Is door-to-door leafletting a good idea

[candycane222]

Our local mutual aid group is looking for volunteers to drop a leaflet with various local contact names and numbers for assistance with food, prescriptions etc. I have been approached by someone I know to ask if I would help.

Is this really a good idea? You will have to open and close gates, touch letterboxes etc to do it.

They said they thought it was worth it if it saved the life of an elderly person but surely, there are unlikely to be elderly people who aren't in touch with other people in the course of their normal lives, even if it is only the doctor and wherever they normally get their food etc from? Would there be many people who didn't even know someone with internet access who cold find help for them? I am a bit stuck to know if I should help. I have been being really really careful and hardly been out at all, avoiding getting within 2 m of everyone, etc -all of us in the house have. This feels like I'd be undoing that?

It is quite a spread-out area and people are going out in cars together to do this - if I agreed at least I wouldn't be doing that, could do it on foot. But is it really worth doing at all?

Would love to hear thoughts. I'd be willing to go out an help with a specific real need, but this??

What about your post PicsinRed? Do you burn it or something?

Thanks everyone, useful perspectives here and on balance as it will be the first and only leaflet probably worth doing, and it's fairly official numbers sge local councillors so should not be too concerning to receive.
Group had already said gloves, sanitising and masks too - but the wooden spoon is a valuable extra tip - guess that can be sanitised too !!

What about your post PicsinRed? Do you burn it or something?

It spends 3 days in post-quarantine. Yep, I'm crazy, nope don't care you think it. 😉

Of course, my child knows not to grab the post. But each flyer is apparently a different entity to the last. 🙄

candycane all of those hygiene measures protect YOU but they can all become fomites to transfer the virus to another surface or person.

Weve done it in our little village.
It's not just the elderly, it's those who are self isolating, and those who are shielding.
I'm part of the coordination group, and we've helped out a fair few people in the last week, all of whom have been very very grateful.

So put the leaflet in quarantine. Or just wash your hands after touching it . But please don't stop vulnerable people from getting information they need.