Key learning: Covid-19 crisis
The Covid-19 pandemic triggered a wave of change and adaptation throughout society, including the way we work at Time to Shine, and the way our delivery partners work.
We have added this key learning point to our initial six learning points, to ensure we identify and capture the opportunities for learning that were created. Many will be relevant not just about the ongoing Covid-19 crisis, but also in relation to other future crises.
We have also published a number of blogs relating to how we have all adapted, dating back to 11 March 2020.
Learning links
Time to Shine reports
- A Lifeline in desperate times: lockdown learning from Time to Shine delivery partners (Time to Shine, March 2020)
- Compassionate and informative telephone calls during Covid-19 (Time to Shine, March 2020)
- Shine Magazine: lifestyle, learning and laughter during lockdown in Leeds (Time to Shine, November 2020)
- Telephone befriending: information and resources (Time to Shine, March 2020)
Leeds City Council guide
- Best Practice Guide for Restarting Support and Delivering Services (Leeds City Council, April 2021)
Time to Shine learning briefings
A series of short reports based upon the experiences of Time to Shine funded organisations during the Covid-19 crisis.
- Adapting rapidly to change: a lockdown diary (Time to Shine, July 2020)
- Boosting confidence to regain independence (Time to Shine, July 2020)
- Group activities with Leeds United Foundation (Time to Shine, February 2021)
- Helping people to get on-line before Winter 20/21 (Time to Shine, July 2020)
- Mindfulness (Time to Shine, November 2020)
- Re-opening venues for indoor activities (Time to Shine, July 2020)
- Resilience: how are we coping under lockdown 2.0? (Time to Shine, November 2020)
- Re-starting face-to-face support outdoors (Time to Shine, July 2020)
- Risk and volunteering in real life (Time to Shine, October 2020)
- Safer transport options after lockdown (Time to Shine, July 2020)
- Sharing creative ideas to keep Zoom groups fun and fresh (Time to Shine, February 2021)
- Strategic engagement at West Yorkshire Police (Time to Shine, February 2021)
- The Leeds Directory (Time to Shine, November 2020)
- Training, supporting and managing volunteers remotely (Time to Shine, October 2020)
- What happened to volunteering during the early stages of the Covid-19 pandemic (Time to Shine, October 2020)
- What can we do over the festive season? (Time to Shine, November 2020)
- What will we do in the Winter? (Time to Shine, October 2020)
Reports from other Ageing Better programmes
- A Communication Lifeline - How outreach ethos, knowledge and skills supported rapid development of a telephone befriending service during Covid-19 (Age UK Camden, October 2020)
- Adapting our support in response to Covid-19 - video (Ageless Thanet, October 2020)
- Ageless Thanet: Supporting businesses during COVID-19 - video (Ageless Thanet, October 2020)
- Championing Digital Inclusion (Ageing Better in East Lindsey, January 2021)
- Creating a warm welcome to maintain older people's sense of belonging in the context of Covid-19: a practitioner's guide (Ageing Better in Camden, November 2020)
- Covid-19 digital inclusion support - case studies (Ageing Better Middlesbrough, June 2020)
- Covid-19 Case study: Evington Crochet4All group (Leicester Ageing Together, June 2020)
- Developing social contact models in a time of social distancing (Ambition for Ageing, Manchester, July 2020)
- Digital inclusion during COVID 19 – identifying gaps and bridging the digital divide(s) (Ageing Better in East Lindsey, November 2020)
- Engaging with members not online - teleconferencing (Ageing Better in Camden, June 2020)
- Enhancing resilience in East Lindsey communities (Ageing Better in East Lindsey, June 2020)
- Social prescribing support during the Covid-19 crisis - infographics (Ageing Better Middlesbrough, June 2020)
- Staying connected: Guidance for Ageing Better Groups on Adapting to COVID-19 (Ageing Better in Birmingham (September 2020)
- Telephone befriending - learning from Ageing Better Middlesbrough (Ageing Better Middlesbrough, June 2020)
- Vegetable Seed Drive (Leicester Ageing Together, July 2020)
- What has the Bristol Support Hub for Older People learnt about online and telephone group activities? (Bristol Ageing Better, September 2020)
- Working in the sector: adaptation, flexibility and engagement (Ageing Better in East Lindsey, February 2021)
National reports
- Lessons from lockdown: loneliness in the time of Covid-19 (Campaign to end loneliness, February 2021)
- Remote engagement - removing barriers to inclusion in the context of COVID-19 (Centre for Ageing Better / UKRI, January 2021)
- Role of Connectors during Covid-19 - learning from Ageing Better (National Lottery Community Fund, December 2020)
- Volunteering in the pandemic: practical ideas for supporting people who help (Campaign to End Loneliness)