Coronavirus

I am sure that constituents will have been keeping up to date with developments on the Coronavirus and can appreciate that this is a fast-moving situation and I hope that everyone has been following the official guidance and is keeping safe. I know many of you will want to know what you can do to help our community:

Bromley Living Well:

Are looking for volunteers to help deliver food to vulnerable people and maintain contact with these people by phone – if you would like to volunteer for this please let me know and I can pass your details on.
Are looking for volunteers to help with their Friday lunches/foodbank – apply here.
Any donations are also very welcome, more info here.

Lewisham Food Bank:

You can donate food at their donation points, more info here.
Are looking for reserve volunteers to help with the foodbank, please contact: info@lewisham.foodbank.org.uk
And monetary donations via the Mayor's appeal are very welcome, more info here.

Lewisham Council:

If you need help or assistance or if you want to volunteer, you can register on the Lewisham Local page here.
Keep up to date with the Council's work on Corona here.

Bromley Council:

If you need help or assistance or if you want to volunteer, you can register here.
And general guidance here.

NHS:

Are looking for Volunteer Responders to help deliver medicines from pharmacies, drive patients to appointments, bring them home from hospital and make regular phone calls to check on people isolating, sign up here.

Age UK:

If older people, their families, friends, carers and professionals have any concerns about anything, including welfare, care or housing, they can contact Age UK’s free advice line, 8am-7pm, 365 days a year: 0800 055 6112
Have produced guidance on practical ways to help older people in your community and advice on neighbourly volunteering.

Red Cross:

Have a community reserve volunteer program to sign up or find out more click here.
Have guidance on neighbourly kindness and how to protect against loneliness here.
Have a donation page to help those affected by coronavirus here.

Mental Health

Click here for resources on how to manage yours or others mental health

For information on the outbreak:

For the most up to date information on the outbreak, click here.
For more information on the symptoms of Coronavirus and what to do if you feel unwell, click here.
As of 23 March 2020 the Government introduced the following measures: 1. Requiring people to stay at home, except for very limited purposes 2. Closing non-essential shops and community spaces 3. Stopping all gatherings of more than two people in public. Everybody must now follow these measures, more info here.

Everyone should follow these main guidelines:

The most common symptoms of coronavirus (COVID-19) are recent onset of a new continuous cough and/or high temperature. If you have these symptoms, however mild, stay at home and do not leave your house for 10 days from when your symptoms started. You do not need to call NHS 111 to go into self-isolation. If your symptoms worsen during home isolation or are no better after 10 days, contact NHS 111 online. If you have no internet access, you should call NHS 111. For a medical emergency dial 999.
Wash your hands more often than usual, for 20 seconds using soap and hot water, particularly after coughing, sneezing and blowing your nose, or after being in public areas where other people are doing so. Use hand sanitiser if that’s all you have access to.
To reduce the spread of germs when you cough or sneeze, cover your mouth and nose with a tissue, or your sleeve (not your hands) if you don’t have a tissue, and throw the tissue away immediately. Then wash your hands or use a hand sanitising gel.
Clean and disinfect regularly touched objects and surfaces using your regular cleaning products to reduce the risk of passing the infection on to other people.