Park Times for Cocooners + Other Stuff

1. Designated Times in Parks for Cocooners
2. Shopping Information
3. Easing of Restrictions
4. Technology Help
5. DLRCoCo Community Wellbeing Initiatives
6. Do you Run a Small Business?

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1. Designated Times in Parks for Cocooners
Starting tomorrow (Wednesday 6th), all Dublin parks will be reserved between 13:30 and 15:30 every day for the elderly and vulnerable to exercise. The Councils ask that all other citizens respect this new initiative and use the parks at other times. (This applies not just to DLR parks, but to all parks in the four Dublin local authorities’ areas.) Click here for more information.
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2. Shopping Information
Takeaways:
We’ve put together a list of some takeaways in the area, you can find it on the website. This isn’t a complete list, but it’s a good place to start. https://www.roebuckresidents.com/takeaways/

Eighty fine food shops and restaurants delivering during lockdown.
Article can be found here.
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3. Easing of Restrictions
A link to the roadmap document for the planned easing of restrictions, with details of planned re-openings at each stage.
https://www.gov.ie/en/news/58bc8b-taoiseach-announces-roadmap-for-reopening-society-and-business-and-u/?referrer=/roadmap/
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4. Technology Help
Age Action Getting Started KIT:
Age Action has launched a Getting Started KIT. This kit is made up of seven “How To” guides that will support older people to learn, use, and be confident using smartphones and applications. This is in order to support older people to keep in touch with their loved ones during the Covid-19 pandemic.They are also looking for people to volunteer as “Digital Champions”, to use the Age Action Getting Started KIT to help an older person improve their digital literacy skills. More information here.

IT Support:
Do you have an IT query? A group of volunteers have come together to help the elderly in our communities who are ‘cocooning’ and isolated due to the COVID-19 crisis, with free over the phone help to resolve any IT or technical issues they have.
More information here.
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5. DLRCoCo Community Wellbeing Initiatives
DLRCoCo has a regularly updated list of initiatives and suppports for mental and physical wellbeing on their website. There’s a lot there and it’s worth taking a look.
You can find out more here.
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6. Do you Run a Small Business?
The new Business Continuity Voucher, available through Local Enterprise Offices, is designed for businesses across every sector that employ up to 50 people. The voucher is worth up to €2,500 in third party consultancy costs and can be used by companies and sole traders to develop short-term and long-term strategies to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic. More details here.

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