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From YouTube: BCP Radio Solent Interview - Together We Can
Description
Cllr Vikki Slade, Leader of the Council, speaks to BBC Radio Solent's breakfast show about Together We Can, the council's community response initiative during the coronavirus crisis, other actions the council is taking to support residents - all on the morning of the first anniversary of the council's creation!
A
B
A
B
We
we
realized
really
early
on
that.
There
was
some
great
stuff
going
on
on
social
media
and
in
local
communities,
and
we
needed
a
sort
of
a
central
place.
So
people
could
feel
that
they
were
doing
something
that
was
systemic
and
that
we
had
systems
to
help
people
with
getting
their
shopping
where
they,
perhaps
you
know,
weren't
able
to.
If
you
give
people
money,
that's
you
know
not
not
a
particularly
say
things
to
do
so.
B
We've
in
the
space
of
a
week
set
up
a
call
center,
which
is
staffed
by
people
from
the
council,
whose
job
is
no
longer
being
done.
Library,
officials,
environmental,
health
officers,
those
sorts
of
people
who
are
you
know
whose
job
is
is,
is
currently
ceased
and
they're
working
seven
days
a
week,
eight
too
late
to
take
calls
from
people
who
are
stuck
at
home,
who
perhaps
don't
have
neighbors
or
family,
who
can
go
out
and
get
their
shopping
or
or
just
have
somebody
that
they
can
speak
to
each
day.
Pretty.
A
B
Was
the
IT
team
and
their
customer
service
team
have
been
incredible?
We've
got
1,700
volunteers
who
are
all
signed
up.
We've
got
about
50
staff
at
the
moment.
Who
are
you
know,
rotated
it
to
be
part
of
the
program
and
it's
working
alongside
the
government's
operation
shield.
So
the
one
where
the
really
vulnerable
people
are
being
contacted,
direct
we're,
then
sort
of
taking
on
the
ones
who
are
who
are
needing
something.
B
A
Phone
number
for
people
who
might
fall
into
that
category
or
might
know
somebody
who
does
Oh
three
hundred
one
two:
three:
seven
zero
five,
two
I
don't
know
if
you
have
an
overview
of
the
cancer
as
a
whole
at
the
moment,
Vikki
how
much
II
you
affected
by
absentee
I'm
certainties
caused
by
illness
or
self
isolation.
Do
you
have
it
a
statistic.
B
Very
much
it's
probably
about
one
in
six,
so
we
are
moving
lots
of
people
around.
That's
why
we've
had
to
see
things
like
green
bin
collection,
and
you
know
some
of
the
restrictions
on
access
to
places
it's
partly
because
we
can't
keep
people
safe.
So
we
are,
we've
got
everybody
ready
to
move
into
those
critical
services.
Obviously,
almost
everyone
is
working
from
home,
our
IT
team
built
over
300
laptops
and
over
the
space
of
five
days,
because
as
you'll
know
as
a
new
council,
we
won't
really
set
up
to
do
remote
working
all
these
things.
B
Would
you
to
happen
over
the
next
two
years
right,
so
we've
had
to
escalate
some
stuff,
but
the
team
have
been
incredible.
We
have
a
daily
teleconference
of
all
the
departments
every
morning.
Clearly,
we've
got
the
same
issues
as
everyone
else.
You
know
a
lack
of
PPE
for
care
workers
and
child
protection
officers.
B
You
know
that's
really
worrying,
but
we're
working
as
hard
as
we
can
to
keep
everybody
safe
and
keep
as
many
services
going
for
as
long
as
we
can
and
make
sure
we
can
get
the
money
out
to
the
businesses
that
you
know
that
they're
entitled
to
through
through
the
the
government
programs
and
the
same
with
the
most
vulnerable
individuals
as
well.
Just.
A
B
Just
haven't
been
sent
any,
and
you
know
one
of
our
counselors
yesterday
contacted
me
and
said:
he's
been
sent
a
hundred
masks
from
a
friend
in
China,
so
we're
getting
those
into
the
council
where
we're
having
to
be
in
the
same
situation
at
the
NHS.
Only
a
step
behind
and
teams
are
having
to
use
what
they
can,
but
there
are
people
who
we
think
should
have
access
to
mosques
that
haven't
had
them
and
that's
obviously,
you
know
making
them
very,
very
cautious
about
some
of
the
work
that
they
they
need
to
be
doing.
Yeah
and.
A
B
A
B
It's
absolutely
huge,
you
know
the
council
budgets
that's
height
at
the
best
of
times
the
budget
that
we
wrote
in
February.
You
know
it
is
torn
to
shreds.
Everything
has
got
to
be
fundamentally
rewritten
you
we
take,
we
only
get
one
percent
of
our
income
from
central
government.
The
rest
of
it
is
council
tax
business
rates,
car
parking
charges.
You
know
there
are
people
who
can't
afford
to
pay
the
council
tax.
There
are
a
lot
of
lot
of
businesses
who
are
not
paying
their
business
rates.
B
We
will
get
that
reimbursed
by
the
government,
but
you
know
how
many
businesses
won't
come
out
of
this
in
the
same
state
and
obviously
our
car
parking
income
is
is
virtually
zero,
so
you
know
that
that
is
really
impactful.
The
government
have
said:
don't
worry,
you
know
we'll
help
you
out,
but
the
government
are
doling
out
money.
Aren't
they
left
right
and
center?
We
don't
know
it
at
the
moment
how
much
the
council's
will
get,
and
you
know
that
income
it
pays
the
social
worker
to
go,
and
you
know
check
on
a
child.
B
That's
that's
in
crisis
or
you
know
the
care
home
placement
or
the
fuel
in
there
in
the
refuse
vehicle.
It's
it's
not
money,
that's
not
needed.
Every
penny
is
spent
and,
of
course
we
have
responsibility
for
the
coroner's
service
and
the
mortuaries.
You
know
that
sounds
pretty
morbid,
but
that's
an
incredibly
important
service
right
now.
Vicki.