The Health Service Executive (HSE) Covid-19 Stakeholder Communication Support Team have sourced the following resources and information for Organisations and/or Services to share with the Community.

Cocooning video –

Click here.

 15 Minutes of daily activity and fitness –

In support of people cocooning at this time, RTE has launched a 15 minute programme to help older people to keep active at home. It will be broadcast daily on RTÉ One at 2.20pm. It will help viewers who are at home and some in self-isolation or cocooning and will offer tips, especially to older viewers, on how to keep healthy and happy.  Fitness 15 will be hosted Monday to Friday at 2.20 PM on with Ray Lally, the Today Show fitness expert, and Dáithí Ó Sé.

Resources for people with dementia, their families and carers –

Online resources for people dementia, their families and carers and a booklet of activities which can be carried out at home

Irish sign language videos – 

Irish Sign Language videos are available online here . There are five videos, each covering a different section of the COVID-19 information booklet.

Mental Well-being Campaign –

The campaign offers support and resources for people to help deal with the stress, isolation and helps people maintain well-being and cope at home during this time. The campaign is running on all National and Local radio channels, as well as across social and digital platforms. Click here to be brought to the website and the hashtag is #Together. Click here for the link to the radio advert.

RTE ‘Staying Well Apart’ –

RTE are producing a 4 week programme series of Operation Transformation Staying Well Apart which will air on Wednesday evenings at 9.30 on RTE 1 as a response to the need to help people cope with staying at home/cocooning at this time. The In This Together campaign is linking in with RTE to assit with this strategy and messaging.