Tom, digital content manager now working from home. With churches closed Tom rollerblades in the disused carpark
Giles, sales manager for rotolight restoring a vintage road bike
Teresa, social worker working from home. Living in the upstairs flat Teresa is using every bit of planting space in the front of the property.
Michael and Ella. Security Guard Michael is on furlough leave, missing the gyms he spends a lot of his time in the park running or walking his dog.
Retired hairdresser Mehmet still visits the park every morning to feed the squirrels, but says they have been scared away or already fed by increased number of children visiting.
Chris, London underground worker. Chris is currently shift working to comply with social distancing, on days off he has been creating street-art in response to the Covid-19 crisis for his community.
Esther, artist and lecturer in textile design. When she is not home-schooling her son Esther has been sewing scrubs and face-masks for the NHS, the purple fabric for the latest batch was paid for by a nurse’s crowdfunding page.
Self-employed electrician Saagar hasn’t received a work call in four weeks so has furloughed himself. He is using his time to fix a model car he crashed four years ago that has been in the cupboard until now.
Eoin, cloud architect now furloughed. Eoin recently bought a remote control plane and a drone which he has been learning to fly.
Tom, retired music teacher who regularly visits the park opposite his flat to play guitar or draw since his art class was suspended during lockdown
Rawan, producer for Al Jazeera, their extensive coverage of the pandemic has increased Rawan’s workload. As an allotment holder during heatwave much of her free-time has been spent gardening . With allotments playing two key roles, food production and a form of exercise visits to the site have been permissible throughout lockdown.