This toolkit was designed by GMCVO-led project Ambition for Ageing to help build more effective social connection projects for older people during the new operating environment of COVID-19.
The toolkit includes:
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Design Principles and Challenges Checklist: What you need to know when designing and restarting projects at a time of social distancing.
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Projects compatible with social distancing: A collection of case studies of projects compatible with social distancing, including key learning.
These documents are a part of a larger report, Developing social contact models in a time of social distancing: a response to COVID-19.
The full report contains:
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An overview of policy and some useful concepts
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A checklist of likely challenges
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A set of design principles that can help shape project development
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A series of case studies that can help outline practical approaches
These documents are available together and separately at www.ambitionforageing.org.uk/socialcontact
The documents are available to download below.