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What do you wish mutual aid groups were doing (that they are not already)?

Hi everyone, I hope you are staying safe and keeping well.
A community group that I'm in has been doing lots of mutual aid work recently such as delivering shopping and picking up prescriptions, but are now thinking about what else we can do to be as helpful as possible at the moment. I know a lot of people feel they have fallen through the cracks in terms of the support offered by the government and may not be getting what they need so I wonder if anyone could suggest what a community group could do that would be helpful to you at the moment so I can discuss it with the group next week.
I personally don't need carers or medication or anything so I think it would be useful to hear from people who normally rely on any kinds of services, to work out what kind of assistance we could offer to people.
I have been reading some of the other posts and am pleased to see that most people are getting the supplies that they need, but I think some are still not getting all of the support they need which I find very worrying.
tldr: If you can think of any suggestions of services a community group or mutual aid group could be providing, please share.
Thanks
A community group that I'm in has been doing lots of mutual aid work recently such as delivering shopping and picking up prescriptions, but are now thinking about what else we can do to be as helpful as possible at the moment. I know a lot of people feel they have fallen through the cracks in terms of the support offered by the government and may not be getting what they need so I wonder if anyone could suggest what a community group could do that would be helpful to you at the moment so I can discuss it with the group next week.
I personally don't need carers or medication or anything so I think it would be useful to hear from people who normally rely on any kinds of services, to work out what kind of assistance we could offer to people.
I have been reading some of the other posts and am pleased to see that most people are getting the supplies that they need, but I think some are still not getting all of the support they need which I find very worrying.
tldr: If you can think of any suggestions of services a community group or mutual aid group could be providing, please share.
Thanks
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Do people think that leaflets are an accessible way to get the word out or could there be any problems there?
Very strange company, it is alarming facebook seems to be the go to place for these groups, it has no customer support and I expect I wont be able to use it again.
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/22/business/reactivate-facebook-account.html
I hope you find a way to provide other means of letting people contact you.
I hope more groups do physical leafleting and put up posters for people (with phone numbers on) because this seems to be the best way to reach most people.
Have you been able to get what you need?