Perm residents received a letter from the twin-city of Oxford, UK

Dear Twin City friends,

Sending best wishes during this unprecedented period of challenge and uncertainty.

It has been very helpful to hear how you are responding to the needs of your city during this crisis.

Our 5 new Locality Resource Hubs, set up at pace together with Oxford Hub, are proving an invaluable tool to help our most vulnerable residents and those who are self-isolating and in need of help.  The council has modified the way its Contact Centre will operate to support people during the coronavirus crisis.  We now have a single point of contact for residents to request any support they may require to access food bank support, additional support to collect medicines during peak times for pharmacies, and to find support to cope with potential mental health impacts as a result of feeling isolated.

The partnership we have with Oxford Together has seen 4000 people volunteer to help their local community.

While we look at meeting our local challenges, it is also so helpful to learn and share from each other and strengthen our commitment to friendship and solidarity during these difficult times.  

Please could you share with us any messages of friendship from residents and/or community groups who are friends of Oxford? We would like to share these message(s) from your city, as well as send you messages in return from Oxford, on social media and/or a Press release to show friendship and ties are strengthened by these challenges and will continue to flourish afterwards.

Kind regards, 
Angela Charlton - International Links Officer