Crisis Heroes is a free community platform enabling the sharing of services and resources to ensure no one is left vulnerable or isolated during the Coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak. Crisis Heroes allows you to signal for help or offer help in your community. You specify your location, pick a radius (eg. 2km) and then can view all help requests or offers to help in your area. If you want to help someone the platform allows you to send a message. Only your first name and suburb is shared with people to protect your privacy. Since launching two weeks ago more than 700 people have signed up to the website across the globe, volunteering to pick up groceries or run errands. While the majority of registrations are those volunteering, there’s been dozens of requests for assistance too, from people wanting a friendly phone call through to walking their dog. The popularity of the platform has proved that there are people from all walks of life who are ready to help during such trying times. At Crisis Heroes, we want to empower everyday heroes to lend a hand to those in need.
