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ISSUE 3
#2
Time Twisters
#3
Mood Lifters
#6
Life Shifters
#8
Curtain Twitchers
A CALL FOR
COURAGE
What have you been longing
for these last few months?
A hug from a loved one?
A chance to meet up with
friends in person? Fish and
chips along the prom?
Over the past year, we haven’t
been in the company of as
many people as we would
have ordinarily, but all of that
is changing now as the UK
unlocks. Summer is on its way
and with it, the opportunity to
reconnect with our old lives
and loves.
With Blackpool’s vaccination
programme roll-out well
underway, it will become less
risky to step inside all of the
places that we’ve been asked
to avoid for the last year, but
that doesn’t mean you have to
rush back if you’re not ready.
Being apart from each other
for so long, you might feel a
little strange interacting with
others again. You might think
it seems so much busier and
noisier than it was before.
Perhaps you’ve changed a
little bit from the person you
were before. You may have
discovered things about
yourself for the first time, or
changed the way you look. In
whatever way you have, or
haven’t, changed on the
inside, or the outside, it’s
natural to be feeling anxious
or uncertain about the shift
back to ‘normal’ and fitting
back into your old life.
That’s why the trick to this
next transition is to approach
it gradually.
In this issue of The Upside,
you’ll find stories of local
people who have started to
take steps to overcome their
fears of going out and meeting
up with others, as restrictions
have lifted. We’ve also
included plenty of signposting
for things you can do and
places you can go to safely
meet and connect with other
people.
Have courage, if you can, over
these coming weeks. You’re
not alone in how you feel. We
all need time to readjust to
the people and places we
haven’t seen for a while, but
perhaps now is the right time
to starting thinking about how
you’ll make your return.