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May 2020
Harrogate school steps up to make PPE for care homes
Staff from Ashville College in Harrogate have been busy making scrubs and other PPE for two of the town's care homes.
The volunteer group makes the items for Heath Lodge, on Pannal Ash Road, and Berwick Grange, on Wetherby Road.
It comes after the college donated around 200 pairs of safety glasses from its science department to frontline hospital staff treating patients with coronavirus.
The volunteers are led by Caroline Beer, Annie Wilcockson, Sarah Mansfield, Helen Thompson, Elizabeth Pennington, and Lynn Conway.
Collectively, the team has made scrubs, scrub bags, face masks, and headbands, to keep health workers’ ears comfortable from hours of mask wearing.
They have also produced artwork of fictional characters to support children’s storytelling at Harrogate District Hospital.
The materials produced so far have been created using donated fabrics and now the team has also set up a gofundme page to raise money for more materials. The Busy Bees plan to continue production for as long as possible to provide vital PPE items to local care homes in need.
Following a donation this week of items to staff at Berwick Grange, Administration Manager, Phoebe Rahtmell said:
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