Shopping

If you can’t wear a face covering, get an exemption card.

If toilets are open, then be sure to use disinfectant wipes prior to and after use.

If you don’t have internet for shopping, consider buying a data sim card (but you will need to check your device has a sim card slot).

Share plants, allotment produce, jigsaw puzzles, books with each other.

There’s nothing wrong with taking small steps to get back to normal. If you’re not ready to meet new rules, stay with the old and build up slowly. I went with my daughter to the supermarket on [...]

Try shopping at a quiet time. I asked my daughter if she was free to pick me up if I got in a pickle.

Go to shops you trust first – the ones that will follow the rules and make you feel safe. I went to M&S simply because I knew they helped at every point from beginning to end.