Socially-distanced celebrations
Encapsulating lockdown Customers and staff at Pathways, our supported living scheme in Bexhill-on-Sea , marked the past few historic months in their own special way. Staff and residents at Pathways in Sussex wanted to find a positive way to commemorate this unique period of human history. They created a time capsule and buried it in the garden for someone to find in the future. They all filled in an information sheet which asked questions such as “what are you missing?”, “who are you keeping up with and how?” and “what will you do first when lockdown is over?”. They added them to the capsule alongside items of interest, including: • a Bexhill Happy Stone • a bottle of wine (it’ll mature with age!) • a photo of the team • an NHS rainbow • letters from Downing Street, the Pathways manager and Peabody Chair, Lord Kerslake • plus a coin, stamp and newspaper!
Bernard Brett staff thinking outside the box Bernard Brett is a scheme in Colchester for young people to support them to find independent accommodation, the staff there have been thinking creatively about ways to engage the tenants and keep the mood light, they baked banana bread for all tenants and left them on their doorsteps. After taking part in a 10-day drawing challenge, customers and staff took to the pavement with chalk to bring more colour to the scheme.
They then wrapped the box up safely to weather-proof it and buried in the garden. Hopefully one day someone will find it and be able to learn first-hand how the Covid-19 pandemic affected everyday life in the UK.
Dave’s dominoes Dave Sams, Support Worker at Pioneer House, Essex works with customers with a learning disability. He found using dominoes helps to demonstrate how social distancing works: "I placed six dominoes in a row as if they were people. I spoke about the virus and how it is passed on then I pushed the first domino piece which knocked down all the others. Then I stood them up again but removed every other domino. This time when I knocked the front one down the others didn’t fall, showing that the extra space helps the virus to stop spreading.”
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