For all the latest news on how we have been servicing the community through the COVID-19 pandemic, please visit COVID-19 News.
The latest COVID-19 Information Champion Update
We are always looking for ways we could improve the Information Champion Update and welcome your feedback.
Useful links
- Further information on vaccinations for some 12-15 year old: http://www.hertfordshire.gov.uk/about-the-council/news/news-archive/vaccinations-start-for-some-12-15-year-olds
- Children’s respiratory health symptoms and what to do https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/bronchiolitis/causes
- Office of National Statistics: Data on deaths related to COVID-19
- Report suspected side effects to medication, vaccinations and medical devices via the Yellow Card Scheme https://yellowcard.mhra.gov.uk
- Vaccination centre walk-in times and locations: https://covid.healthierfuture.org.uk/events/vaccination-walk-in-clinic-times
- A guide to COVID-19 vaccination – All women of childbearing age, those currently pregnant or breastfeeding: Version 4
- Advice videos in 5 Asian languages on: COVID-19 and pregnancy
- Hertfordshire’s Information Champions: COVID-19 language videos
- Protect yourself from false information: Share Check List
- Needle Phobia & Anxiety: https://www.youtube.com/watch? and https://www.anxietyuk.org.uk/covid-19-vaccine-support/
- Financial or practical help and advice contact: HertsHelp
- Guidance for residents and businesses during the pandemic: www.hertfordshire.gov.uk/coronavirus
Welwyn Hatfield Residents Talk
Could you help us share information in your community?
There are always new ways the community can get involved and assist us without putting in much effort.
Community champions are very useful at passing on information to their networks, verbally and through social media.
The COVID-19 pandemic has had a huge impact on everyone here in Hertfordshire but it has brought the community of Welwyn Hatfield a little closer together online in community groups and at home in the local neighbourhood. We want to make sure our residents stay up to date with the latest Public Heath Hertfordshire information including advice from Public Health England and the NHS.
You can volunteer as an individual wanting to make a difference in their community, neighbourhood or someone who works for an organisation and has contact with a particular community group.
Role of the COVID-19 Information Champion Volunteer:
- Receive the latest Public Health information briefing about COVID-19 directly from us
- Share this information with anyone in your community and with those who are well connected
- Feedback on responses towards the briefings
- Ask questions on behalf of yourself and others
- Sign up and adhere to Code of Conduct
About our volunteers – We need organisations and individuals who
- Want to help in the community
- Have good social skills and are ready to listen
- Can give and receive feedback
- Are reliable and dependable
- Live in Hertfordshire
- No formal qualifications needed
Please register below
COVID-19 Support Volunteers
We are looking for local volunteers in Hatfield who have some spare time to pick up essential grocery shopping for those who need some extra help.
For an informal chat, please get in touch with us and we can discuss what it involves.
T: 01707 274861
To apply for this opportunity, please fill in an online registration form with our partner organisation Communities 1st. Once registered you will be assigned to us looking after the Welywn Hatfield residents.
We are recruiting volunteers to help with the Rapid Lateral Flow Testing of students
Non clinical roles available.
For an informal chat, please get in touch with us and we can discuss what it involves.
T: 01707 274861
To apply for this opportunity, please fill in an online registration form with our partner organisation Communities 1st. Once registered you will be assigned to us looking after the Welywn Hatfield residents.