Saluting Chesterfield’s Covid heroes

From the start of the pandemic, unsung heroes have stepped up to help their communities.

Produce for the community at Gussie's Kitchen

NHS and care workers are going above and beyond for people who need care
Chesterfield Borough Council staff distributed food and medicine to shielding and self-isolating residents
Local businesses switched production to manufacture PPE
Councillors Jenny Flood, Dave Allen and Lisa Blakemore, alongside community volunteers, transformed Gussie’s Kitchen, based at Saints Augustine’s church on Derby Road, into a food delivery service
Cafés and restaurants offered free meals for children when the government refused calls by Labour and footballer Marcus Rashford to keep children fed.

These heroes – and so many others – showed the amazing spirit of our town.

If you know an unsung Covid hero, please let us know so we can acknowledge them.

Email toby.perkins.mp@parliament.uk – with the subject ‘Chesterfield COVID hero’ and a description of what your local heroes have done – and we will make sure that they get the recognition they deserve.