Thousands come together while staying apart to Clap for Carers in North West

The Clap for Carers was undoubtedly one of the most heartwarming displays of human soldarity since COVID19 paused life as we have always known it. People of all ages, all faiths and none, all backgrounds acting as one.

The different church denominations across the city, towns and villages of the north west took part in the event with the music of the bells ringing out into the darkness.

Many care workers have spoken of how touched they were to hear the applause, and to see the videos that were shared afterwards.

In Derry city, from Galliagh to Nixons Corner, Bonds Street to Prehen, people came out to show their appreciation.

Among those who were cheering and clapping in Woodbrook were relatives and neighbours of Helena Morrison, a nurse at Grangewood Hospital. Helena shared the scenes in the video clip above.

There were similar heartwarming scenes among the staff, classroom assistants and administration staff from St Eithne’s Primary School who were “honouring our superheroes”, and also shared a video clip.

Meanwhile in Old School Lane in Shantallow residents again came together while staying apart in solidarity with the health and shop workers and others across the north west who are right now at the frontline for all of us.

And the mood was summed up brilliantly on an adapted poster for Disney’s Brave, hoisted up by those residents, as captured by Georgie Cairns in the photo above, with its message: “To all health care workers, thank you, you’re brave.”