City councils, citizens and civil society organisations are creating measures in neighbourhoods and communities to sustain social cohesion and to keep our spirits up.
City lists coronavirus community response
A community-sourced website lists services for people needing help and offering help.
Local platform for neighbourhood support
A local platform for neighbourhood support matches people who need help with those who offer it.
Local business support platform
An online platform lets customers buy vouchers from small local businesses for later use to support them in the current situation.
Facebook group to offer and ask for help
A facebook group connecting people who offer and seek help has branched out across borders.
Addressing all needs for online learning
A support organisation finds out what children need to continue learning from home and organises help with wide support from its community.
A platform helps to connect to self-help groups
A platform helps citizens to connect with local self-help groups and to issue a call for help in an emergency.
Virtual story time
Storytelling via videos on social media provides meaningful distraction in quarantine.
Bientina Instagram contest
An Italian municipality engages its youth in an Instagram challenge on how to stay positive at home.
Pharmacy produces disinfectant with community support
A German pharmacy produces disinfect with ingredients obtained through wide community outreach.
Telephone chain for people living alone
A telephone chain makes sure that people living alone have at least two small conversations daily.
Special trolleys in supermarkets to support families in need
In Puglia, Basilicata, Calabria and Sicily, Carrefour supermarkets collect basic necessities for families in need in designated trolleys placed at the checkout counter.
Daily challenges for children
A WhatsApp channel helps parents in a neighborhood to exchange ideas for new activities with their children.