THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF HOLY TRINITY HURDSFIELD 

1. We are Holy Trinity Church Hurdsfield (HTH) and, since the onset of Covid-19 we have been working with Cheshire East to support the ‘People Helping People’ initiative, established at the onset ....more

1. We are Holy Trinity Church Hurdsfield (HTH) and, since the onset of Covid-19 we have been working with Cheshire East to support the ‘People Helping People’ initiative, established at the onset of the Covid-19 crisis, to channel community-based support to meet the needs of residents who find themselves isolated without family, friends or a support network. 2. ‘People Helping People’ connects those who are most vulnerable and in need of support (ranging from signposting to local and national services, access to essential food and medical supplies, access to priority online supermarket slots to a regular friendly phone call to lift their spirits) with volunteers who can meet those needs. 3. Since April 2020, HTH has been providing free of charge, one day a week of our office administrator’s time to work as an Area Coordinator for the 'People Helping People'. Now that our church is opening up, our administrator needs to return to his substantive role (he works 4 days a week) and this funding will provide one extra day a week’s funding to enable him to continue this Area Coordinator role and allow us to look towards developing a long term sustainable means of caring for the most vulnerable affected by Covid-19 in our communities. 4. ‘People Helping People’ is all about helping the most vulnerable in our communities; the ones who may not have family, friends or neighbours to help them; by connecting them with a volunteer who commits to helping them on an ongoing basis (rather than just providing one off support, they commit to weekly shopping, phone calls, trips to the pharmacy etc…) so ensuring that their needs are met over the long term of the Covid-19 crisis. 5. Not applicable.