Cookham SOS, whistling while they work...
I doubt there is anyone in the village who is unaware of Cookham SOS , but just in case your social distancing has been so super-efficient that you missed it, here is the top line. I think it would be described as a “community response group”, set up as a direct reaction to the threat we all face from the Corona virus. It is supporting the vulnerable of our village, those in self isolation and those who perhaps don’t have family locally. And it has already proved to be a lifeline. Since it was started on the 14 th March to time of writing, Cookham SOS has actioned on 500 requests for help. Let me repeat that…five hundred requests for help. But what does it take to get something like this off the ground? In my head it happened like a Disney film. A Princess trilled a happy song and the whole of Cookham rallied. Just as the Bluebirds and the Bambis worked to help Snow White, everyone in the village gave of their time and skills willingly, generously and above all