Life During Covid-19

Excited to be able to share our newly published article in @Arts_Health_Jnl exploring the experiences of high-risk groups during lockdown through creative methods tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10… #COVID19 #shielding #CEV #olderpeople #artsandhealth

An inspiring woman shares her #shielding experiences. Share your #shieldingstories at lifeduringcovid.org before 31st July. And read the growing no. of contributions already uploaded to the website

"I’ve been sad, I’ve been lonely, I’ve been frustrated. I’ve enjoyed the down time, I’ve felt loved &I’ve felt cared about. There have been highs, there have been lows, I wish it hadn’t had to have happen, but if I had to do it again, I know I would cope." lifeduringcovid.org/overcoming-whi…

“I took the car out…it seemed so weird everybody socialising because I’ve been told not to do that…I came back feeling emotional because there is a life out there that I haven’t been seeing” lifeduringcovid.org/older-woman-di… Share your #shielding experiences at lifeduringcovid.org

"I have kept myself busy...I cleared all my cupboards…I’ve baked…It's lonely on your own so I’ve been knitting rabbits and a babies shawl." lifeduringcovid.org/keeping-busy-w… An older woman shares her #shielding experiences. Share your #shieldingstories at lifeduringcovid.org

“I feel the isolation, Detached from reality. The outside world passes me by As I watch from my balcony.” A young woman #shielding shares her poem ‘Becoming Vulnerable’ on our archive lifeduringcovid.org/young-woman-sh… Share your #shieldingstories at lifeduringcovid.org

Callout for people to share their experiences of the COVID-19 lockdown with Anglia Ruskin University to form an archive that can be looked back on in the years to come - today on Viral Stories ow.ly/PJGk50Ab6NJ @StoryLab_ARU @PariPositive @CeriWilson4 @AngliaRuskin

We want to hear from older people aged 65+, those who are extremely clinically vulnerable, parents of children who are extremely vulnerable, and family carers of people living with dementia. Visit lifeduringcovid.org & use #shieldingstories to share your experiences

The website is back up and running! We are creating a digital archive of experiences during the pandemic and would love for you to share videos/photos/artwork/ written words on our website lifeduringcovid.org and using #shieldingstories

Due to technical difficulties all recent uploads via the website have not come through to us. We will let you know as soon as the issue is resolved - please do upload again when we're back up and running! Alternatively you can email contributions to ceri.wilson@aru.ac.uk