The speed with which this has been done, and the creativity that has been demonstrated by practitioners in the process, have both been remarkable. Online resources have been created, social media broadcasts developed, text networks established and safeguarding procedures adapted to accommodate.
This has allowed project delivery to continue, and in some cases be extended to reach more young people who wouldn’t ordinarily have engaged in physical sessions. In turn, this has enabled funds to keep flowing to ensure organisational viability. Necessity truly has been the mother of invention and, like the rest of the sector, we have already started considering which of these innovations should be embedded as business as usual in the ‘new normal’.
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