Poverty, Opportunity and Participation Cluster: findings on inequalities highlighted or exacerbated by the response to COVID-19. (August 2020)
As a group of third sector professionals which normally work with communities with barriers to opportunities and participation, the group have observed that the Covid19 lockdown response has compounded these barriers. This has resulted in greater inequality in our society. The group seek, in this paper, to set out the main inequalities that have seen evidenced through their work. The main inequalities that have been compounded by COVID-19, and the response to it, are:
Access to information, services and support Income Health and Education.