This post is brought to you with an extra squirt of hand sanitiser.

It’s been really heartening to see people supporting one another during the uncertainty of the coronavirus pandemic, and adapting at speed to this new isolated way of living. I’ve spoken to some of my clients this week, and am mightily impressed with Chief Wine Officer’s new Virtual Wine Tasting events, as well as my friends at Field & Hawken who are keeping things running and their customers updated, despite all of the difficulties.

I will be operating at a slightly reduced capacity as I juggle childcare with my wife, but remain very much open for business. The freelancing world, mine included, has been hit heavily by coronavirus disruption as businesses seek to cut costs.I will be operating at a slightly reduced capacity as I juggle childcare with my wife, but remain very much open for business. As people move from face to face communications to digital, I can create email campaigns, social media assets and websites, as well as materials incorporating video and animation.

I’ll do my best to help at this difficult time, whether it’s through developing strategies on how to adapt, revising payment options or sharing your new project.

Steve

How you can take action

The world is awash with well-meaning coronavirus initiatives at the moment, here are a few which I think are particularly worth a look:

• There are some useful pointers on how businesses can adapt in this Trendwatching report.

• If you are healthy and can spare some time, I recommend signing up to or even starting a local group supporting people in your community, Covid Mutual Aid or your local council website are good places to find out more.

• And please spare a thought for those in less well off parts of the world. As Chair of small educational charity Think Malawi, I’d really appreciate it if you could follow us and share our news as the situation develops - Malawi has just 25 ICU beds in public hospitals, serving 17 million people. Stay up to date via email, Twitter or Facebook.

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