Corona virus, community and collaboration: How OnTarget used social media to facilitate education
The Situation The global pandemic has altered how everyone conducts their lives, and this is no different for OnTarget. Unable to send mentors into school to deliver our usual service, we explored alternative routes to ensure we could continue to provide benefits to the local and wider community. As has often occurred during this time of change and adaptation, social media emerged as a key resource. Its ability to connect people regardless of location has proved invaluable during this period of distance and isolation. Drawing on this powerful attribute, OnTarget adapted its operation to ensure our key aim of improving mental wellbeing and employability prospects, using student role models, was achieved. The Solution This began with us noticing a gap in support for parents and guardians having to teach their children at home due to school closures. We wanted to address this. Considering the multitude of students now without studies and more available time, we constructed the innovative...