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Covid-19 Vaccination Rollout – Volunteer Woking

Surrey County Council is coordinating the roll out of Covid-19 vaccinations to frontline social care staff – known nationally as cohort 2.

If you are working directly with people clinically vulnerable to Covid-19, either as an employee or as a volunteer, please continue reading…

If you have any questions, please contact socialcare.c19vaccination@surreycc.gov.uk and they will do their best to respond. Please prioritise this request as it is vitally important that as many frontline social care workers are vaccinated as quickly as possible to help save lives and protect the NHS.

  • Identify any frontline social care workers (employed or volunteers) in your organisation/networks in Surrey who are eligible for the Covid-19 vaccine.

The government definition link here is “All frontline social care workers directly working with people clinically vulnerable to Covid-19 who need care and support irrespective of where they work (for example in people’s own homes, day centres, care homes for working age adults, or supported housing); whether they care for clinically vulnerable adults or children; or who they are employed by (for example local government, NHS private sector or third sector employees)”.

Surrey County Council (SCC) is working with you as trusted partners to identify those workers (employed or volunteers) you believe match this definition. In the Voluntary, Community and Faith Sector this could for example include workers (employed or volunteers) who are directly working with people clinically vulnerable to Covid-19 to provide a befriending services, to run a dementia café or day centre, to deliver meals into people’s homes who are clinically vulnerable to Covid-19, to drive people who are clinically vulnerable to Covid-19 to medical appointments, or who are active volunteers in a homeless service.

An extract from the government’s standard operating procedure is at the end of this post to help you identify workers who are eligible. This is part of the government’s roll out of the vaccine to priority groups and it’s important that we adhere to this definition for eligibility. We understand that many in the Voluntary, Community and Faith Sector will be doing really important resident facing work but unfortunately won’t fit the definition of “frontline social care workers directly working with people clinically vulnerable to Covid-19 who need care and support”.

  • Complete the Excel spreadsheet (link below) with details (name and job role) for your frontline social care workers (employed or volunteers) who are eligible for the Covid-19 vaccine and return to Surrey County Council at socialcare.c19vaccination@surreycc.gov.uk.

Link to Excel spreadsheet
Please also confirm on the spreadsheet the named person in your organisation who the Council should liaise with. Please consider how you can send the details securely in line with your existing systems and processes. If workers have already received their Covid-19 vaccination, or have already been offered an appointment via another route, don’t include them in your return.

On receipt of your response, the Council will send the named person in your organisation a link to the booking platform to enable eligible staff to book their Covid-19 vaccination at one of the hospital hubs. If you don’t have any workers who are eligible, then no response is needed.

Please be aware of a scam using texts and emails, which has been reported in the media. A person receives a text saying they need to book a vaccination appointment via a link, which takes them to a fake NHS form asking for their bank details to prove their identity. Please note that the vaccination for Covid-19 is an NHS service and will be free.

A series of frequently asked questions about the vaccination programme is available here. A useful leaflet with lots of information about the vaccination is also available in this link COVID-19 – Protection for social care staff (publishing.service.gov.uk). Please make these available to any eligible staff.


Extract from standard operating procedure – Frontline social care workers within the scope of this SOP

“All frontline social care workers directly working with people clinically vulnerable to COVID19 who need care and support irrespective of where they work (for example in people’s own homes, day centres, care homes for working age adults or supported housing); whether they care for clinically vulnerable adults or children3 ; or who they are employed by (for example local government, NHS private sector or third sector employees)”

 

Welcome to the Byfleet, West Byfleet & Pyrford Residents’ Association Website

The Byfleet, West Byfleet & Pyrford Residents’ Association (the ‘RA’) is a local community group open to residents (homeowners and tenants) and businesses operating in the three villages. We attempt to represent the interests of everyone living in our area and/or contributing to the local economy. We strive to ensure that the three villages remain attractive, prosperous, environmentally sustainable, safe and socially welcoming places in which to live.

It was formed in 1928 and has been run by volunteers continuously since then – more than 90 years of dedicated service to the residents of our villages.

Current membership represents around 30% of all households (around 2,400 homes). We have a network of 150 volunteer street representatives who keep contact with our members, deliver our newsletter and collect subscriptions (where possible). These street representatives are the life blood of the RA. 

The types of issues that the RA had focussed on recently include planning, Green Belt protection and anti-social behaviour. The RA also supports local charities and has a donations policy. 

Looking forward the RA would like to expand its community involvement to include health, education, and leisure facilities for young people.   That is dependent on having volunteers with both an interest and a desire to become involved.

Join today and receive the next issue of our newsletter, The Resident, which is published three times a year. You will also be entitled to receive details by email of local events planned by the RA (subject to current COVID 19 restrictions) and matters of interest to local residents.

What we do

  • Monitoring & advice on planning issues
  • Byfleet, West Byfleet & Pyrford noticeboards
  • Lobbying and working with local Councils
  • Supporting improvements to local services
  • Donations to local community groups
  • Convening Public Meetings

 

Important Links

  • Political Representation
  • Woking Borough Council
  • West Byfleet Business Association
  • Reporting Rights of Way Issues
  • Local Flood Warnings
  • Report road and pavement problems
  • Check food outlet standards
  • Report Crime Online
  • Trading Standards
  • Surrey Matters
  • Woking Chamber of Commerce

Community Links

  • NHS Surrey Heartlands
  • Byfleet Heritage Society
  • Byfleet Neighbourhood Forum
  • Pyrford Neigbourhood Forum
  • West Byfleet Neighbourhood Forum
  • St Marys Church Byfleet
  • Byfleet Methodist Church
  • Woking Community
  • St Johns Church, West Byfleet
  • Crossroads Care Surrey
  • Our Lady Help of Christians , West Byfleet
  • Church of the Good Shepherd, Pyrford
  • St Mary's Centre for the Community, Byfleet

Latest News

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Forthcoming Events

  • 28th May 2022 @ 12:00 pm - 4:00 pm - West Byfleet Farmer's Market, Our Lady Help Of Christians R C Church, Madeira Rd, West Byfleet KT14 6BH

  • 29th May 2022 @ 10:00 am - 4:00 pm - Big Bowls Weekend, Byfleet Bowls Club, Stream Cl, Byfleet, West Byfleet KT14 7LW, UK

  • 3rd June 2022 - Platinum Jubilee Village Picnic, Plough Green, Byfleet

  • 11th June 2022 @ 11:00 am - 3:00 pm - West Byfleet Summer Fair, Parish Church of Saint John the Baptists, 3 Camphill Rd, West Byfleet KT14 6EH

  • 15th June 2022 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm - RA Committee Meeting,

  • 25th June 2022 @ 12:00 pm - 4:00 pm - West Byfleet Farmer's Market, Our Lady Help Of Christians R C Church, Madeira Rd, West Byfleet KT14 6BH

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