<p><span><span><span><span><span><span>Last week, the Goodpush Alliance hosted a COVID-19 Sharing Webinar with staff from 25+ other social skateboarding projects to discuss and share on how everyone is coping with the coronavirus crisis globally. It was great to get ideas and inspiration from others. Here’s some things we learned:&nbsp;</span></span></span></span></span></span></p>

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	<li><span><span><span><span><span><span>The importance of staff looking after their own wellbeing before focusing on supporting their participants.</span></span></span></span></span></span></li>
	<li><span><span><span><span><span><span>That many of these projects provide valuable social connection and roll models for the young people they serve, even when skateboarding programs can’t happen.</span></span></span></span></span></span></li>
	<li><span><span><span><span><span><span>While different contexts affect how we can adapt our programs (for example the level of internet access participants have) we also share many common challenges and solutions.</span></span></span></span></span></span></li>
	<li><span><span><span><span><span><span>These unique circumstances have made many organizations more open and available for collaboration, since –&nbsp;for the first time – this is just as easy to do across distances as it is within our own cities, and we will be able to adapt our programs more quickly if we work together.</span></span></span></span></span></span></li>
	<li><span><span><span><span><span><span>Sharing challenges and ideas with peers is super motivating –&nbsp;based on positive feedback we will run another Sharing Webinar on 30 April.</span></span></span></span></span></span></li>
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