Whilst there were some incredibly dark days during the pandemic, there were also many positive stories about how communities came together to support each other. We found that the ‘lived experience’ was very important – while numbers on a graph might be important for some people, what really mattered was how our loved ones, friends, colleagues and fellow citizens were coping.
Within this report, we would also like to highlight some of the work of the University of Plymouth ‘Lived Experience of COVID-19’ website contains a wealth of information on the research conducted during the pandemic – and we highlight some of this below.
We worked with communities during the COVID-19 pandemic to provide community-led solutions
Applying principles of social marketing to create active, purposeful and engaging messages
A care home manager’s story
Hearing from those with Long Covid
Encouraging the writing, sharing, publication and discussion of poetry
University of Plymouth History students are collecting a diverse range of stories from their own communities