The COVID-19 pandemic has encouraged all of us to use technology in different ways. We have continued to learn, live, and stay connected through our screens. We are making sure our people within our community get the support they need , promoting health and well-being of our community during this pandemic, especially for those with underline health conditions.
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, we are changing how we are delivering our support in the community. However, we are offering the following support and services to those in our community struggling because hardships of Covid-19 pandemic.
Family support service: Thursday 10am – 3pm
Family support and Advice held every week on Thursday between 10am and 3pm.
- Phone call support service for booking doctors/hospital appointments
- Counselling
- Support with job applications/interviews
- Interpret/reading official letters in different languages such as Arabic, English, French, Swahili,Kifuliru, lingala, Kivira, Kibembe, Kinyarwanda and Kirundi.
- Supporting with shopping and food deliveries for vulnerable people .
- Support attending appointments where necessary (depending on language needs).
- Helping with housing repairs services , although contacting city council and other local authorities depending on the emergency of their needs.
- Door-to-door services, collecting prescriptions, topping up utility prepayment cards.
- Food Banking
Online cooking session vie zoom: Wednesday and Tuesday 1p-2pm
We are doing weekly online cooking sessions with families to fight isolation and to engage people to cook nutrition food and eating Healthy during this difficult moment of pandemic. Therefore, we provide monthly free cooked meal and deliver to people’s house for health eating in our local community area.
If you want to join us for online cooking session.
Please you must contact us for the zoom link.
Phone: +44 7466 890768
Email: info@solidarityhull.org
Popular education vie online zoom: Friday 12pm – 2pm
- Opening discussion about people’s mental health during Covid 19
- Gender equality training
- Education Training about Participatory Action Research hosted by Javi Sanchez from (Ann Matthews Trust CIC organisation).
- Popular Education, talking about the issues that affecting us.
If you want to join us for online cooking session.
Please you must contact us for the zoom link. Phone: +44 7466 890768
Email: info@solidarityhull.org
Online children’s art and crafts session: Saturday 12pm-12:40pm
While some of venues, cultural organisations and some School buildings may be closed, engaging in the visual arts is more important for children and their families now than ever. Solidarityhull CIC invited children and families to participate on our online art activity. The children’s art activities is a fantastic opportunity to encourage families and their children to take part in fun, creative activities that will help the children not to feel isolated during this pandemic.
Including: Games , Drawing, painting etc..!
If you want to join us for online cooking session.
Please you must contact us for the zoom link. Phone: +44 7466 890768
Email: info@solidarityhull.org
#Mental Health awareness…!
The COVID-19 pandemic has led to a dramatic loss of human life worldwide and presents an unprecedented challenge to public health, food systems and the world of work.
Solidarity Hull CIC exploring the worlds we used to describe COVID-19 , asking people how they feel about this pandemic. During this time, many people respond including children to feel low, worried, anxiety, angry, financial worries, poverty lack of food, job security and fear associated with returning to the outside world. The fears for their own physical health and wellbeing, including those with health problems from Black, Asian and minority ethnic groups. These are all common reactions to the difficult situation we face in our community due to Covid-19. Everyone reacts differently to events and changes in the way that we think, feel and behave.
Food poverty increasing about the impact of rising poverty on wellbeing of children and families. Many families reported that are on low income and struggling to put food on table because of pandemic. Many families surveyed continue to struggle financially. We must rethink the future of our environment. Only then can we protect the health, livelihoods, food Justice and nutrition of all people, and ensure that our new normal is a better one.
Solidarity Hull is committed to reducing the spread of COVID19 by following the government guidelines and recommendations, risk assessing all our planned activities.