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Information for
Ward Coordinators
during Covid-19
(Coronavirus) outbreak
Edition 32
Introduction This information booklet has been produced by Community Action Sutton. During these uncertain times information will change frequently, we will be working hard to ensure the information within this booklet is as up to date as possible. Visit our website and follow us on social media www.communityactionsutton.org.uk Copies of this information booklet can be found here - https://www.suttoncvs.org.uk/covid-19-ward-coordinators/ Twitter https://twitter.com/ComActionSutton Facebook https://www.facebook.com/Communityactionsutton/ In this Edition Community – updated information Vulnerable People – updated information Children, Young People and Families – updated information COVID-19 Information Useful Contacts
Community
Sutton Giving Christmas COVID-19 Voluntary and Community Sector
Appeal
This Christmas will be difficult and different for all, for many reasons, and even harder for
some families; this includes those who are isolated and alone, families with young children
and Adult and Young Carers in families with illnesses and disabilities.
We want to recognise this and ensure that everyone who requires additional support and
care during this festive season will receive it. The aim of our appeal is that people within
our community most at need receive the gift of a hamper, Christmas care package or even
toys for the children. We have all joined together to ‘share the love’ in Sutton this
Christmas, and we invite you to do the same.
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There are 3 main ways you can help:
• To give the gift of time this year volunteer to help pack hampers, children’s toys and
deliver care packages, making an unforgettable difference to our Sutton residents.
Please contact Volunteer Centre Sutton at info@vcsutton.org.uk to register your
interest.
• To donate money to make a huge difference to someone isolated and alone, by
helping us purchase food and other essential items for the festive period. You can
donate by visiting uk.virginmoneygiving.com/giving and search for "Sutton Giving".
• To give goods, drop off ambient food or unwrapped toys and gifts at Hill House,
Bishopsford Rd, Carshalton, Morden, SM4 6BL between 9:30am and 4pm, Monday -
Friday, by the end of 11th December. This will help ensure that families most in need
will have food on the table and gifts under the tree.
The community in Sutton has always been very generous, so we would like to thank you
for all the help that you give and the contributions you have made.
For more information please email Volunteer Centre Sutton at: info@vcsutton.org.uk or call
on 020 8661 5900.
The Sutton Christmas of Giving
Sutton New Town Community Festival and Enjoy Sutton are working together with St
Raphael's Hospice to promote a Sutton Christmas of Giving.
The COVID pandemic has meant a severe loss of funds for Sutton based charities and
community groups.
You can help raise funds for some of our local community groups and charities.
https://www.gofundme.com/f/sutton-christmas-of-giving
Please feel free to like, donate and share this message.
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Call out for Story Tellers of Sutton
I Got A Story To Tell….From Time is a brand-new project founded by Sutton African
Caribbean Organisation (SACCO) in partnership with Community Action Sutton.
For Black History Month February 2021 SACCO will create a series of narratives written
and spoken by members of the community - exploring the cultural, political, personal and
social lives of African Caribbean/Black Britons living and working in Sutton during the 18th
Century. The aim is to bring to life the unheard voices of 18th century African Caribbean
People, using both historical fact and fictional material.
This is a community project therefore, we are looking for people from all backgrounds,
living in Sutton to take part.
This project offers writers/storytellers a wealth of opportunity:
• You will receive support/guidance/feedback from professional theatre makers.
• Successful material will be recorded by members Sutton community.
• Your work will be exhibited/... for Black History Month 2021
• And more....
Interested?
If you are a writer/storyteller/have a deep interest in the history of African Caribbean
people in Britain and or some experience:
• Acting,
• Creative writing.
• Playwriting, Duologues or Monologues
• Narrations
• Performance
• Short story writing
• Storytelling
Please register your interest by emailing Mike Lord mic@sacco.org.uk :
A brief explanation of what you can offer the project
A little about your experience of storytelling, narrating or performance
Closing date: 8h December 5:00pm
You must be available to take part in two 90-minute creative writing workshops December
15th 7:00-8:30pm
Your stories must be submitted by January 4th 5:00pm
You must be available for recording January 9th 10:00am - 5:00pm
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COVID 19 Vaccination
As we prepare for the COVID-19 vaccine, we want to share some facts on ways that
vaccines are crucial and part of our defence against infectious diseases.
• Did you know that vaccines reduce the spread of infectious disease and even get rid of
some completely?
• When enough people get vaccinated, it’s harder for a disease to spread to those who
can’t have vaccines.
• Getting vaccinated protects not only you but also your family, friends and community.
• Vaccines are made to prevent people from getting serious infectious diseases. It’s much
safer for your immune system to learn to fight illness through vaccination than by
catching and treating them.
Find out more about vaccines and why they are safe and important
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Street, park and public open space cleanliness
The street cleansing teams have been clearing leaves across the borough
recently. If the leaves in your road are causing a slip or trip hazard, or
blocking the gullies,
Use the Council Report It. website.
Sutton Parks Lockdown Poetry Competition: £50 book
token prize
Sutton Council are looking for the best poem on the theme of parks and lockdown.
It’s free to enter and open to residents of the London Borough of Sutton only. A prize will
be awarded for the winner in each category of a £50 book token:
• Under 12 years old
• 12 to 17 years old
• Adults 18+ years old
• One entry per person
Closing date for entries: 31 December 2020. Entries should be emailed to
dawn.fielding@sutton.gov.uk
Find out more - https://www.sutton.gov.uk/poetry-competition
Libraries Are Open
Sutton Libraries are open with visitors able to browse, use study spaces and I.T. facilities
(use of services must be pre-booked).
To find out what's available at your local library click here
Digital toolkit for Flu
Please don't forget to continue to use the NHS digital toolkit for Flu in the coming months.
There is a section on flu myth busting and translations of the materials.
Materials are added to the toolkit regularly.
Please click on the link below see your toolkit.
www.swlondon.nhs.uk/sutton-winter-toolkit-20-21/
The toolkit includes
• Toolkit guidance
• Posters
• Static social media Images
• Animated GIFs
• Multi-media messaging
• CRM copy
• Newsletter copy
• Generic Facebook header
• Generic Twitter header
If you have any questions, please contact – Tracey.Lambert@swlondon.nhs.uk
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Implications of the local restriction tiers for volunteering
Government guidance states that at all tiers, people who can volunteer from home should
do so.
People can choose to volunteer outside their home if:
• They cannot volunteer from home
• They do not need to self-isolate
• They follow social distancing guidance, or COVID-secure guidance if volunteering in a
workplace
• Their workplace has not been ordered to close, if the role takes place within a
workplace.
This will also apply to clinically vulnerable people, which includes the over 70s.
At all tiers, clinically extremely vulnerable people should volunteer from home. If they
cannot do so, they can still choose to volunteer outside their home. However, they are
advised that they may wish to ask for extra support from their organisation or group to
maintain social distancing and minimise contact with others.
At all tiers, the rules around gatherings and travel will remain the same. This means that
where people can volunteer outside their home, they’ll be able to:
• Meet in groups of any size, indoors or outdoors, while volunteering
• Travel to volunteer or while volunteering.
Government guidance aimed at volunteer-involving organisations and groups has been
updated in line with these restrictions.
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Vulnerable People
Thrive London have put together this resource to support you if you are grieving the
sudden death of someone close to you, or if you are supporting someone going through
sudden bereavement.
Take a look https://thriveldn.co.uk/resources/support-after-sudden-bereavement/
New film shows importance of ventilation to reduce spread of COVID-19
A new public information campaign has launched by the government to highlight how
letting fresh air into indoor spaces can reduce the risk of infection from coronavirus by over
70%.
The campaign, which forms part of wider ‘Hands. Face. Space’ guidance, sees the release
of a new short film created with scientists and an engineer at Leeds University.
The film illustrates how coronavirus lingers in the air in spaces with no fresh air, increasing
the risk of people breathing in infected particles, and how the risk can be reduced
significantly by regularly ventilating enclosed areas.
Click here to view. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qYZMOG2kUWg
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Inclusive cycling back again!
Inclusive cycling sessions at the David Weir Leisure Centre will restart on Monday 7th
December, following the end of the latest lockdown. Sessions will continue on Mondays
and Thursdays, 10am-12pm and will of course have all the covid safe procedures in place.
Please note, the last session for 2020 is Thursday 17th December and the first session is
2021 will be Thursday 7th January. If you have any questions please
email cycling@ecolocal.org.uk
Registration
New participants must complete a registration form.
Booking
If you are bringing a group of 4 or more (not including carers) please book ahead.
If you are an individual or bringing 3 people or less you do not need to book.
Paying
Please pay by EXACT cash – no change will be available. Or you can pay by card. We do
not take pre-payment. The fee is £5 per person (carers not charged).
Covid-safe
We have put lots of measures in place to make sure you are safe and can have a
fun time, enjoying getting some fresh air and exercise on our wonderful cycles!
HANDS: Please sanitise your hands on arrival
SPACE: 2m queuing is in place. Please keep 5m (more than two lanes) from
others when cycling. If it’s busy you may have to wait for turns on the bikes.
FACE: Masks are optional as it is outdoors. But we ask you to wear one if you
are able to if you need to be closer than 2m to a cycle instructor, eg for help to
get on a bike.
Sharing: If you wish to share a bike with two seats, this must be with someone
else from your household or support bubble.
Sanitising: We sanitise all bike hand grips and saddles between users. Please
follow instructions on where to leave bikes when dismounting – you will be
shown what to do.
Helmets: We are not be able to lend cycle helmets. You do not have to wear a
helmet. But if you want to you must bring your own helmet. Please let us know
if this is a particular problem for you.
Covid-code of conduct: Please download our covid code of conduct for all
participants.
Track and Trace
Our volunteers on the registration desk will be checking we have your correct
contact details, so please have your telephone number with you. This is
important for track and trace.
If you have any questions please email cycling@ecolocal.org.uk
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Staying connected at Christmas
Signpost Sutton is a programme of open forums, which explores a range of different
themes and issues that impact on the lives and experience of Sutton residents who
experience mental and emotional distress.
We are having an online session on Zoom on
Staying connected at Christmas On Tuesday 15th December
10.30am-12pm
Presenters: Ovie Oboh, Sutton Mental Health Foundation and Daniel Ayeni, Community
Action Sutton
This session is open to service users, carers and those who would like more information on
this topic.
Confirm attendance by contacting 0208 770 0172 or email: jane.isaac@smhf.org.uk
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Children, Young People and Families
Managing youth sector activities and spaces during COVID-19
The National Youth Agency (NYA), the Professional Statutory and Regulatory Body for
youth work in England, has, in consultation with Public Health England and the Health
and Safety Executive, developed youth sector specific advice and guidance. The guidance
will support local providers, leaders, volunteers and young people to remain safe when
engaging in youth sector activities. It is intended to guide the youth sector in opening up
services for young people at the right pace and time.
Click here to read the guidance. https://nya.org.uk/guidance/
Would you know how to spot a dangerous toy online?
More parents shopping online plus increasing numbers of dangerous toys for sale via
online marketplaces mean a heightened risk of children suffering serious harm.
Dangers include:
• Magnets so strong they can burn through a child’s gut if swallowed
• Long cords that can strangle a child
• Small parts that can choke or suffocate a child
• Easy access to button batteries that can get stuck in a child’s food pipe, causing internal
bleeding and even death.
But there are ways to spot and avoid dangerous toys when shopping online.
That’s why we have put together simple, practical advice that you can read, copy and
share at the push of a button, during a call, or over your social channels.
Take me to the free Christmas toys safety guide.
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Boing Coaching Courses
Boing's aim is to develop physically
literate and active children, through
exciting PLAYGAMES.
Their mission is to get over 1 million
children Boing-ing by 2024, and you
could be a part of that by joining their
FREE coach/volunteer education
courses.
The 1-2 hour virtual course will help you harness the power of play to excite and engage
children (5-15 yrs) by learning about the Boing principles and practices.
Attendees will leave the course feeling able to use their free resource of 120+ play games
which will make sessions more active, playful and inclusive.
Find out more https://www.boingkids.co.uk/courses.html
16COVID 19 (Coronavirus Information)
COVID-19 Winter Plan
The Government has published its COVID-19 Winter Plan which presents a programme for
suppressing the coronavirus, protecting the NHS and the vulnerable, keeping education
and the economy going and providing a route back to normality.
The plan sets out the Government’s approach to ending the national restrictions on 2
December.
From 2 December England will move back into the regional, tiered approach.
Sutton will be in Tier Two.
Find out more about the different Tiers and the rules within those Tiers here
You can also find out more information on the councils website
On 2 December, across all of England, regardless of tier:
• The stay at home requirement will end, with domestic and international travel being
permitted again subject to guidance in each tier.
• Shops, personal care, gyms and the wider leisure sector will reopen.
• Collective worship, weddings and outdoor sports can resume, subject to social
distancing.
• People will no longer be limited to seeing only one other person in outdoor public
spaces - the rule of 6 will now apply as it did in the previous set of tiers.
Click here to find out more.
COVID-19 Testing in Sutton
There are now 5 testing sites in operation, so if you’re experiencing any COVID-19
symptoms, appointments can be made on the NHS website or by calling 119 for one of
Suttons test sites below:
• Denmark road, Carshalton (mobile unit)
• Overton Park (mobile unit)
• Sutton Civic Centre car park
• The Phoenix Centre car park
• David Weir Leisure Centre car park
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NHS Test and Trace: if you've been in contact with a person who has
coronavirus
Stay at home for 14 days
If you're told you've been in contact with a person who has coronavirus:
• stay at home (self-isolate) for 14 days from the day you were last in contact with the
person – it can take up to 14 days for symptoms to appear
• do not leave your home for any reason – if you need food or medicine, order it online
or by phone, or ask friends and family to drop it off at your home
• do not have visitors in your home, including friends and family – except for essential
care
• try to avoid contact with anyone you live with as much as possible
• people you live with do not need to self-isolate if you do not have symptoms
• people in your support bubble do not need to self-isolate if you do not have symptoms
Find out more - https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/coronavirus-covid-19/testing-and-
tracing/nhs-test-and-trace-if-youve-been-in-contact-with-a-person-who-has-coronavirus/
Anyone who has symptoms of coronavirus (COVID-19) can get a free
test to check if they have the virus.
Get a test if you have coronavirus symptoms:
• a high temperature,
• a new, continuous cough,
• or a loss or change to your sense of smell or taste
You need to get the test done in the first 5 days of having symptoms.
What the test involves
The test usually involves taking a swab of the inside of your nose and the back of your
throat, using a long cotton bud.
You can do the swab yourself (if you are aged 12 or over) or someone can do it for you.
Children aged 11 or under cannot do the swab themselves.
There are 2 ways of getting a test. You can:
• book an appointment at a drive through or walk-through test site
• ask for a home test kit – this will be delivered to your home
If you get a home test kit, you will need to do the test and return the kit in the next 48
hours. You will be told how to do this.
Find out more about testing via this website https://www.gov.uk/guidance/coronavirus-
covid-19-getting-tested
19Useful information and contacts
NHS official information
https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/coronavirus-covid-19/
Government information
https://www.gov.uk/coronavirus
Sutton Council Covid-19 online information
https://www.sutton.gov.uk/covid-19
Domestic Abuse information
https://www.suttoncvs.org.uk/assets/documents/domestic-abuse-info-list-cov
London Borough of Sutton Safeguarding information
https://www.suttonsab.org.uk/index.php
Volunteering information
https://vcsutton.org.uk/volunteer/covid-19-registration-for-volu-2/
Sutton Coronavirus Support and Action Facebook page
A page has been set up by Sutton Council to share updates, news, and information on
how and where to get help during this time.
https://www.facebook.com/groups/suttoncoronavirus/
Information and advice
If you or anyone you know needs information or advice on welfare benefits, employment,
debt or housing you can contact ALPS from 9:00am to 5:00pm, Monday to Friday on 020
8405 3552 or visit their website www.suttonalps.org.uk
Citizens Advice Sutton
The Citizens Advice Sutton volunteers and staff are continuing, through the Coronavirus
crisis to provide free, confidential, independent, impartial information and advice.
We have adapted our service.
• We have suspended our Sutton office’s face to face drop in service.
• We have suspended face to face outreach services.
• We are providing advice exclusively by telephone and online.
• We are all working from home / away from the office.
We are running our usual telephone and online service. People needing information and
advice can contact us as usual, Monday to Friday, 9.00 am to 5.00 pm – 020 8405 3552 -
or online at www.suttonalps.org.uk
20Sutton Women’s Centre
Sutton Women’s Centre are continuing to support women during the
Coronavirus.
Support includes:
• On-line Freedom Programme
• Free telephone counselling
• Free on-line counselling
Contact them on 0208 6611991 or email info@suttonwomen.co.uk
Safe Spaces scheme remains open
If you're experiencing domestic abuse and need somewhere to go where you can call a
helpline or support service, collect your thoughts or message a friend, pharmacy
consultation rooms at Boots, Superdrug, Morrisons and many independent pharmacies are
open.
Find out more - https://uksaysnomore.org/where-is-my-nearest-safe-space/
Domestic Abuse Service
Updates on any changes to domestic abuse services will be published on the London
Borough of Sutton, Not Alone in Sutton and Transform Sutton websites on an on-going
basis.
A signposting information sheet for residents and practitioners is available to download
here.
Time out Youth Project
Riverside Centre has put together a range of online activities, information and events for
you to join in with and share with your friends.
Visit their Facebook page - https://www.facebook.com/TimeOutYouthProject/
Off the Record – Sutton
Off The Record will continue to work with young people
during the Coronavirus.
They are not providing in-person support they have tweaked
some of their services to include an extended online service
and telephone counselling.
Visit their website to find links to sign up to their counselling
services and mental health information and support to help
young people cope during the coronavirus pandemic.
https://www.talkofftherecord.org/coping-with-covid-19/
21Community Action Sutton
Granfers Community Centre, 73-79 Oakhill Road, Sutton, SM1 3AA
info@communityactionsutton.org.uk
www.communityactionsutton.org.uk
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