Northamptonshire 12-year-old boy enlists police's help to deliver homemade PPE to grandma in Swindon

It was one thing for Northamptonshire 12-year-old Cameron Douglas to 3D-print his own PPE masks at home - but it was another to make sure his grandmother in Swindow got it safely.

The intrepid schoolchild had already set up a GoFundMe page to step his operations at home to print his own protective masks for the public.

But after spending all his pocket money on the venture, he needed a way to get his masks to his grandma in Swindon - and so he asked the police to lend him a hand.

On a Northamptonshire Police Facebook Live Q&A session for children, held on April 30, Cameron asked if there if there was an adult who could transport his homemade PPE from Northamptonshire to Swindon, where his grandmother lives in a care home.

And, after making contact with their colleagues Wiltshire, Northamptonshire Police offered him an alternative instead, which he was delighted to take up.

Instead of Cameron and his family making the journey, officers from the Force’s Driver Training School, who were due to make a long journey anyway as part of their training, collected the PPE from Cameron’s house and drove it to the Wiltshire border.

From there it was picked up by Wiltshire Police officers who dropped it off to Cameron’s very grateful grandmother who was very proud of her grandson.

Superintendent Elliot Foskett from Northamptonshire Police, said: “When Cameron got in touch with us during the Facebook Live Q&A session, I really wanted to help him fulfil his ambitions of making sure his grandmother received the PPE he’d worked so hard to make.

“I’m really pleased that we were able to work with our friends in Wiltshire to make it happen and it was so worth it to see how happy this 12-year-old boy was as a result.

“Cameron’s act of spending all of his pocket money on a 3D printer so he could make PPE for his grandmother demonstrates what a selfless, kind young man he is, and I can tell he has a bright future ahead of him.”

Cameron set up his GoFundMe page to buy an upgraded 3D printer after already creating 100 masks at home already.

Sergeant James Rodrigues from Wiltshire Police, said: “It was a real honour to be able to complete the final leg of the journey and ensure the safe delivery of these masks to the care home.

“The actions of this young boy have been selfless and extremely kind – he hasn’t seen the lockdown as a restriction and instead has thought outside the box and done everything he could to make face masks for his gran and her friends at the care home.

“These are understandably testing times for everyone at the moment but I am pleased to have been able to help and I hope this young boy gets to visit his grandmother as soon as it is safe to do so.”

12-year-old Cameron Douglas, said: "Thank you so much to all of the police officers who helped me."