Covid-19 Community Supports: Supports for Organisations, Community, and Voluntary Groups

The Wheel

On Friday evening 27 March 2020, An Taoiseach Leo Varadkar announced COVID-19 Community Outreach (CCO), which will be coordinated by The Wheel and Irish Rural Link, and funded by the Department of Rural and Community Development.  CCO will link and support the work of community and voluntary organisations across Ireland who are responding to meet the needs of communities during the COVID-19 crisis. The Wheel have already deployed a Community Champion in each of the 26 counties. As members of your local authority’s COVID-19 forum, the Community Champions will play a key role in coordinating local community supports. If your organisation is currently supporting vulnerable people in the community, or if you are planning to do so, we urge you to contact your local Community Champion as soon as possible. Visit  www.wheel.ie/covid-19-community-outreach for your local Community Champion’s details. 

PPN Members

A digital partner pack is available here: https://www.hse.ie/eng/services/news/newsfeatures/covid19-updates/partner-resources/ 

The digital partner pack contains: 

• The most up to date posters on Coronavirus COVID-19 (please display and share these as widely as you can, and please replace any previous posters that you might have used with the updated version) 
• Videos that you can share and display 
• Leaflets, social media assets and more 

 Key Updates 

• Video on social distancing:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I0-uuijhF4Q 
• Translated resources in 10 languages can be found at: https://www.hse.ie/eng/services/news/newsfeatures/covid19-updates/partner-resources/covid-19-translated-resources/ 
• The HSE is currently utilising TV, radio and other forms of advertising for public health information on Coronavirus. 
• Social distancing graphics for premises floors can be found here: https://www.gov.ie/en/publication/472f64-covid-19-coronavirus-guidance-and-advice/#social-distancing-graphics 

• Department of Rural and Community Development plan can be found here: https://www.gov.ie/en/publication/70be56-government-action-plan-for-community-response-to-covid-19/ 

For the most up to date information and advice on Coronavirus, please go to:   

• Department of Health:  https://www.gov.ie/en/campaigns/c36c85-covid-19-coronavirus/   
• HSE:  https://www2.hse.ie/coronavirus/ 
• HPSC:    https://www.hpsc.ie/a-z/respiratory/coronavirus/novelcoronavirus/ 

We would be grateful if you would let us know if your organisation has any specific requests or urgent needs in relation to Coronavirus COVID-19 public health information materials. If you do, please email Partner.Pack@hse.ie.