Face shields made by two children donated to home care workers

Two children in Huddersfield have been producing face shields and have donated a supply of them to care workers at Caremark Kirklees to use during the COVID-19 crisis.

Thomas Hill, aged 10 and his 12-year-old sister Ellie, have been building the face shields for staff working on the frontline during the pandemic.

It all began when Thomas began experimenting with the design of a face shield. His mum Margie then sourced a company which had a pre-approved design for face shields and agreed to supply the children with the components needed.

The siblings have been building the visors ever since and have even made their own tweak – switching to non-latex bands, after advice from their dad Stephen, who works at Huddersfield Royal Infirmary.

Managing director of Caremark Kirklees, Duncan Smith said: “The health, safety and wellbeing of our staff and customer is always paramount, but it’s never been more important to us than during these difficult and challenging times.

“We’ve been following government guidance when it comes to delivering care in people’s home and have taken added steps to protect our staff and customers, including ensuring we have appropriate PPE.

“We are incredibly grateful to Thomas and Ellie for providing us with extra face shields and we have taken them up on their kind offer to supply us with more. They are a credit to their community.”

Caremark Kirklees has received their first batch of face shields, with Thomas and Ellie now busy making more.

Margie Hill said: “Thomas and Ellie had one thing in mind when they started this and that was to help keep people safe, so they are thrilled to have been able to help organisations like Caremark Kirklees who are working on the front-line delivering care and support.”

The siblings, with the support of their parents Margie and Stephen, have also supplied care home staff, NHS workers and GPs.

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