Cheshire West and Chester Council are seeking 'community champions' to help keep residents safe during the Covid-19 pandemic.

The Council has already formed a network of around 350 individuals and organisations from across the borough, which are tasked with sharing 'important and trusted' information with their communities.

As well as proving to be an effective way of communicating with local residents, the network is an opportunity for champions to feedback directly to the Council about any issues they spot in their community.

Champions receive regular updates from the Council with information they can pass on to their networks, whether by email, social media, text or other methods.

A bank of resources, including graphics, videos and website links, has also been created for them to access.

One local resident involved with the initiative, Gill, said: "It's about one-to-one contact rather than impersonal messages.

"We've all had to change the way we live and what we can and can't do.

"I've been happy to play a part in getting Covid-19 messages personally to the people I know and volunteer with. They, in turn, have passed them on to others they know."

The Council is still looking to welcome more community champions to the network. The time commitment is entirely up to champions and how active they want to be with sharing information and advice.

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