As part of the new Community Champions scheme, West Lancs CVS is working alongside West Lancashire Borough Council to get accurate local COVID-19 information to West Lancs residents and voluntary sector organisations.

Please help us get the word out by passing on this weekly update....

Local covid-19 testing

Anyone in West Lancashire without covid symptoms is now eligible to two free, rapid coronavirus tests for themselves and their families. This includes frontline workers and those with children at school or college.

You can either:

• Take the test at a symptom free testing site
• Collect tests from a symptom free testing site to use at home later
• Order home testing kits online if you cannot attend a testing site

For information on all testing sites across West Lancs or how to order a test online, go to: westlancs.gov.uk/symptom-freetesting

If you would like a stock of home testing kits to share with the community at community centres, group meetings, church halls, voluntary groups etc, please contact CustomerEngagement@westlancs.gov.uk

Volunteering – can you help?

This week is Volunteers Week and we’re celebrating the work that thousands of volunteers do every day to make a difference across West Lancs.

This week we are also looking for more volunteers to join our Community Champions project to:

• Help us get accurate information about covid-19 into communities. We'll provide the information, we just need you to be a ‘hero from home’ and send it on (email, text, WhatsApp, social media) to your family, friends and social networks

• Give help to others in your neighbourhood – through practical tasks or helping out with a local organisation

Do get in touch with us at West Lancs CVS if you can help: phone 01695-733737, email: enquiries@wlcvs.org

Book your vaccine

One million more people aged 30 and 31 have been invited by text over the last week for their vaccination - leaving only adults between 18 and 29 yet to be invited to come forward.

Vaccinations have now been offered to everyone aged 30 and over, health and care workers and the clinically vulnerable.

If you are aged 30 or over, you can book in your first dose of the covid-19 vaccine:

• Phone 119
• Book online here

Second vaccine doses

The second dose of the vaccine helps to provide maximum protection so it’s important that we attend both appointments.

The NHS is bringing forward the second dose of the covid-19 vaccine for people aged 50 and over who haven’t had it yet - from 12 to 8 weeks.

You don’t need to contact the NHS. The NHS will let you know when you can rebook and how to do it

Can you help us get the word out?

Please join in these efforts to provide clear information to our community.  

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