The Government has announced that Cheshire East will move into Tier 2 - High Alert from 2nd December 2020.

The full guidance is included in the link above, however the guidance still allows for volunteering and support groups to meet face to face if needed.  

Across all tiers there are the following exemptions from gathering limit restrictions;

Exemptions from gatherings limits in all tiers

• as part of a single household, or a support bubble
• for work or providing voluntary or charitable services, including in other people’s homes
• for childcare, education or training – meaning education and training provided as part of a formal curriculum
• for supervised activities provided for children, including wraparound care (before and after-school childcare), groups and activities for under 18s, and children’s playgroups
• for formal support groups, and parent and child groups – up to 15 people aged 5 and older
• to allow contact between birth parents and children in care, as well as between siblings in care
• for arrangements where children do not live in the same household as both their parents or guardians
• for prospective adopting parents to meet a child or children who may be placed with them
• for birth partners
• to attend a funeral – with no more than 30 people present – or a commemorative event such as a wake for someone who has died – with no more than 15 people present
• to see someone who is terminally ill or at the end of life
• to attend a wedding or civil partnership – with no more than 15 people present
• to provide emergency assistance
• to avoid injury or illness, or to escape a risk of harm
• to fulfil a legal obligation, such as attending court or jury service
• to provide care or assistance to someone vulnerable or to provide respite for a carer
• to facilitate moving home

Some headlines from the Tier 2 Restrictions are:

Hospitality businesses selling food or drink for consumption on their premises are required to:

• provide table service only, in premises which sell alcohol,
• close between 11pm and 5am (hospitality venues in airports, ports, transport services and motorway service areas are exempt)
• stop taking orders after 10pm

Public attendance at outdoor and indoor events (performances and shows) is permitted, limited to whichever is lower: 50% capacity, or either 2,000 people outdoors or 1,000 people indoors

Public attendance at spectator sport and business events can resume inside and outside, subject to social contact rules and limited to whichever is lower: 50% capacity, or either 2,000 people outdoors or 1,000 people indoors

Places of worship remain open but you must not socialise with people from outside of your household or support bubble while you are indoors there, unless a legal exemption applies

Organised outdoor sport, and physical activity and exercise classes can continue

Organised indoor sport, physical activity and exercise classes will only be permitted if it is possible for people to avoid mixing with people they do not live with (or share a support bubble with). There are exceptions for indoor disability sport, sport for educational purposes and supervised sport and physical activity for under-18s, which can take place with larger groups mixing

If you have any questions or need some support please contacts us,

• contact your development officer, or
• email enquiries@cvsce.org.uk or phone 01270 763100 or 
• attend the next VCS Collective meeting to meet and talk with others from the voluntary sector - the next meeting is Thursday 3rd December, 3pm Book Here

The infographic below shows what services can open and any restrictions.