Recently I have been thinking about the impact that coronavirus has had on different ideas of community in the UK and around the world. Some communities have ‘banded together’, with individuals helping the elderly and vulnerable around them. Many of those individuals though, might also have about 700 rolls of toilet paper still stashed away in their garage from the first few weeks of lockdown and the infamous ‘panic buying’ stage! For some, people have found value on neighbours; others have found that their community online is what matters the most. For my Nan, for example, her pensioner’s dance group is a lost community in this time of crisis.
In the future, I would be really interested to make an animated documentary or documentary series on community, it’s different forms and how it can impact people’s lives in a time of crisis.