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The flooding in Hampton Bishop 5/6 weeks ago really bought the village together as a community (there’s really no obvious centre point so it’s not really happened in a meaningful way before) and we were determined to be as self-reliant and resilient as possible. This mobilised a large chunk of the village and we started to tap into considerable social capital that we didn’t even know existed.
The expectation was that most things would be preventative but it’s now morphed into broader community resilience with a hub and spoke approach, the village zoned so it’s easier to communicate and look after each other (a large proportion of the village are over 70, a group I aspire to join), coordinate shopping and pharmacy collections and, I remain hopeful, tap into undiscovered cider resources.
This has been really life affirming and I sincerely hope that once the current situation has passed it isn’t cynically milked by Big Society opportunists (note - one of the Herefordshire MPs authored the Big Society and is very visible when there’s something to celebrate, totally invisible otherwise)