Moulton College donates protective equipment and hand sanitiser to Marie Curie and NHS

A Northamptonshire college is playing a part in the fight against coronavirus by donating much-needed protective equipment to frontline workers.

Moulton College has donated a number of PPE items that will be used within the local community of health care workers.

The equipment includes gloves and hand sanitiser from the animal welfare department that has been donated to Marie Curie, which will be used as carers and nurses look after those living with terminal illnesses in their own homes.

Protective goggles and gloves from the construction department has been donated to Berrywood Hospital.

Matt Cappell, Head of Construction said: “We’re living in challenging times, and this is the least we could do to help the NHS to continue their amazing work.

“It’s a drop in the ocean really, but hopefully it will help as we battle against this awful virus.”

Construction lecturer, Jon Brawn is also volunteering with Blood Bikes - an out of hours service that ensures hospitals are provided with urgent provisions including platelets, serums and other essentials.

With the coronavirus outbreak, this service is now running 24/7 and Jon is dedicating more of his time to helping the cause.

He said: “I am very proud to volunteer as part of the Blood Bike team all year round supporting the wonderful NHS. During this current time all the Blood Bike groups nationwide are honoured to cover 24/7 to do what we can to help.”

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