Statements & Resources

Health, Social Services & Access to Services
Income & Employment
Housing & Homelessness
Migrants & Refugees
Women
Ethnic & Religious Minorities
Children
Youth & Older People
Families
LGBTIQ+ Community
People with Disabilities
Digitalisation

Health, Social Services & Access to Services

Caritas Europa
COVID-19: An opportunity to improve our welfare systems, 27 March

European Association of Service providers for Persons with Disabilities
Social services at risk of being left aside during COVID-19 spread, 19 March

European Public Health Alliance
EPHA Statement on COVID19, 12 March
Coronavirus threat greater for polluted cities, 16 March
How the EU can do more for our health, 25 March
EPHA joins calls for concrete actions to ensure access for all as pledges made to tackle COVID-19, 4 May
Air Pollution and COVID-19 are worsening existing health inequalities, 5 May
Mental health in the eye of the COVID-19 hurricane, 8 May

Make Mothers Matter
A global solidarity network to fight against Covid-19, December 2020

Mental Health Europe
Coronavirus: 8 ways to look after your mental health, 13 March

EURORDIS-Rare Diseases Europe
A message from EURORDIS-Rare Diseases Europe regarding the Covid-19 pandemic, 17 March
COVID-19 Information Resource Centre

Eurocarers
Can Europe afford to leave informal carers on their own at the forefront of the coronavirus battle?, 24 March
COVID-19 – Practical support to informal carers, March

European Association for the Education of Adults
Support for ALE providers needed to mitigate consequences of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, 24 March

European Public Health Alliance
VaccineEquity, portal, February 2021

European Platform for Rehabilitation
EPR Community and COVID-19, March

The Salvation Army, EU Affairs Office
Coronavirus pandemic: The Salvation Army connected and continuing to serve, 18 March

EASPD, FEANTSA, CaritasEuropa, CEDAG,EPR, SOLIDAR, Eurodiaconia, ENSIE: COVID-19 and Social Services: what role for the EU? Europe Expects Recognition, Urgency, Resilience, Joint Position Paper, 25 June

Income & Employment

Caritas Europa
We call for EU to show solidarity with next budget, 9 May

European Anti-Poverty Network
EAPN Statement on COVID-19, 17 March

European Consumer Debt Network
COVID19, March

European Network of Social Integration Enterprises
Call for specific support measures for inclusive and integrated forms of employment during the Coronavirus crisis, 27 March
The impact ofCOVID-19 on WISEs
WISEs and COVID-19 – Resources

SOLIDAR
Call to the EU and Member States to protect the rights of the population facing more vulnerability in times of COVID-19, 17 March

Housing & Homelessness

European Federation of National Organisations working with the Homeless
COVID-19: “Staying Home” Not an Option for People Experiencing Homelessness, 18 March

Housing Europe
COVID-19 information blog, March

International Union of Tenants
Coronavirus & COVID-19, March
Don’t make the COVID-19 pandemic crisis a homelessness crisis! Statement from IUT in support often tenants, 15 May

European Public Health Alliance
How can we ensure equal access to COVID-19 vaccines for all in the context of growing health inequities?, February 2021

Migrants & Refugees

European Council on Refugees and Exiles
Belgium and The Netherlands: Suspension of the Right to Asylum Due to Coronavirus, 19 March
Protect the most vulnerable to ensure protection for everyone!, 25 March

Save the Children International
Urgent call to relocate lone children in Greek camps before coronavirus spreads, 25 March

European Public Health Alliance
How can we ensure equal access to COVID-19 vaccines for all in the context of growing health inequities?, February 2021

Women

European Women’s Lobby
Call for a European Solidarity Stimulus Plan: European solidarity must continue during the COVID-19 pandemic and in the aftermath, 15 April
For a Europe that cares for all – during the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond, 22 April

Make Mothers Matter

Placing Care and Education at the heart of a new economic system, 28 July
Building Back Better, 15 July
When the world changes, 3 April
Resource centre: Parenting tops and guidance for families, maternal and child care, addressing violence in the family

Ethnic & Religious Minorities

European Roma Grassroots Organisations (ERGO) Network

The impact of Covid-19 on Roma communities – ERGO Network study, video, June 2021
The Impact o0f COVID-19 on Roma Communities in the European Union and the Western Balkans, Survey December 2020

European Network Against Racism
Leaving no one behind in the coronavirus crisis: ENAR calls for system change now to achieve real equality, 19 March

European Public Health Alliance

How can we ensure equal access to COVID-19 vaccines for all in the context of growing health inequities?, February 2021
EPHA joins calls to ensure Roma children’s continued access to education during and after COVID-19, 24 April
EPHA joins calls for more support for Romani and traveller children and their families in COVID-19 responses, 18 May

Children

Caritas Europa
Child Guarantee is urgently needed to reduce poverty, 14 May

Eurochild
COVID-19, March
Protecting children now and in the future – Eurochild public statement on COVID-19, 25 March
Vulnerable Groups should be protected during the COVID19 Pandemic, 14 April
Joint statement on protecting children and their families during and after the COVID19 crisis, 16 April
People living in institutions must not be written off, 24 April

SOS Children’s Villages International
How to speak to your child about the coronavirus, 13 March
Parenting in a pandemic: tips for caregivers and parents, 27 March

Youth & Older People

AGE Platform Europe
Coronavirus COVID-19, March
COVID-19: with great challenge must come great solidarity, 9 April
Elder abuse has been on the rise during the COVID-19 pandemic – it is high time to take it seriously!, 15 June

European Youth Forum
Separated but united, let’s ensure that no one is left behind, 20 March

Families

COFACE Families Europe
COFACE stresses importance of its solidarity in light of the Coronavirus, 16 March
COVID-19: Resources and Information around European Families

LGBTIQ+ Community

ILGA-Europe
We continue to be committed to our members and to the movement, 18 March
COVID-19: Great Resources For Your LGBTI Organisation, 24 April
Protect, Adapt and Rally: The ILGA-Europe three-part plan to support the LGBTI movement through the Covid-19 crisis, April

Transgender Europe
COVID-19, 7 April

European Public Health Alliance
How can we ensure equal access to COVID-19 vaccines for all in the context of growing health inequities?, February 2021

People with Disabilities

European Disability Forum
Persons with disabilities stripped of community-based support and protective equipment during COVID-19 crisis, 3 April
COVID-19 resource page

Digitalisation

European Public Health Alliance
Digitalisation to support an effective public health response to the COVID-19 emergency, 12 May