’s receiving world-wide recognition.
A lockdown video created at one of our care homes is proving a popular watch on YouTube.
Martin D’Mello, our Group Director of Health Care and Support, tells how we’re providing temporary accommodation for hospital leavers
"Now is the time for the community to come together to help those in need," says Rohul Miah, Resident Engagement and Partnerships Officer
They say a picture’s worth a thousand words. So when lockdown stopped family visiting our carehome resident Beryl, art offered them a different way to communicate.
We’ve all needed a little help at times to get through lockdown - and it's come in a variety of forms.
“I was impressed by all parties working together throughout the recent pandemic to get our move completed"