Published: 19 November 2020
From: Community
Crawley Borough Council is continuing to provide practical support to people affected by Covid-19 during this second lockdown.
The council’s Community Hub, which helped more than 1,000 people with food and essential supplies between March and May, continues to operate.
While calls are significantly lower during this lockdown, staff have been proactively calling those residents who needed us in the spring to check if they need any help.
The low number of calls we’ve received is due to a variety of reasons. The community is better prepared and more resilient now, the time between lockdowns has been spent cementing relationships with Crawley’s community and voluntary sector, while fewer people are shielding.
Cllr Peter Lamb
Leader
Crawley Borough Council
For more details about the help available from Crawley Borough Council visit our coronavirus information pages.
Residents in receipt of a letter from the NHS telling them to shield because they are clinically extremely vulnerable will receive support from West Sussex County Council’s (WSCC) Community Hub.
This include access to food parcels, medicine, signing people up to priority supermarket slots and other wellbeing support. Residents can contact the county council’s Community Hub by calling 03302 227980 or by visiting the WSCC website.
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