Coronavirus (Covid-19) Mary's is now running all of its services with appropriate safety measures in place. Throughout our buildings and operations, we will continue to maintain appropriate COVID safety measures. We will require all our visitors and staff to: 1. Maintain the current entering and leaving protocols (attendees to wait outside and be collected by the leader on their way in and their exit from the community centre, In the Crypt reception area no more than 20 at any time) 2. Maintain their communications to attendees warning them about staying away if infected or may be infected 3. Make full use of the available ventilation possibilities (natural or mechanical ventilation depending on the room) and ask if assistance or demo of these is required. 4. Make use of the hand sanitising facilities provided Pre-School Pre-school parents will continue to be asked to drop off and pick up their children outside by the back entrance to the Pre-school courtyard to minimise the risk of spreading/catching COVID amongst staff and children. with staff and other children. For more information about anything related to pre-school please call us on 020 7704 2873 or email us at [email protected] Play Scheme We are running our holiday playschemes as usual. We are asking parents to drop off and pick up outside the entrance to the Neighbourhood Centre where staff will be on hand to facilitate this. For more information about the upcoming schemes visit our Play Scheme page. Youth Club We are now running a full programme of activities including indoor onsite activities and outdoor trips. We continue to ask young people to wear facemasks for all indoor sessions. We will keep these measures under review. If you are aged 8 - 18 or is a parent of children in this age range visit our Youth Club pages, they are regularly updated with the latest programmes. Latest Youth Club Programme Islington Council - If you are concerned about the safety of children, call Islington Council’s Children's Services Contact Team on 020 7527 7400 or the Disabled Children's Team on 020 7527 3366. Mary’s Active - Now in person also! We are now delivering activities in our Gym as well as continuing to deliver them online. We will continue to maintain a safe maximum number of participant limit on physical classes for which individuals will have to book in with our session lead every time. Our online open classes will continue as before. If you would like to find out more, join one of the free online activity classes or book into one of the physical in-person classes. Get in touch by emailing [email protected] and we can sign you up. Community Groups We are now open to facilitating most indoor activities. Click here to see our What's On at Mary's now. The free Islington Legal Advice Centre has resumed its Thursday night drop-in surgeries. To find out more about them visit their website. If you are looking for activities that are not yet available here at Mary's you could check in with one of our partners to find out if they can help. Coffee & Computers - offers support to help people get connected through technology Help On Your Doorstep offers a variety of support and resources online and over the phone The Claremont Project supporting senior citizens offer a range of online classes. The timetable and information on how to join classes can be found HERE.