URGENT APPEAL FOR HELP TO DONATE MONEY AND/OR MAKE RE-USABLE COTTON SURGICAL MASKS AND VISORS.

Many of us know or love someone who has or continues to fight cancer, been an organ donor recipient, is diabetic, suffers respiratory or other high risk indicators that dramatically increase their risk of contracting COVID-19.

Jersey has many extremely concerned care home providers, hospices, volunteers and frontline staff who are at increasingly high risk of becoming sick and being forced to self-isolate with COVID-19. Their efforts are tireless but it is critical that such workers along with other essential workers, including sub-contractors, approved store employees, public transport providers (taxis, buses, airlines, delivery drivers etc) are provided with medical PPE (personal protective equipment) ASAP and have enough supplies for at least 3 more months as they continue to fight the crisis.

The States have been focusing on sourcing COVID-19 testing kits for our GPs and hospital. We are seeking your help to urgently raise funds to help all frontline workers who are NOT receiving States or Parish funding.

We are working closely with private GPs, their wonderful families, friends and contacts in our Island community to co-ordinate those who need urgent medical PPE. We are negotiating with various overseas suppliers of PPE but by the time we petition the States for funding and receive the requisite PPE, precious days will pass. We have had some problems last week with orders for surgical gloves ordered 2 weeks ago being stopped by UK customs and not permitted to leave the UK which is a dangerous precedent.

Any donation received will go directly towards purchasing bulk orders of medical grade 3 ply moisture resistant masks, surgical nitrile gloves, surgical hats, disposable visors, disposable aprons, hand sanitisers and any other supplies needed to protect our frontline workers and our loved ones under their care.

ONE MASK COSTS IN MATERIALS ALONE APPROX £4.

No donation is too small - even just £5 for your daily coffee adds up!

URGENT HELP NEEDED TO MAKE RE-USEABLE COTTON SURGICAL MASKS AND TEMPORARY PROTECTIVE VISORS WHILE WE WAIT FOR PPE AND TO GIVE TO OUR FRONTLINE WORKERS AND PATIENTS UNDER THEIR CARE

For all those people sitting at home bored - if you have any sewing or rigging skills and are looking to help those in need - please let us know if you would consider making cotton surgical masks or visors and, if so, ETA on how many and timing etc. Please let us know if you will require funding and/or delivery/supply of materials.

Please email Bella / ward.bella@gmail.com or Katie / katie_minihane@hotmail.com for further information or to let us know how you would like to help.

Links below to tutorials on how to make cotton masks and we will be updating this site with videos on how to help us make temporary PPE visors.

How to sew cotton surgical masks

DIY tips on making surgical masks

Further info on how to make surgical masks

Material strap (not elastic) surgical mask

Please share and get in touch if you have any other ideas or ways to support our incredible frontline essential workers in these trying times.

Thanks so much for all your help!

Katie, Bella and all our grateful Jersey frontline essential workers waiting for your support.

PLEASE NOTE THAT ALL FUNDS RAISED WILL GO DIRECTLY TOWARDS PURCHASING THE PPE DESPERATELY NEEDED BY OUR FRONTLINE HOME CARE AND OTHER ESSENTIAL WORKERS.

NOTE: Just giving deducts 2.9% plus 25p for each donation.