North Ayrshire schools are loaning 3D printers and other equipment to North Ayrshire Council to help manufacture safety gear for the NHS and carers.

Alan Dick, Head Teacher at Garnock Community Campus, said: “The local authority asked all schools if we had any equipment that could be used to help make PPE for key workers such as NHS staff, care workers and HSPC workers.

“All secondary schools across North Ayrshire have contributed by donating safety glasses, face masks, and spare gloves such as rubber gloves that would be used in the science department or for first aid as well as 3D printers from the tech department.”

Garnock Community Campus is also a hub for the children of key workers, with around 450 staff volunteering each day to help across the service which also delivers food twice a week.

Mr Dick said: “We’re delighted that as a school we can be a hub to support key worker families which range from surgeons to firefighters to frontline NHS staff.

“We’re very proud.”

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