Covid Guidance UK Operations 19 December 2021
We are currently seeing increasing numbers of Covid cases around the UK with the new Omicron strain. Where possible and safe to do so, we prefer to continue our operations as our beneficiaries often depend on our services and ceasing operations can cause anxiety and be destabilizing. It is essential we make comprehensive risk assessments and take every precaution possible to ensure a safe environment for both our volunteers and our beneficiaries. If you are in doubt, please consult your regional lead. Precautions Your regional lead can provide a template for Covid risk assessments and help you to complete these …
Covid-19 Restrictions and Guidance on Volunteering
Faced with hundreds of people in desperate situations across Northern France and the UK, our need for volunteers only continues to grow. Thankfully it is becoming much easier for volunteers to travel and carry out essential activities with refugees. Although restrictions may be easing, please stay up-to-date on Covid-19 guidance wherever you are in order to help those around you safely. Volunteering in France: Thankfully for those who are fully vaccinated, travelling to France has become much easier. Due to ongoing risks and the vulnerable communities we support, we do ask that volunteers provide a negative test result taken within …
Updated Covid Guidance 16th July 2021
We are seeing high numbers of new Covid cases around the UK. Please follow all precautions possible when undertaking your volunteering. Precautions Your regional lead can provide templates for Covid risk assessments and help you to complete these for your specific activities. Distribute outside wherever possible Please ensure that at all times face coverings are worn by everyone involved in all activities. Please provide sufficient hand sanitiser for use before, after and during activities. Please ensure all surfaces and equipment are wiped down before and after all activities. Please ensure all donations are quarantined for three day before distribution. Please …
Covid Level 5 Guidance
Covid-19 restrictions don’t make our work any easier, but they do increase the needs of those we are helping. It is vital to respect these measures in order to protect ourselves and others. Volunteering in the UK (from 2nd January): You may leave the home to provide voluntary or charitable services if you cannot reasonably do so from home. Please consider whether the services you are providing are necessary. Asylum seekers are often severely traumatised by events that they have experienced. In circumstances where they have come to rely on our services and discontinuing them would lead to increased anxiety …
WATCH: What ‘socially distant’ food distributions look like
Ever wondered what ‘socially distant’ food distributions look like in Calais? We have been very happy to see the refugees responding to our new social distancing distributions during these difficult times! Food deliveries are critical, but they shouldn’t put people at risk. Anyone who has volunteered in Calais can imagine how hard it’s been to achieve this. Watch below to see how it’s been on the ground. New measures introduced due to the Coronavirus pandemic have greatly affected day-to-day life at the camp. Each week, to feed every site in Calais and Dunkirk, we need to make 330 food …
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WATCH: How we keep people safe in Calais
We have established thorough procedures for hygiene and PPE in Calais, as this demonstration by our volunteer team shows. Our priority, at all times, is how to keep people safe. Refugees and migrants in Dunkirk and Calais are under threat from coronavirus (COVID-19) and also from lack of food. Please support our emergency appeal here. …
