{"id":65614,"date":"2021-04-22T15:42:43","date_gmt":"2021-04-22T14:42:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/?p=65614"},"modified":"2021-12-16T18:32:30","modified_gmt":"2021-12-16T18:32:30","slug":"fighting-covid-ordinary-people-at-the-forefront","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/business-culture\/fighting-covid-ordinary-people-at-the-forefront","title":{"rendered":"Fighting COVID: Ordinary people at the forefront"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">A Wales group delivers prescriptions and food to help communities on a local level since lockdown.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/04\/WechatIMG789-1024x576.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-65617\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/04\/WechatIMG789-1024x576.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/04\/WechatIMG789-300x169.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/04\/WechatIMG789-770x433.jpeg 770w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/04\/WechatIMG789-1536x864.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/04\/WechatIMG789-2048x1152.jpeg 2048w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/04\/WechatIMG789-293x165.jpeg 293w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/04\/WechatIMG789-1400x787.jpeg 1400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/04\/WechatIMG789-1024x576.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-65617\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/04\/WechatIMG789-1024x576.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/04\/WechatIMG789-300x169.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/04\/WechatIMG789-770x433.jpeg 770w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/04\/WechatIMG789-1536x864.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/04\/WechatIMG789-2048x1152.jpeg 2048w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/04\/WechatIMG789-293x165.jpeg 293w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/04\/WechatIMG789-1400x787.jpeg 1400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/noscript><figcaption>The founder Patrick Mulder (left) set up the Sketty group to deliver food and prescriptions during lockdown.&nbsp;(Credit: Patrick Mulder)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>As 2020 begins, the blizzard of COVID-19 is bearing down on the UK. A 28-year-old healthcare worker, Patrick Mulder, from Sketty, Swansea, shrugged it off at that time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He didn&#8217;t believe COVID would be a thing to pay attention to when bushfires were raging in Australia and other horrific events were taking place around the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cCOVID would be relegated to the sidelines of history,\u201d said Patrick. However, he soon ended up being dreadfully embarrassed by the short-sighted view, and changed his mind &#8211; determined to do something for the community to against Coronavirus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On 15 March last year, he made the decision that set up the Sketty Community Outreach Group (now Sketty Online) with 160 like-minded people delivering prescriptions and necessities for isolating and vulnerable people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"640\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/04\/WechatIMG785-1024x640.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-65619\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/04\/WechatIMG785-1024x640.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/04\/WechatIMG785-300x187.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/04\/WechatIMG785-770x481.jpeg 770w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/04\/WechatIMG785-1536x960.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/04\/WechatIMG785-2048x1280.jpeg 2048w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/04\/WechatIMG785-293x183.jpeg 293w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/04\/WechatIMG785-1400x875.jpeg 1400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/04\/WechatIMG785-1024x640.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-65619\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/04\/WechatIMG785-1024x640.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/04\/WechatIMG785-300x187.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/04\/WechatIMG785-770x481.jpeg 770w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/04\/WechatIMG785-1536x960.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/04\/WechatIMG785-2048x1280.jpeg 2048w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/04\/WechatIMG785-293x183.jpeg 293w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/04\/WechatIMG785-1400x875.jpeg 1400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/noscript><figcaption>The group members said that camaraderie was palpable. (Credit: Patrick Mulder)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>As COVID-19 spread rapidly through northern Italy and across Europe, there was an air of unease in Sketty, which is a community of Swansea, where Patrick lives. The elderly make up a large proportion of the population in this community of about 6,000 people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI knew that should we be inundated with cases like Italy, there would be no sufficient infrastructure to deal with basic needs, such as medication deliveries, and guessed that online food retailers would quickly be swamped,\u201d said Patrick.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Volunteers do what they could to help their communities on a local level. \u201cIf we made even a handful of people feel less alone &#8211; we would have done a good job,\u201d said Patrick.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Who could have foreseen that, so far, this group has delivered more than 800 prescriptions and served more than 300 food stores?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/04\/WechatIMG787\u7ec8-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-65620\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/04\/WechatIMG787\u7ec8-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/04\/WechatIMG787\u7ec8-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/04\/WechatIMG787\u7ec8-770x433.jpg 770w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/04\/WechatIMG787\u7ec8-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/04\/WechatIMG787\u7ec8-2048x1152.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/04\/WechatIMG787\u7ec8-293x165.jpg 293w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/04\/WechatIMG787\u7ec8-1400x787.jpg 1400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/04\/WechatIMG787\u7ec8-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-65620\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/04\/WechatIMG787\u7ec8-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/04\/WechatIMG787\u7ec8-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/04\/WechatIMG787\u7ec8-770x433.jpg 770w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/04\/WechatIMG787\u7ec8-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/04\/WechatIMG787\u7ec8-2048x1152.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/04\/WechatIMG787\u7ec8-293x165.jpg 293w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/04\/WechatIMG787\u7ec8-1400x787.jpg 1400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/noscript><figcaption>The group boasts of 160 members delivering food and prescriptions during lockdowns. (Credit: Patrick Mulder)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>At the beginning, Patrick needed to distribute leaflets to advertise the group to attract more people joining in. \u201cIt was gonna be very difficult. I thought no one was gonna bother,\u201d said he.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But it was easier than he predicted. \u201cI put out a call on Facebook. I thought maybe two or three people would turn up but 38,\u201d said he, which sparked his hope and lay the foundation for the Sketty group.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At that moment, the UK encountered its first lockdown, and residents faced an unprecedented sense of isolation and loneliness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWhen delivering prescriptions, I\u2019d regularly be told that I was the first person the service user had seen or talked to in weeks,&#8221; said Patrick. &#8220;As time moved on it became clear that every time a delivery was undertaken, it sent out a message of hope, friendship, community and support to our most vulnerable neighbours.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"640\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/04\/WechatIMG788-1024x640.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-65621\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/04\/WechatIMG788-1024x640.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/04\/WechatIMG788-300x188.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/04\/WechatIMG788-770x481.jpeg 770w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/04\/WechatIMG788-1536x960.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/04\/WechatIMG788-2048x1280.jpeg 2048w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/04\/WechatIMG788-293x183.jpeg 293w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/04\/WechatIMG788-1400x875.jpeg 1400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/04\/WechatIMG788-1024x640.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-65621\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/04\/WechatIMG788-1024x640.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/04\/WechatIMG788-300x188.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/04\/WechatIMG788-770x481.jpeg 770w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/04\/WechatIMG788-1536x960.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/04\/WechatIMG788-2048x1280.jpeg 2048w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/04\/WechatIMG788-293x183.jpeg 293w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/04\/WechatIMG788-1400x875.jpeg 1400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/noscript><figcaption>Places the volunteer group for isolating and vulnerable people arrived from the first lockdown. (Credit: Patrick Mulder)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI probably worked eight to nine hours a day,\u201d said he. With the number of COVID-19 positives on the rise, more and more people came to him for help.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He was like an information relay station at first, because all calls asking for help were made to him, who then wrote messages and found the nearest volunteers to go to users to do tasks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe only thing I struggled with was the phone calls. I go out for a walk, and I\u2019d come back and it\u2019d be 20 new phone calls. It was a bit stressful sometimes, but there were lots of people there to help me,\u201d said he. Other than that, everything went smoothly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To improve work efficiency, a system to map out volunteers developed by Swansea Council Local Area Coordinator Ben Thompson for the group was applied. \u201cWe could link our service users with their nearest helper. Both to reduce travel time and with a view to create a stronger connection that would continue after lockdown had ended.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Strict delivery guidelines have also been developed and implemented since then to protect the health and safety of volunteers. \u201cWe\u2019d give people gloves, and they\u2019d have to source their own alcohol and gel. And there were basic instructions like leave the prescription or food on the doorstep, and don\u2019t go into the service users home. If you do talk to them, make sure you\u2019re two meters away.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Patrick says he doesn&#8217;t know of any volunteers who picked up COVID from doing volunteer things. Basic safeguards provide a reliable guarantee.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/04\/WechatIMG790-1024x576.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-65623\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/04\/WechatIMG790-1024x576.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/04\/WechatIMG790-300x169.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/04\/WechatIMG790-770x433.jpeg 770w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/04\/WechatIMG790-1536x864.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/04\/WechatIMG790-2048x1152.jpeg 2048w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/04\/WechatIMG790-293x165.jpeg 293w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/04\/WechatIMG790-1400x788.jpeg 1400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/04\/WechatIMG790-1024x576.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-65623\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/04\/WechatIMG790-1024x576.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/04\/WechatIMG790-300x169.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/04\/WechatIMG790-770x433.jpeg 770w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/04\/WechatIMG790-1536x864.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/04\/WechatIMG790-2048x1152.jpeg 2048w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/04\/WechatIMG790-293x165.jpeg 293w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/04\/WechatIMG790-1400x788.jpeg 1400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/noscript><figcaption>Leaflets from the Sketty group committed to the fight against COVID.  (Credit: Patrick Mulder)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>For the work he undertook in his community during the Covid-19 crisis, he won <a href=\"https:\/\/census.gov.uk\/census-2021-heroes\/\">Census 2021 Heroes<\/a>, awarded by Census officials on March 2021, which is to recognise the achievements of 22 ordinary people who have done extraordinary things in Wales and England.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve never won anything before, not even a goldfish in the fairground, so I didn\u2019t really know what to say,\u201d said Patrick. He felt overwhelmed and shy about the honor. \u201cBut it was nice. I had a very bad year before with mental health, so it was a nice end and to be recognized.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Recently, with the improvement of COVID, calls for help have dwindled, but the group hasn&#8217;t stopped working because the pandemic crisis hasn&#8217;t gone away. \u201cThe numbers went up and up very quickly in the past,\u201d said Patrick. He thinks the Sketty group should be prepared for a backlash.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Anything people would normally do that they couldn&#8217;t do, we tried to do,&#8221; said he. \u201cIf I am proud of anything, it is that our actions went some way to allay their fears during a really frightening time.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How a group of people decided to create real difference in times of COVID lockdown, one delivery at a 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