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Staying active from home in Islington During this time it’s important to stay active and find new ways to keep everyone in your home moving. Turn chores into exercise:
Are you struggling because of Coronavirus (COVID-19)? We are Islington is here to help you Get in touch If you or someone you know needs support, then help is available. Islington Council, voluntary sector and mutual aid groups are working together to provide support. This could include help with getting food or medicine, online group activities, legal advice or a friendly conversation. You can contact organisations directly or call the We are Islington helpline on 020 7527 8222.
Activities like vacuuming, cutting the grass and hanging the washing can all contribute to your 150 recommended active minutes a week.
Get creative with household items: Objects including cans and water bottles can be used as weights.
Dance it out: Put on your favourite playlist and dance out your stress for thirty minutes or so. This makes a great activity to do with kids.
Use your house:
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Use your sofa for arm dips and your walls for chair pose (stand with your back against the wall and lower down so it’s like you’re sitting on a chair. Hold for 30 seconds).
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Get climbing:
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Balance it out:
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Find local news, link to public health advice and sign up to our ebulletins at www.islington.gov.uk/coronavirus A big thank you to all the residents, volunteers and charities across Islington who are rallying round to support their community. We are Islington.
Support us If you/your business want to volunteer please approach a local group or check out www.islington.gov.uk/findvolunteering. You can also email volunteer@vai.org.uk Please ensure that any organisation that you help gives you advice on how to keep yourself and others safe. If you feel able to, you can donate to the Islington Giving Crisis Fund at www.islingtongiving.org.uk
If you have stairs, climb these or use as a stepper. Take turns balancing on one leg – closing your eyes makes this harder.
Go online: Jump on YouTube and find the workout for you, like Joe Wicks’ workouts for all the family. For tips and advice about staying safe, healthy and active visit www.islington.gov.uk/coronavirus
A message from Islington Council: Keep going to defeat coronavirus At these extremely challenging, confusing times, clarity has never been more important. That is why I want to send out a very clear message to people across Islington: lockdown is not over, social distancing measures are still in place, and we all need to do our bit to stop the spread of Covid-19 and save lives. I appreciate how difficult this period has been, and am so grateful to everyone in Islington who has been making sacrifices by staying at home and avoiding social contact with family and friends. Your efforts have helped contain the spread of the virus, save lives and protect the frontline workers who are working so hard to keep us safe
during the pandemic. But it is vitally important that we do not lose sight of the fact that coronavirus has not yet been defeated, and that lives are still at risk. We all need to keep staying at home as much as we can, including working from home where this is possible, to limit the spread of this terrible virus.
our streets and making it easier to socially distance while walking and cycling. Please do not use public transport for unnecessary travel to keep it safe for key-workers. If you do have to travel, please make journeys on foot or by bike where possible.
If you do go outside, make sure that you socially distance and keep a safe two-metres from other people at all times. Do not forget that the virus can be spread even by those that do not have symptoms.
This remains an incredibly difficult time for all of us. The Government has set out a gradual approach to getting the nation out of lockdown. But complacency now will only cost lives and risk a second peak, with unthinkable consequences for our NHS. So, please help save lives and protect our NHS by continuing to follow the rules, staying at home as much as possible, and socially distancing.
The council is working hard to meet the challenges of the next stage of this crisis, including changing
Cllr Richard Watts, Leader of Islington Council
For clear, up-to-date, easy-to-read guidance and updates, visit www.gov.uk, www.nhs.uk, www.islington.gov.uk, and the council’s Facebook or Twitter @IslingtonBC. All information on this page is correct as of 11am Thursday May 14.
How we’re changing our services In order to ensure that we can continue to provide key services like refuse collection, child safeguarding and housing support to our residents at this difficult time, we have had to make changes in some other areas. Here are the latest changes: We’re moving ahead with plans to improve our streets to enable people to easily socially distance as they make essential travel. Sections of pavement on Liverpool Road and Essex Road have been widened, for example, and more changes will follow. A small number of market stalls reopened last weekend to test whether new social distancing guidelines can keep shoppers and workers safe. We continue to engage with traders to help pave the way for more stalls to return in due course. The Hornsey Street Reuse and Recycling Centre has reopened, but with reduced hours. Advance booking is essential, and the centre is open only for the disposal of waste that may cause harm and cannot be safely stored at home. For the latest information, see www. islington.gov.uk/servicechanges
Staying safe in our parks As the warm, sunny weather continues, it’s vitally important that we all follow the rules when using parks in order to prevent the spread of coronavirus. Here is the latest guidance: • Act responsibly at all times. • You must remain at least two metres (6ft 6in) away from others.
• You cannot play team sports with anyone outside your household • Playgrounds and outdoor gyms remain closed
• People can exercise in our parks as many times each day as they wish
• Maintain good hand hygiene –wash your hands regularly for at least 20 seconds.
• You can only exercise with up to one person from outside your household and you must stay 2m apart
• Keep dogs on a lead at all times • No barbecues
What you need to do to slow the spread It is really important that we all help to save lives by doing our bit to slow the spread of coronavirus. Here’s what you can do: • Stay at home as much as possible. You should only leave your home for essential reasons like going to work if you can’t work from home, exercising or essential shopping, and for a medical need. • You must limit your contact with others. You are only allowed to meet one person from a different household outdoors – but you must stay at least 2 metres apart. Gatherings of more than two people from different households are prohibited and you cannot visit friends or family in their homes. • If you start displaying symptoms, including a new, continuous cough and/or a high temperature, self-isolate for seven days. Anyone you live with should self-isolate for 14 days from the day you developed symptoms.
• If you really need to use public transport, try to avoid rush hour and wear a non-medical face covering to protect yourself and others. • If you do go outside for any of these reasons, stay at least 2 metres (6ft 6in) away from other people at all times. That is roughly the length of two supermarket trolleys.
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For the latest information, head to www. gov.uk/coronavirus
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