Briefing 6: Rapid research COVID-19: Stepping up and helping out: grassroots volunteering in response to COVID-19

Part of a set of rapid research briefings looking at how communities responded to and recovered from the Covid-19 pandemic. 

This briefing explores how grassroots and informal volunteering accelerated during the Covid-19 pandemic, with residents stepping up to support their communities without identifying as volunteers. It highlights the challenges of sustaining this long-term and how community-led infrastructure can support voluntary action.