Download the Audio Recording of the Goverment and ACRE guidance - Click here!
Re-opening Community Buildings
Supporting Documents & Templates
Re-opening Community Buildings - Survey Results from the Meeting
COVID-19 - Return to work guidance pack
All employers and places of work must complete a COVID specific risk assessement and must display the 'Staying COVID-19 Secure in 2020' poster. We have found a downloadable pack which provides you will all the templates that you will need. This includes risk assessment templates and all the templates that you will need. This has been produced by a Risk Management company Alcamus Group https://www.alcumusgroup.com/health-and-safety-and-coronavirus Please note CVS has not worked with this company in any way, we just like their templates.
Re-opening Buildings Questionnaire
Poster of How to Keep a Hall COVID-19 Secure
Management of Social Distancing at Community Facilities and Activities
Sample Special Conditions of Hire during COVID-19
Help keeping playground and play equipment secure
Risk Assessment for Hall Committees
Risk Assessment for Hall Hirers / Carers
Useful Websites
Request PPE (Face Visors)
Cheshire CCG has sourced face visors (PPE) from the Countess of Chester, and they would like to distribute these to VCFS organisations within Cheshire. CVS has received 3000 of these and are making them available for voluntary groups in Cheshire East.
Request an allocation - click here!
Useful websites for Community Buildings
General guidance
https://www.cvsce.org.uk/covid-19-sector-recovery
https://acre.org.uk/rural-issues/coronavirus.php
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/covid-19-guidance-for-the-safe-use-of-multi-purpose-community-facilities
https://www.which.co.uk/news/2020/03/coronavirus-how-to-clean-your-home-effectively/
Health and Safety Executive Risk Assessment
https://www.hse.gov.uk/coronavirus/assets/docs/risk-assessment.pdf
COVID secure poster: https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/5eb963fcd3bf7f5d39550303/staying-covid-19-secure-accessible.pdf
Funding: https://www.cvsce.org.uk/covid-19-funding-support
Specific Activities
Day Care services: www.scie.org.uk
Grassroots sports and leisure: https://www.gov.uk/guidance/working-safely-during-coronavirus-covid-19/providers-of-grassroots-sport-and-gym-leisure-facilities
Out of school provision: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/protective-measures-for-holiday-or-after-school-clubs-and-other-out-of-school-settings-for-children-during-the-coronavirus-covid-19-outbreak/protective-measures-for-out-of-school-settings-during-the-coronavirus-covid-19-outbreak
https://youthworksupport.co.uk/
Places of Worship: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/covid-19-guidance-for-the-safe-use-of-places-of-worship-during-the-pandemic-from-4-july/covid-19-guidance-for-the-safe-use-of-places-of-worship-during-the-pandemic-from-4-july
https://www.methodist.org.uk/about-us/coronavirus/official-guidance/
https://www.churchofengland.org/more/media-centre/coronavirus-covid-19-guidance-churches
Charity shops, indoor markets etc:
https://www.gov.uk/guidance/working-safely-during-coronavirus-covid-19/shops-and-branches
Free service that community buildings can use to help them or user groups to record visitors to the building to support Track & Trace
https://timetospare.com/track-and-trace-charities
List of PPE suppliers
See below a list of available PPE suppliers. Please note, these sites have not been verified/quality checked by CVS but are suggestions made by VCFS organisations who have used them (data taken from the PPE survey).
- Amazon www.amazon.co.uk
- Arco www.arco.co.uk
- Bubble Clothing https://www.bubblecustomised.co.uk/
- Chespack Hygiene https://www.chespackhygiene.com/
- Eureka Direct www.eurekadirect.co.uk
- Gompels Healthcare www.gompels.co.uk
- Justgloves www.justgloves.co.uk
- Makro www.makro.co.uk
- Midland Vending Services 01270 524 261
- Robert May Ltd https://shopfittingsonline.co.uk/Home
- Vi Distribution Industrial Supplies (Sandbach) https://www.vidistribution.co.uk/