Knowsley Better Together in Action: COVID-19 Recovery

By putting its well-established Knowsley Better Together principles into action, Knowsley Council has worked hand-in-hand with local communities and strategic partner agencies throughout the COVID-19 pandemic to ensure support for the most vulnerable communities. Building further on this approach, the Council is investing more than £8m to ensure that local communities have the support needed to recover from the pandemic, as we look towards Knowsley’s future together.

The COVID-19 pandemic has had a significant and disproportionately greater impact on communities across Knowsley. Yet, despite at times having some of the highest case rates in the country, the Borough’s “Better Together” ethos has enabled Knowsley Council and its strategic partner agencies to work alongside local residents, businesses, schools, and community groups to support people when they most needed help.

The Knowsley Better Together principles bring people, groups, and organisations together for the benefit of Knowsley and its communities. This longstanding approach in addressing challenges and capitalising on opportunities in the Borough was at the heart of the local response to the pandemic and enabled the Council and partner agencies to work alongside communities to put in place a wide range of practical interventions “on the ground”, including:-

• establishing the Knowsley Volunteer and Support Hub;
• providing thousands of emergency food parcels and prescription collections;
• sourcing and distributing millions of items of personal protective equipment; and,
• establishing a local “check-in and chat” phone service for socially isolated residents.

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