Mayfield GAA collected 6 full trolleys from Dunnes customers for Cork Penny Dinners & volunteered on Mayfield Priority Shoppers Team
Brian Dillon’s GAA: Volunteers on Mayfield Priority Shopping Team, Undertaking Food Drive for Cork Penny Dinners
Lotamore Family support: Family & Elderly Service Users Phone support; Lead the Meals on Wheels programme, supporting the volunteers on MOW
Mayfield CDP: Lead on the Pharmacies Group; Mayfield Matters – collated the information, designed and printed the newsletter; Available for printing and posting forms as requested by the public; Provided Childcare packs to families; Participated in the delivery of Covid19 information; St Josephs Community Centre: Houses meals and wheels; Phone and admin support to the community We’re doing this well … A few weeks ago we included lots of local resource information and Covid-19 response material in the Mayfield Matters newsletter, produced by Mayfield CDP for the area. Given the restrictions on movement, we recruited 35 volunteers to deliver over 5,000 copies directly to local homes. A lot of people have found the information on the wealth of resources available in Mayfield to be very beneficial and have reached out for support where they need it. To meet the challenges of dealing with requests for groceries from cocooning or vulnerable local residents we set up the Mayfield Priority Shoppers group. Coordinated by the amazing staff at Newbury House Family Resource Centre, our shopping volunteers are linked via a Whatsapp group and quickly respond
to requests. Newbury developed step-by-step procedures and coordinated with shop managers to ensure no wait times in queues for our volunteers. As the weeks have passed, many of these volunteers are checking up and staying in contact with the service users they have dealt with, fostering those direct person-to person links in the community. The effect of responding to this crisis for the Mayfield community is not just on an individual basis, but is also having an impact on how different agencies, charities and organisations respond: our initial 9 shopping volunteers have had their ranks swollen considerably this week as the shopping elements of work being done by the exceptional people at Brian Dillons and Mayfield GAA clubs moves under the coordination of Newbury. This means there are now 52 volunteers playing their part in the success of the Mayfield Priority shoppers initiative.
Pension group – names in garda station – employees of local charities. Procedures set up
Challenge of connecting and supporting vulnerable families
Whatsapp Groups. Posting staff videos/ideas/information/general phone support
Delivery food and activity packages, individual phone support/forwarding referrals for support from family support work/meals/shopping/etc. online positive parenting programme
Provide shopping supports/progressing to zoom group classes/online workshops
We are noticing … T his week we have seen a marked increase in people’s perception of their isolation or their loneliness. We’re a few weeks into these restrictions, and as time has gone on familial relations are often s training, people in addiction recovery are really struggling now, and many others are grieving in isolation. However, we have also witnessed a groundswell of community spirit, as many people engage with local services and each other. Trust is being built up in and between local agencies and organisations and many people are overcoming any previously perceived stigma of asking for help. We’ve found that as there are so many local people involved in responding to the current crisis, the vast majority of referrals or requests for assistance are coming directly to the on-the-ground membership of the Community Response Team rather than through the 1800 Helpline number. How we’re reaching out … Mayfield Matters Newsletter (Mayfield CDP); Mayfield Priority Shoppers; Whatsapp; Newbury House Family Resource Centre helpline; Facebook: Mayfield CDP - https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100001612428625; Mayfield Community Facebook group - https://www.facebook.com/groups/327955444026570/ ; https://twitter.com/BrianDillonsGAA ; https://twitter.com/MayfieldGAA ; https://www.facebook.com/Newburyhousefamilycentreltd ; https://twitter.com/mayfieldcs
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