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Social Connection in the Covid-19 crisis. This interim report of the @IntegrationAPPG inquiry is published today - on lessons from lockdown for future policy.
http://www.britishfuture.org/articles/bridging-digital-divides-reach-isolated-covid-19-crisis/
http://www.britishfuture.org/articles/bridging-digital-divides-reach-isolated-covid-19-crisis/
Online webinar, midday today, to discuss the @IntegrationAPPG interim report on Social Connection and Covid-19 https://twitter.com/britishfuture/status/1259743082402234369
New infrastructure is needed to harness Covid-19 volunteering boom, say MPs (Third Sector) https://www.thirdsector.co.uk/new-infrastructure-needed-capitalise-covid-19-volunteering-boom-mps-say/management/article/1683102
Old smartphones used to connect the digitallly excluded: examples of innovation in responding to the crisis (Sky News) https://news.sky.com/story/coronavirus-old-smartphones-used-to-connect-those-digitally-isolated-by-lockdown-11987921
Life after lockdown must bridge divides.
An @easterneye piece discussing @IntegrationAPPG and the #OurOtherNationalDebt report
https://www.easterneye.biz/life-after-lockdown-must-bridge-divides/
An @easterneye piece discussing @IntegrationAPPG and the #OurOtherNationalDebt report
https://www.easterneye.biz/life-after-lockdown-must-bridge-divides/
The 'levelling up' agenda needs to think about civic infrastructure as well as economic impacts of the pandemic – to ensure that social connection in this crisis doesn't increase the gaps with areas with less social capital. Me @conhome https://www.conservativehome.com/platform/2020/05/sunder-katwala-strengthing-social-capital-in-more-deprived-areas-during-the-age-of-coronavirus.html
The case for a social stimulus is also the core theme of the new @ukonward report, which @Will_Tanner spoke about in today's @IntegrationAPPG webinar on #covidconnection https://twitter.com/ukonward/status/1259807959552532481
New ONS data
* 84% are pessimistic about economy, 41% about own personal finances
* Most people think the crisis will make us both a kinder and more united society (but fewer believe it will make society more equal): this perception has increased week-to-week
#CovidConnection
* 84% are pessimistic about economy, 41% about own personal finances
* Most people think the crisis will make us both a kinder and more united society (but fewer believe it will make society more equal): this perception has increased week-to-week
#CovidConnection
