Since 2010, BuDS has helped its volunteers towards work. Our Reach4Work project, created in 2018, codified and developed that help, creating a professional wrap-around service for our disabled volunteers who want to move into or closer to work.
BuDS is exceptionally successful at moving disabled jobseeker volunteers into or closer to work…
The risk of meeting a Covid-infected person in your everyday life this week is slightly higher than it was last week, and remains Very High. Around 1 in every 71 people in England have Covid – this is also the rate for Bucks.
As an example of the risk of catching Covid, a typical busy supermarket will have between 3 and 6 infected people breathing out virus which you could catch.
Bucks and England appear to be still in a “summer lull”, similar to 2022. We have not yet found any firm evidence of a major increase in infection rates.
There are two main reasons for this lull. Most of the population have now already caught a variant of Covid in the last few months, and a new variant has not yet come along. This means that the temporary immunity that you get from catching Covid is protecting most people from a fresh infection. That will change, of course, when the next new variant arrives which can avoid the temporary immunity given by past variants.
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Signing up to Reach4Work is very easy. Just tell us that you are interested in joining Reach4Work, and we will get in touch with you. We will get back to you as quickly as we can, but it can take up to a week if we are busy.
The easiest way to sign up is to complete the form below, making it clear that your enquiry is about Reach4Work. Please tell us if you would like us to communicate with you in a particular way, e.g. no phone calls or by social media messaging.
You can also email volunteering@buds.org.uk or leave a voicemail on 01494 211179.
In April 2023, BuDS Trustees agreed that the charity’s main strategic objective for the year ahead would be to complete the transition from Covid-19 contingency funds to conventional charitable funding, and so enable all of our current projects to continue and expand. By July 2023, it was clear that we were succeeding in re-funding our current projects, and that we needed to change our strategy to reflect our quick growth. BuDS Trustees have therefore agreed an updated strategy for the remainder of the current financial year. This can be downloaded below.
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The risk of meeting a Covid-infected person in your everyday life this week is slightly lower than it was last week, but remains Very High. Around 1 in every 76 people in Bucks have Covid – this is also the rate for England as a whole.
As an example of the risk of catching Covid, a typical busy supermarket will have between 3 and 6 infected people breathing out virus which you could catch.
Bucks and England appear to be in a “summer lull”, similar to 2022. Recent peaks (March and May) have boosted temporary immunity, and the hot weather is reducing indoor contact. However, Covid is still widespread in the population, and we are already seeing signs that the recent fall in infections is coming to an end. We are still confidently predicting that rates will again increase as we move into the late summer and autumn.
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The risk of meeting a Covid-infected person in your everyday life this week remains about the same as it was last week. The risk is still Very High. Around 1 in every 71 people in Bucks have Covid – this is also the rate for England as a whole.
As an example of the risk of catching Covid, a typical busy supermarket will have between 4 and 6 infected people breathing out virus which you could catch.
Bucks and England appear to be in a “summer lull”, similar to 2022. Recent peaks (March and May) have boosted temporary immunity, and the hot weather is reducing indoor contact. However, Covid is still widespread in the population, and we are confidently predicting that rates will again increase as we move into the autumn.
BuDS continues to recommend that disabled and clinically vulnerable people avoid indoor spaces unless they are wearing a filter mask (FFP2/3). For more advice on how to avoid catching Covid, use this link.
This data is based on the Zoe Health Study for Covid-19, adjusted to take account of its limited coverage. To learn more about this, use this link.
To understand more about our Covid risk levels and what they mean, use this link.
For more Covid information and help, please contact BuDS and we will be happy to help.
Huntsmill Farm is a farm wedding venue in the north of Buckinghamshire. In June, they put on a Pop-Up-Pub to help raise money for BuDS. Pop-Up-Pubs are local community events allowing locals to come and have a drink and a bit of food in the venue whilst supporting a local charity.
BuDS was delighted to receive nearly £800 from Huntsmill Farm. We will use this money to support disabled people all over Bucks. Thank you so much to Huntsmill Farm and to everyone who attended the Pop-Up-Pub and gave so generously!
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The risk of meeting a Covid-infected person in your everyday life this week remains about the same as it was last week. The risk is still Very High. Around 1 in every 65 people in Bucks have Covid – this is also the rate for England as a whole.
As an example of the risk of catching Covid, a typical busy supermarket will have between 4 and 6 infected people breathing out virus which you could catch.
BuDS continues to recommend that disabled and clinically vulnerable people avoid indoor spaces unless they are wearing a filter mask (FFP2/3). For more advice on how to avoid catching Covid, use this link.
This data is based on the Zoe Health Study for Covid-19, adjusted to take account of its limited coverage. To learn more about this, use this link.
To understand more about our Covid risk levels and what they mean, use this link.
For more Covid information and help, please contact BuDS and we will be happy to help.
