Cope Foundation halts external contract cleaning service due to Covid

Move done in bid to reduce movement of people between locations and reduce risk of transmission

The charity, which provides supports and services to thousands of adults and children with an intellectual disability, has redeployed staff to its residential centres to maintain those services. Picture: Larry Cummins

The Cope Foundation has suspended its external contract cleaning service at all of its active residential and admin sites as part of wider measures to limit the spread of Covid-19.

“This has been done in an effort to reduce the movement of people between our locations and reduce the risk of transmission. This decision is clinically-based, is being risk assessed and reviewed weekly by the organisation,” a spokesperson for the charity said.