Clap for Our Carers

Clap for Our Carers
Cartoon hands clapping with the text #clapforourcarers
Clap for Our Carers logo
Former Prime Minister Boris Johnson with his partner Carrie Symonds taking part in 'Clap for our Carers' on the steps of 10 Downing Street
GenreSocial movement
Frequency2020: Weekly (20:00 Thursdays)
CountryUnited Kingdom
Inaugurated26 March 2020
FounderAnnemarie Plas
Most recent28 May 2020
Activity
  • Clapping.
Websiteclapforourcarers.co.uk

Clap for Our Carers, also known as Clap for Carers, Clap for the NHS, Clap for Key Workers or Clap for Heroes, was a social movement created as a gesture of appreciation for the workers of the United Kingdom's National Health Service (NHS) and other key workers during the global pandemic of Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), which spread to the United Kingdom in January 2020.

The idea originated in Europe[1][2] and was adopted in the UK by Annemarie Plas, a Dutch woman living in London, who promoted a campaign which took place every Thursday evening at 20:00 between 26 March and 28 May 2020. Many celebrities, influencers, politicians, and public figures supported the campaign.[citation needed]

  1. ^ "Coronavirus: Health workers clapped across the world for battling on the COVID-19 frontline". Clap For Our Carers. 24 March 2020. Retrieved 17 June 2020.
  2. ^ "Coronavirus: Spain and Italy applaud health workers". BBC News. 15 March 2020. Retrieved 3 December 2020.