The weekly Clap for Carers will be reintroduced tonight, but is now being called Clap for Heroes instead.
The day and time of the weekly clap across Gedling borough will stay the same, Thursdays at 8pm, and the premise is still to honour key workers, but the people being applauded will be called ‘heroes’ rather than ‘carers’.
Annemarie Plas, the woman behind the Clap for Our Carers initiative has confirmed its return at 8pm this Thursday.
In March last year, people across the UK would stand on their doorsteps every Thursday evening to clap for carers.
Boris Johnson joined people across the country in thanking frontline healthcare workers who were going above and beyond to help treat victims of the coronavirus pandemic.
At the time a Downing Street spokesperson said: “Like millions of people across the country, the prime minister joined in the Clap for Carers this evening, to say thank you for the incredible efforts of the country’s doctors, nurses and care workers.”
Now Ms Plas has called for a return, she posted on social media hoping for it to “lift the spirit”.
She said: “We are bringing back the 8pm applause, in our 3rd lockdown I hope it can lift the spirit, of all of us.
“Carers teacher, homeschooling parents, those who shield and ALL who is pushing through this difficult time! Please join & share! #clapforheroes”
Organiser Ms Plas, from the Netherlands, was inspired by similar campaigns in her home country, France and Spain when she first started the campaign back in March.
