COVID-19 & your Community Centre

COVID_19 Update

To all Florence Park Community Centre members, users, friends and support Tuesday 5th Jan 2021

National Lockdown - Jan 6th 2021

Government advice on National Lockdown practices and restrictions:
https://www.gov.uk/guidance/national-lockdown-stay-at-home
As a Community Centre in National Lockdown we CAN not open :
except for specific exempt activities:

community centres and halls must close except for a limited number of exempt activities, as set out below. Libraries can also remain open to provide access to IT and digital services – for example for people who do not have it at home – and for click-and-collect services
Some of these businesses and places will also be permitted to be open for a small number of exempt activities. A full list of exemptions can be found in the guidance on closing certain businesses and venues in England, but includes:
education and training – for schools to use sports, leisure and community facilities where that is part of their normal provision
childcare purposes and supervised activities for those children eligible to attend
hosting blood donation sessions and food banks
to provide medical treatment
for elite sports persons to train and compete (in indoor and outdoor sports facilities), and professional dancers and choreographers to work (in fitness and dance studios)
for training and rehearsal without an audience (in theatres and concert halls)
for the purposes of film and TV filming

Exercise classes or groups :
Can NOT meet in the Community Centre

Opening the Bar & Pop-up Café’s
We can only offer a Take-a-way service from the bar. We will update you if we plan to implement this.

Continuing Work:
We are still actively supporting efforts to help those in isolation or are otherwise in need of assistance.

We are also going to be drawing on the incredible dedication and creativity of our members to develop ways to keep the community connected, perhaps by putting on virtual activities that reproduce our regular activities or by inventing entirely new activities.
Do sign up to our Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/florenceparkcommunitycentre

If you would like to volunteer to help with these efforts, please let us know by emailing our Centre Manager at florenceparkcommunitycentre@gmail.com.

Thank you so much for your use of the Centre, and we appreciate all the support that you can give in this challenging time.
We look forward to continuing to serve the community during this crisis and long afterward.

See you all soon, keep safe, keep well, keep reaching out to and helping each other.
The FPCA & FPSC teams.

We offer a FREE meal each Friday (delivered around 1.00pm)
If you or someone you know is elderly, vulnerable or isolating and could benefit from a cooked meal delivered to their door.
please email florenceparkcommunitycentre@gmail.com

See 'Help During the Crisis' page for details of more organisations that offer help with food, meals and other issues

Classes

The wonderful Maz does her Zumba class online every Tuesday and Thursday at 7pm, and a further floor strengthening class on a Friday at 7pm
To sign up for these please visit her Face book Page

Check out Emily Marshall's new website for everything she has on offer: www.emilyschoirs.co.uk/

Tuesdays:
Emily MArshall runs Rock-a-bye choir Wednesdays:
Emily is also running Sing Yourself Happy-