Lancaster University Management School - 54 Degrees Issue 12

FIFTY FOUR DEGREES | 27 TheCovid lockdownsa ff ectedall businessesandorganisations. Fromhigh-street fi rms forced toclose their doors–many tonever reopen– tomental healthprovision, thepandemicbrought enforcedchanges. DrHelenL.Bruce looksat howchildren’sactivity providers survivedbeingunable tomeet in-person, andhowthey proved tobevital instruments inkeepingcommunitiesconnected.