Greenwich Council can help set up pop-up vaccination clinics to make sure all sections of the community have access to a Covid-19 jab, a senior councillor has said. Finance cabinet member Linda Perks, who has been working on the vaccination programme for the council, appealed for community groups to get in touch as the rollout […]
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Neighbourhood champions: How to look after your community in a pandemic
Evie Hoyte has been looking out for the people of Woodville Estate for 50 years. In the last of our series of features about how SE Londoners have dealt with the pandemic, she spoke to SAM DAVIES about the unique challenges she’s faced in the past 12 months. “Twenty-seven people live along here, but you […]
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Mass testing: All Greenwich borough residents asked to take rapid Covid-19 test
All Greenwich borough residents without symptoms are being asked to get a rapid Covid-19 test over the next five weeks as part of a mass testing programme. Case levels have been coming down steadily over recent weeks, but the rapid testing programme follows the reopening of schools on Monday and later tests will also follow […]
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Greenwich’s vaccination total tops 72,000 – but fewer people getting jabs in Woolwich
Over 72,000 people in Greenwich borough have been given at least one dose of a coronavirus vaccine – but fewer over-80s in and around Woolwich are getting jabs, a council meeting heard yesterday. The town hall’s health and wellbeing board heard about the progress of the vaccination programme yesterday – and how “so much work […]
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‘Show a bit of love in our own area’: South London Sikh Youth’s pride in Woolwich
Among the unsung heroes of the pandemic have been South London Sikh Youth, who have been offering free meals to those in need. SAM DAVIES found about their pride in their faith, and in Woolwich. Juspreet Singh went through a lot as a Sikh kid growing up in Woolwich. he’s now dedicated to helping others […]
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Cheers! Greenwich follows Bexley and Bromley in offering pubs Covid-19 support
Pubs and other hospitality businesses will benefit from £3 million in help from Greenwich Council to help them recover from the pandemic. Greenwich is following in the footsteps of neighbouring Bexley and Bromley, who have also run similar schemes aimed at pubs, which have had to close during this lockdown and have faced a year […]
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SE London Gurkha veterans’ battle with the pandemic – and slum landlords
Gurkhas fought for the British army – but many veterans have been effectively abandoned by the government they served, with poor pensions and living in sub-standard housing. SAM DAVIES heard about the tragedies that southeast London’s Nepalese community has had to face during the coronavirus pandemic. Some months ago, an elderly man was found wandering […]
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Got Covid-19 vaccine questions? Let Healthwatch Greenwich answer them
Greenwich borough residents with questions about coronavirus vaccines can get their questions answered next week at a special online session. Healthwatch Greenwich, which represents users of health and social care services in the borough, is organising the session next Wednesday so people can find out about the rollout of the jabs in the borough from […]
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