Information and guidance for community groups in response to the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak.

Support and Information for young people

• Wigan Youth Zone (external link) - Young people can access online support by emailing someone2talk2@wiganyouthzone.org.uk
• Mental health support and advice for young people (external link)
• Kooth - Online help and advice for young people (external link)
• Children’s guide to coronavirus (external link) - Helpful book explaining the current pandemic to young children and how they can stay safe
• Homelessness frequently asked questions (external link) on what young people can do if they are at risk of homelessness during the coronavirus pandemic

Support and information for parents and carers

• Government guidance: Keeping children safe from abuse and harm (external link)
• Government guidance for parents and carers about school closures during the COVID-19 pandemic (external link)
• Digital safety and wellbeing kit for parents and safety guide for children (external link) - To help ensure children are safe, and their wellbeing is looked after while at home during the coronavirus outbreak when their screen time may be higher than usual
• Resources for parents during coronavirus (external link)
• COVID-19 advice and support for parents and carers (NSPCC) (external link).
• Internet Matters - Online resources and advice to support families (external link)
• Internet Matters - Supporting children with additional learning needs at home during the coronavirus pandemic (external link)
• Domestic abuse support and advice web page (external link)
• What to do if you need urgent police help through the 999 service, but can't speak
• Government guidance - Support for parents and carers to keep children safe online (external link)
• Willow Project is a Wigan based chairty that provides an online live chat feature where people can access 1-to-1 support during the coronavirus pandemic (external link)
• Government guidance for parents and carers of children attending out-of-school settings during the COVID-19 outbreak (external link)
• Barnardo’s See, Hear, Respond Initiative - Help if you’re a parent or carer affected by COVID-19 in England (external link)
• Young carers and young adult carers: providing care during coronavirus (external link)

General information and guidance for community groups

• Information Commissioners Office (ICO) on COVID-19 (external link) - Advice for community groups, services and charities on how to apply date protection law.
• Information Commissioners Office (ICO) (external link) - Data protection and coronavirus
• COVID-19 Stay at Home guidance in other languages and easy read formats (external link)
• Coronavirus (COVID-19) government guidance and support for victims of modern slavery (external link)
• Domestic abuse - help during the COVID-19 outbreak for people without English as a first language (external link)
• Greater Manchester Law Centre Survival Kit (external link) - GM Law Centre have developed a survival kit to support residents and frontline organisations to assist people through the current public health crisis
• House of Commons COVID-19 inquiry launched (external link) - The Women and Equalities Committee wants to hear about the different and disproportionate impact that the Coronavirus - and measures to tackle it - is having on people with protected characteristics under the Equality Act.
• NHS property services - Repurposing space to support clinical needs during COVID-19 (external link)
• Healthier Wigan/Wigan Borough CCG coronavirus updates and advice (external link)
• North West Boroughs Healthcare (external link) - Details of healthcare service changes during the COVID-19 outbreak
• Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh hospitals: Guidance for visitors during the COVID-19 outbreak (external link)
• Greater Manchester Police COVID-19 update (external link)
• End Violence Against Children - Protecting Children During the COVID-19 Outbreak (external link) - Resources to reduce violence and abuse.