AND FINALLY
MP Moran in plea for donations for PPE for NHS Bart Murphy, operations director
of London builders merchant MP Moran is collection PPE for NHS staff at a north London hospital and he needs donations from merchants and suppliers to help. “My wife Marisa and I, are on an NHS mission,” he says. “We want to raise vital funds to source appropriate PPE for NHS staff which is currently not getting through to them. The quicker we get funds the quicker we can spend it.
“Last month we received a plea from a district nurse in Northwood who was in tears after losing a 28 year old nursing colleague to Coronavirus. They have been trying to get missing items of PPE to protect them for weeks. We need to get the NHS staff the safety equipment they need. They are running out of scrubs, masks, gloves, eye protection and shoe covers. These are basic essentials, needed now to protect the NHS from Corona Virus.
Initial donations included -100 pairs of protective glasses for Barnet and Royal Free Hospitals, 20 pairs of protective glasses and
1,000 pairs of gloves for Northwood District nurses as well as 4,000 pairs of gloves, 50 cover-all protective suits and 80 pairs of protective glasses for
Northwick Park Hospital.
He continues: “We have more products we can purchase for the NHS including hand sanitizers and masks as well as trying to source visors. ”
They are currently working on additional requests for:
Hillingdon Hospital, Northwick Park Hospital, Barnet Hospital, The Royal Free Hospital, London Ambulance ,Northwood District Nurses
“We need the support of everyone in the industry, please, please, please support us,
Selco backs Swansea women’s group
A Swansea charity which helps create a brighter future for women in the city has been given a helping hand by Selco, the builders merchant. Selco Builders Warehouse’s Swansea branch, has provided Growing Real Opportunities for Women (GROW) Cymru with sand and cement to help the group renovate a new private meeting room at its headquarters, based in St David’s Shopping Centre. GROW Cymru creates employment opportunities for women left feeling frustrated and isolated because of social, economic and educational barriers. It supports up to 25 women at any one time.
Sharon Rouse, chief executive of GROW Cymru, said: “We are thrilled and grateful for the support Selco has provided.
“A number of the women we support suffer with problems with anxiety and depression so we were keen to create a room for our new ‘Only Women Allowed’ scheme where they could meet with a level of privacy.
“The room we identified needed a lot of work and 46
the sand and cement was crucial to level the floor and make it fit for purpose.
“It’s fantastic to see companies such as Selco getting involved in supporting local community initiatives.”
Warren Matthews, Selco Swansea branch manager, said: “GROW Cymru does outstanding work in the local area and we are delighted to show our support.”
qualified doctors and nurses are dying.”
Merchants and manufacturers who can help with donating PPE can contact Murphy at Bart.
murphy@mpmoran.co.uk and donations to help fund the purchase of vital equipment can be made via the link below.
https://bit.ly/2UNreMT
Robert Price Builders’
Two primary schools in South Wales have received a hamper of supplies for the new year after winning a Christmas competition with Robert Price Builders’ Merchants.
Mount Street Infant School and Llanbedr Church in Wales School in Powys were chosen as the competition winners after submitting their festively heart- warming stories explaining what the donation would mean to their school.
The prize included a hamper of art and craft supplies and a boxset of David Walliams books, which the children were very excited about, explains Mrs Hyde from Mount Street Infant School: “The children were overjoyed when they found out we had won the hamper of school supplies,” she said.
“We work hard to encourage all pupils to have a love of stories, with our ultimate goal being for pupils to leave school being able to read for pleasure, something that these books will be great in helping us achieve.”
The aim of the competition was to offer a helping hand to schools in need. With so many schools struggling to get hold of even the most basic supplies, marketing manager at Robert Price, Molly Pike says: “Having worked closely with many of the schools local to our branches, we know the difficulties they face when it comes to affording ‘luxuries’ such as paints, books, easels and other supplies within their limited budgets,” she said.
“We wanted to offer a helping hand and to give the schools a chance to win supplies by telling their stories.”
www.buildersmerchantsjournal.net April 2020
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