Covid-19 adult social care provision: stories of promise

Adaptive Yoga from the comfort of home

Beyond Words supports people who find pictures easier to understand than words.

Virtual community-based sports and leisure activities for people aged 16+ with a Learning Disability and/or autism under lockdown.

Online clubs and activities run by people with lived experience

Preventing social isolation in a safe environment

Reimagining Gig Buddies to support people with learning disabilities to lead active social lives

Keeping generations connected

Stories of empowering people to run groups and clubs during Covid

Drawing upon community enterprises to create online communities

A community response to Covid-19 through local area co-ordination

Virtual world for carers accessed through a Kindle Fire

Working together in partnership to support carers during Covid19

A digital app helping people learn and maintain new skills to live independently

Supporting disabled and autistic people to have access to technology

Empowering and supporting people to use technology to keep them in work, healthy and motivated

New ways of connecting with the Esther Network

Mobile phone app to support people who care for others in Kent and Medway

Supporting people who would normally attend day services with digital solutions

Keeping people with learning disabilities in touch who would normally attend day services

Livestreaming Wellbeing Support

A wearable solution which helps to identify certain health risks early on – Advanced Risk Modelling for Early Detection (ARMED)

AI calls that offer a digitally-inclusive solution for supporting people

ACE Anglia weekly health and wellbeing meetings

Covid-19 guidance translated in 60 different languages

Support to people with a learning disability, their family and friends

Touchpoint supports people experiencing any forms of disability to access services and resources they need.

Support hub for adult social care providers

Life in Lockdown - Emotional support to people with learning disabilities

Online project linking up care homes with volunteers by email to exchange messages of support, artwork and poems.

Supporting older adults to keep well during Covid-19

Emergency support for community businesses

Supporting care providers with additional costs and being flexible during Covid-19

Ensuring people with Spinal Injuries have a right to live a fulfilled life during Covid-19

Improving social relationships to build a better society

Quick access to PPE supplies for Personal Assistants

In-house Direct Payment Service proactively responding early to the pandemic

Support to direct payment recipients during Covid-19

Enabling a more creative and flexible use of a direct payment during Covid-19

Recruitment campaign for the care sector

Dedicated Covid-19 website section for providers and registered managers particularly focused on wellbeing support

Expert support to people with learning disabilities and dementia

Supporting the wellbeing of Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic colleagues during Covid-19