Research offers unique opportunity to gain insight into how communities have responded to crisis
University of Birmingham research offers unique opportunity to gain insight into how communities have responded to the COVID crisis.
University of Birmingham research offers unique opportunity to gain insight into how communities have responded to the COVID crisis.
Commissioned by Local Trust and led by The Third Sector Research Centre (TSRC) at the University of Birmingham, this in-depth research explores how 26 communities across England have responded to, and are recovering from, COVID-19.
Key findings revealed:
With phase 1 and 2 now complete, the research uncovers a wide range of creative community responses to the pandemic beyond the provision of food and basic necessities. It also records a remarkable change in relationships between communities and government bodies through the COVID-19 pandemic and highlights the significance of established community-led infrastructure in the face of crisis.
Angus McCabe, lead Researcher from the University of Birmingham explained:
“Since the beginning of the pandemic, the scale of the challenge has grown, and energies have waned. But communities in our study have not only sustained their activities but adapted accordingly. Through nurturing rich connections between individuals, groups and agencies in their respective communities, their responses to the pandemic, even at the height of lockdown, have extended far beyond crisis provision”.
Findings from phase three of the report will be available in March 2022.