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Community Hub to support vulnerable residents

Rugby Borough Council is preparing to deliver emergency food supplies to vulnerable residents who have been identified as needing extra support. The food parcels will be delivered to residents who have been instructed by the NHS to stay at home for 12 weeks because of medical conditions, and other residents who have been assessed as needing urgent support.

RLD
4 Apr 2020
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Physical isolation is an incubator for anxiety and depression and people in poverty are particularly hard-pressed

'We are in unprecedented times, all that we have previously felt to be 'normal' has changed. 'COVID-19, the global pandemic, has resulted so far in fundamental changes to the way that we live our lives. Now more than ever, we need to remind ourselves of the values we hold dear; of compassion and justice'. Those experiencing extreme poverty are particularly hard-pressed, say the aplecollective However Covid-19 may be impacting upon you, just imagine living in extreme poverty with even less money to cope with shortages and price gouging, coping with isolation and being in cramped in closer quarters that lack access to nature, the internet, and other forms of entertainment, or to be separated with children in the care system.

3 Apr 2020
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