Coronavirus – Important Information

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In response to COVID-19, we are working with voluntary and community organisations to support our local communities. We’ll try to gather the most up-to-date and accurate information on this page – please check back regularly.

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Contacting Us

The Support Cambridgeshire partners’ offices are currently closed and our upcoming training and events are cancelled until further notice, but our staff are continuing to work from home. Please call 01480 420 601 or email info@supportcambridgeshire.org.uk for general enquiries.

 

Support Cambridgeshire Events Cancelled until May

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Due to the current situation around Covid-19, the agencies that are part of Support Cambridge have agreed to cancel events until the end of April.

Within this time staff will be working from home, Please visit each organisations website to be advised the best way to make contact with the relevant staff.

Hunts Forum: www.huntsforum.org.uk

CCVS: www.cambridgecvs.org.uk

ACRE: www.cambsacre.org.uk

Covid -19

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As the Covid-19 situation affects us all, please find an email received on Friday 13th March 2020 from Public Health along with some links.

 

Dear colleagues, community leaders and volunteers

We understand that coronavirus is generating a great deal of concern. While for many people it will be a mild illness, for older people and those with underlying health conditions it can be a more serious illness and we all need to work together to protect these more vulnerable members of our communities. To help stop the spread of coronavirus we’ve created a campaign web page from which you can download a range of materials to share (posters, images, social media posts etc. including posters translated into a range of languages). These encourage people to do the most simple and effective thing that can stop the spread of the virus, which is regularly washing your hands with soap and warm water for at least 20 seconds.
To view the page and to download, click here

Today’s the Government also announced an update on its approach, asking people to stay at home for 7 days if they have either a high temperature or a new continuous cough. This update can be viewed here

My regards

Dr Liz Robin
Director of Public Health
Cambridgeshire County Council and Peterborough City Council

 

 

Please also find the following links and support materials which may help your organisations.

Public support:
-Government Website :https://www.gov.uk/guidance/coronavirus-covid-19-information-for-the-public
-NHS Guidance :https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/coronavirus-covid-19/

Organisation support:
-NCVO :https://www.ncvo.org.uk/practical-support/information/coronavirus
-ACAS : https://www.acas.org.uk/coronavirus

Supporting People with Cancer in Cambridgeshire and Peterborough

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Local community development organisation, Cambridgeshire ACRE, is working on behalf of Macmillan Cancer Support to understand the needs and experiences of community groups and organisations in Cambridgeshire and Peterborough who may be called upon to support people affected by cancer.

We know that those who run local community groups and organisations are sometimes asked to provide support either to individuals affected by cancer or to their families/carers. Cambridgeshire ACRE is undertaking some research on Macmillan’s behalf to understand the type of support groups are asked to provide, where they get their support from and whether they would be interested in future training or advice from Macmillan to allow their group or organisation to better support people affected by cancer.

Please spare 10 minutes to complete this short online survey.

Thank you so much for your support with this important work. The survey will remain available to complete until the end of the March.

If you have any queries please email alison.brown@cambsacre.org.uk or call her on 01353 865029.

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