Corornavirus: King’s School in Peterborough donates hundreds of items of PPE to support local health staff

As soon as schools closed in March it donated all of the science and Design Technology departments’ protective goggles, glasses, disposable gloves and aprons to local doctors surgeries.

And in the last week the Design Technology department has produced more than 600 face visors.

So far, PPE has been donated to protect care givers and patients at the Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust, Sue Ryder Thorpe Hall and the Edith Cavell unit near Peterborough City Hospital.

With the help of Pearce Hire, the school will have produced more than 1,000 pieces of equipment by the end of this week.

Moreover, at home staff have been busy making scrubs for hospital staff and ‘ear savers’ - headbands with buttons on that allow wearers to hook the elastic face masks on to stop the rubbing that occurs after wearing masks for 12 hours a day.

Catharine Park from the school’s DT department said: “The King’s School is proud to be a part of this effort to do the right thing in difficult times. We have a range of skills and equipment that means we can manufacture quality PPE items but are struggling with a dwindling stock of resources.

“We are running out of materials, as are a lot of our usual suppliers. If any local businesses have materials they would be willing to donate we could continue to make these items. In particular, we need clear PVC or PETG on a roll, sheets of polypropylene and polycotton fabric. “